Storage News » Backup http://storage-news.com Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:47:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Trend Micro makes cloud/online backup acquisition http://storage-news.com/2010/06/12/trend-micro-makes-cloudonline-backup-acquisition/ http://storage-news.com/2010/06/12/trend-micro-makes-cloudonline-backup-acquisition/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:21:37 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=1164 Anti-virus (or, as they refer to themselves, “global leader in Internet content security”) company Trend Micro has entered into an agreement with Humyo. Humyo is, apparently, a “leading online storage provider”; I must have somehow missed reading anything about them. The company is based in the UK, and offers automatic data synchronisation to a [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://storage-news.com/2010/06/12/trend-micro-makes-cloudonline-backup-acquisition/feed/ 2 CMS Products add server backups to their portfolio http://storage-news.com/2010/02/13/cms-products-add-server-backups-to-their-portfolio/ http://storage-news.com/2010/02/13/cms-products-add-server-backups-to-their-portfolio/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:34:31 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=1105 CMS Products just announced the availability of their latest backup product: BounceBack Server. The software works just like their regular BounceBack offering; it makes a copy of your files to an external hard drive, which you can boot from in case of emergency.

For a full feature description check their product page; basically [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://storage-news.com/2010/02/13/cms-products-add-server-backups-to-their-portfolio/feed/ 0 Nasuni shows beta of cloud storage gateway http://storage-news.com/2010/02/09/nasuni-shows-beta-of-cloud-storage-gateway/ http://storage-news.com/2010/02/09/nasuni-shows-beta-of-cloud-storage-gateway/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:26:42 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=1080 Nasuni, a cloud storage start-up founded by storage veterans Andres Rodriguez and Robert Mason early last year, has just released a beta of their first product. The Nasuni Filer is a virtual NAS appliance that can be installed in VMware, and creates a gateway between your local network and your choice of cloud-based storage.

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]]> http://storage-news.com/2010/02/09/nasuni-shows-beta-of-cloud-storage-gateway/feed/ 1 InPhase shutting down? http://storage-news.com/2010/02/06/inphase-shutting-down/ http://storage-news.com/2010/02/06/inphase-shutting-down/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:13:22 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=1069 InPhase, one of the pioneers of holographic storage technology, appears to be shutting down. As I wrote last year, while the technology sounds promising it still has a long way to go. There is no real use case, and the price per gigabyte is still higher than for other storage media.

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]]> http://storage-news.com/2010/02/06/inphase-shutting-down/feed/ 0 McAfee offering branded Mozy online backup client http://storage-news.com/2009/10/03/mcafee-offering-branded-mozy-online-backup-client/ http://storage-news.com/2009/10/03/mcafee-offering-branded-mozy-online-backup-client/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:11:10 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=854 McAfee has added a new product to their security tools lineup; an online backup client based on the Mozy backup software. Apart from the McAfee branding, the features appear identical: unlimited backup storage for a single PC. The announcement is up both on the McAfee website and Mozy’s blog.

I’m sure they didn’t mean [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://storage-news.com/2009/10/03/mcafee-offering-branded-mozy-online-backup-client/feed/ 1 Holographic storage: still a long way to go http://storage-news.com/2009/10/01/holographic-storage-still-a-long-way-to-go/ http://storage-news.com/2009/10/01/holographic-storage-still-a-long-way-to-go/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:34:58 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=850 Holographic storage made headlines yesterday for the first time in months. This time it’s The Register that brings us the news that General Electric has plans for a holographic storage product.

While this type of storage has promised incredible gains in density for years, actual shipping products are hard to find. InPhase has its [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://storage-news.com/2009/10/01/holographic-storage-still-a-long-way-to-go/feed/ 0 Western Digital announces new My Book and My Passport external drives http://storage-news.com/2009/09/13/western-digital-announces-new-my-book-and-my-passport-external-drives/ http://storage-news.com/2009/09/13/western-digital-announces-new-my-book-and-my-passport-external-drives/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:00:02 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=512 WD has revealed updates for their My Book and My Passport drives. Both products are external USB drives, with added software (WD SmartWare) that allow users to easily make backups of their important data. The updates include new casings and higher capacities.

