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Posts Tagged ‘remote backup’

Natural Disaster Threats, Data Protection

Wouldn’t it be nice to know about the previous weather-related events that have taken place in your area?  This might spark another question of how susceptible the area where you and/or your business reside is to disasters such as earthquakes and intense storms.  With help from the Pacific Disaster Center, Global Data Vault created the Natural [...]

Think Climate Change Won’t Affect You?

Increased wildfires.  Rising sea levels.  More intense tropical storms.
These are just a few predictions taken from a new ground-breaking report which describes the impacts of climate change in the U.S.  Experts from around the world developed this detailed report which explains how nine regions of the U.S. will be affected as a result of climate [...]

Different Viewpoints of IT Decision-Makers and Business Executives

Harris Interactive surveyed 497 IT individuals who were either IT or business executives and the results showed similarities and differences in matters relating to disaster recovery.

NYSE Chaos

A computer glitch stopped trading for 40 minutes in more than 200 stocks at the New York Stock Exchange today.  One of the key computer servers used to conduct trading lost connectivity to the trading network.  As a result, stocks such as General Electric and ExxonMobil were unable to be traded.  Until a backup server [...]

Survey Indicates Dangerous Backup Practices

Acronis, a major vendor of backup software, conducted an online survey of the backup habits of home users.  Out of the 6,091 North Americans that completed the survey, nearly two-thirds (64 %) of users

Air Traffic Control System Vulnerable to Cyber Terrorism

In years past, there have been numerous public cases of hacks and viruses that have taken place across the United States.  President Obama announced on May 29 that he will create a new White House office of cyber security, due to the nation’s vulnerability to cyber attacks. 

Sensitive Data Missing From National Archives

The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration.

InteropNet Conference

Last week, Global Data Vault was an InteropNet sponsor and official Disaster Recovery supplier for Interop, the industry’s most comprehensive IT Conference, in Las Vegas.  This video provides a tour of the network explaining the InteropNet infrastructure in detail.  Interop’s lead engineer Geoff Horne describes the services provided by Global Data Vault and their benefits [...]

UC Berkeley Data Breach

160,000 individuals who have received healthcare services from the University of California at Berkeley since 1999 have had personal information exposed to overseas hackers.

GDV Supplies DR for InteropNet - Video

InteropNet goes live in one week. Global Data Vault is the Official Disaster Recovery provider. Here’s an overview of the project:

Come see us next week at Interop, booth 853, and tour InteropNet!