IT Gambling With Backups

IT is playing dice with backups, according to InformationWeek’s latest storage survey. From failing to back up remote offices to haphazard tests of data restoration, too many IT pros take backup...
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Email Without A Warrant? Senators Not Sold

The Senate has advanced legislation that would require law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant from a judge before they could access someone's email or other data stored in the cloud. Currently,...
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Anonymous Australia Disavows Self-Proclaimed LulzSec Leader

Australian police this week arrested IT professional Matt Flannery, 24, on charges of defacing a government website. According to the police charges, Flannery (aka "Aush0k") "attacked and defaced a...
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DARPA: New Threats Demand New Technologies

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is adjusting its approach to the development of new defense technologies to reflect the fiscal realities facing federal agencies and evolving nature of national...
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BitTorrent Adds File Sync Service to P2P Network

BitTorrent is throwing its hat into the file sync game with an alpha version of a new, free service that uses P2P networking to let users synchronize and share files among mobile devices and PCs. Good...
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Making Data Protection Work for the Smaller Enterprise

Data protection vendors love to tout their large enterprise customers. And, why not? If you can support a massive organization it speaks to the robustness of your solution. But what’s often left unsaid...
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Will we ever use flash drives for enterprise backup?

We are living in a time of technological ferment, if you will, and there are multiple IT approaches in the works ─ all with the mission of dealing with the ‘data deluge.’ Obviously, as data grows,...
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Attackers Hold Upper Hand Despite Increased Security Spending

From advanced malware to spear phishing that spoofs business communication, companies are being pounded by attacks, according to a new report. By: [author-name] This article was syndicated via RSS from:...
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Encrypting Backups Requires Key Planning

Some enterprises are adopting an "encrypt everything" policy to address the confidentiality and security of data, including on backups. A new backup product from Sepaton separates encryption from key management. By:...
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Whiptail Breaks Vendor Lock-in On Storage Replication

Replication between data centers typically required customers to buy two of the same storage arrays from a vendor. Storage company Whiptail has added heterogeneous replication to its array, which lets...
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