WD My Passport

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]]> http://storage-news.com/2009/09/13/western-digital-announces-new-my-book-and-my-passport-external-drives/feed/ 0 Verizon increasing the size of their Online Backup accounts http://storage-news.com/2009/09/02/verizon-increasing-the-size-of-their-online-backup-accounts/ http://storage-news.com/2009/09/02/verizon-increasing-the-size-of-their-online-backup-accounts/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:25:24 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=447 Verizon is quintupling the size of most of their online backup accounts, bringing them more in line with competing services. The new accounts are:

5 gigabytes (GB) of storage capacity for $1.99 a month (previously 1GB). 25 GB for $4.99 a month (previously 5 GB). 50 GB for $6.99 a month (previously 10 GB). [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://storage-news.com/2009/09/02/verizon-increasing-the-size-of-their-online-backup-accounts/feed/ 0 Review: personal backups to Amazon S3 http://storage-news.com/2009/08/30/review-personal-backups-to-amazon-s3/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/30/review-personal-backups-to-amazon-s3/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:54:43 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=353
  • CloudBerry offers beta of new backup utility CloudBerry, known mostly for their S3 explorer for easily browsing...
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    • ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/30/review-personal-backups-to-amazon-s3/feed/ 2     Iomega offers SMB NAS appliance with VMware certification http://storage-news.com/2009/08/27/iomega-offers-smb-nas-appliance-with-vmware-certification/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/27/iomega-offers-smb-nas-appliance-with-vmware-certification/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:16:54 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=326 EMC daughter Iomega has just released a new NAS appliance that has support for both NAS and SAN technologies; it allows a multitude of connection options including iSCSI, SMB, NFS and AFP.

    Iomega StorCenter IX4-200d

    It offers the traditional “SMB/Home office” features such as a printserver, mediaserver, Time Machine backups etc; but in [...] Related posts:

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/27/iomega-offers-smb-nas-appliance-with-vmware-certification/feed/ 1     New KeepVault release gets Windows 7 support http://storage-news.com/2009/08/25/new-keepvault-release-gets-windows-7-support/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/25/new-keepvault-release-gets-windows-7-support/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:20:22 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=299 It must be Online Backup Week; the press releases from backup suppliers keep coming in. Today’s news comes from KeepVault, which announces their latest software version (3.15) is now fully compatible with Windows 7. It also adds an option to keep a local backup in addition to the online copy of your files.

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/25/new-keepvault-release-gets-windows-7-support/feed/ 0     Backup for dummies http://storage-news.com/2009/08/24/backup-for-dummies/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/24/backup-for-dummies/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:13:51 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=294 SOS Online Backup has partnered with Wiley Publishing (known for their “dummies” books) and 4D Global Partners (marketing several other “for dummies” products) to market SOS’ Online Backup product under the label Online Backup for Dummies.

    The software appears to offer the same features as the normal SOS product; there are two versions available. [...] Related posts:

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/24/backup-for-dummies/feed/ 0     CloudBerry offers beta of new backup utility http://storage-news.com/2009/08/17/cloudberry-offers-beta-of-new-backup-utility/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/17/cloudberry-offers-beta-of-new-backup-utility/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:31:13 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=234 CloudBerry, known mostly for their S3 explorer for easily browsing files stored on Amazon’s S3 cloud storage, is making a beta version of their new backup utility available for testing.

    The new application called CoudBerry S3 Backup will allow users to back up their files to Amazon’s S3 storage service. The product’s [...] Related posts:

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/17/cloudberry-offers-beta-of-new-backup-utility/feed/ 2     Imation announces first 1.6 TB LTO-5 tapes http://storage-news.com/2009/08/13/imation-announces-first-1-6-tb-lto-5-tapes/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/13/imation-announces-first-1-6-tb-lto-5-tapes/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:06:24 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=189 Yesterday, Imation announced that they are the first licensed manufacturer to start producing LTO-5 tapes. LTO-5 is the successor of the current LTO-4 tape standard, doubling raw capacity from 800 to 1600 GB. Transfer speeds are up as well, improving slightly from 120 to 180 MB/second.

    LTO4 tape cartridge

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/13/imation-announces-first-1-6-tb-lto-5-tapes/feed/ 0     Today’s deduplication news: IBM, Falconstor/NexSAN http://storage-news.com/2009/08/10/todays-deduplication-news-ibm-falconstornexsan/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/10/todays-deduplication-news-ibm-falconstornexsan/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:35:40 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=146 Today brings not one, but two interesting announcements regarding data deduplication. To start with the least exciting: FalconStor is entering into a partnership with NexSAN. FalconStor will provide it’s FDS deduplication software, while the remaining data will be stored on a NexSAN SataBeast.

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/10/todays-deduplication-news-ibm-falconstornexsan/feed/ 0     Tape is not out yet http://storage-news.com/2009/08/09/tape-is-not-out-yet/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/09/tape-is-not-out-yet/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:06:31 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=140 At least, if you believe some companies. Cache-A just announced new distribution agreements in Europe and Asia; and their main product is a tape drive. Or, as they’d rather put it, “archive solutions targeting the digital film and professional video industry”.

    It’s a cool solution, basically offering a tape drive with built-in gigabit [...] Related posts:

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/09/tape-is-not-out-yet/feed/ 0     FarStone bundles DriveClone software with custom hardware http://storage-news.com/2009/08/04/farstone-bundles-driveclone-software-with-custom-hardware/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/04/farstone-bundles-driveclone-software-with-custom-hardware/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:12:12 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=101 FarStone, known for its DriveClone image-based backup software for both workstations and servers, is now offering a bundle consisting of a storage server and DriveClone Enterprise Server. Using DriveClone, an administrator can centrally manage backups for both servers and workstations. The backups are mountable as a disk image, and can be converted into a [...] Related posts:
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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/04/farstone-bundles-driveclone-software-with-custom-hardware/feed/ 0     Free full system image backup software http://storage-news.com/2009/08/03/free-full-system-image-backup-software/ http://storage-news.com/2009/08/03/free-full-system-image-backup-software/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:38:21 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=93 EASUS, a company I’ve admittedly never heard of before, just announced they are now offering a free utility for making complete image-based backups of Windows systems, including Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

    Their new product is called “Todo Backup“, and apart from some customer testimonials (hey, it’s new, so where do these [...] Related posts:

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/08/03/free-full-system-image-backup-software/feed/ 0     Apple increases Time Capsule drive to 2 TB http://storage-news.com/2009/07/31/apple-increases-time-capsule-drive-to-2-tb/ http://storage-news.com/2009/07/31/apple-increases-time-capsule-drive-to-2-tb/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:10:48 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=71 Apple has just updated the specs for their Time Capsule by offering a 2 TB drive option. The other specs remain the same offering options such as:

    Dual radio’s for both 2.4 and 5 GHz Separate guest network Wired and wireless backups for Mac computers using Time Machine Printer sharing

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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/07/31/apple-increases-time-capsule-drive-to-2-tb/feed/ 0     Free-ish hard drive with backup software from CMS http://storage-news.com/2009/07/30/free-ish-hard-drive-with-backup-software-from-cms/ http://storage-news.com/2009/07/30/free-ish-hard-drive-with-backup-software-from-cms/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:39:36 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=68 CMS Products just announced that they are now offering a free 160 USB disk for users that buy their BounceBack Ultimate software. Sounds too good to be true? It just might be…

    The “free drive” offer is only valid for users who choose to buy the CD version of the software instead of [...] Related posts:
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    ]]>     http://storage-news.com/2009/07/30/free-ish-hard-drive-with-backup-software-from-cms/feed/ 0     EMC’s Retrospect gets PowerPC support http://storage-news.com/2009/07/28/emcs-retrospect-gets-powerpc-support/ http://storage-news.com/2009/07/28/emcs-retrospect-gets-powerpc-support/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:47:50 +0000 vink http://storage-news.com/?p=55 Just over a month after Apple officially announced the end of the PowerPC era, EMC has pushed out an updated version of its Retrospect backup software that adds PowerPC support. From the press release:

    “Adding support for PowerPC Macs was a critical step towards providing small and mid-sized businesses the best backup and recovery [...] Related posts:

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