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  • Expectations rise over backup services

    Veritas believes that customers expect much more from backup services than ever before, because of the ability of programmes to automatically archive data and the need for documents to be easily retrievable for compliance purposes.

  • RM vendor recommends encryption after admitting tape loss

    Following the admission that it lost a customer's backup tapes, records management vendor Iron Mountain is advising its customers that current, commonly used disaster recovery processes do not address increased requirements for protecting ...

  • Gates offers glimpse of Longhorn

    Microsoft has offered a glimpse of what users can expect from Longhorn to computer makers at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2005, to wet the appetite of those looking forward to getting their hands on the new system.

  • Trojans on mobiles on upward trajectory

    Over the last three months, viruses found on mobile phones have risen at a surprising rate in terms of technology and range of infection, according to a recent report by Trend Micro.

  • Growing confidence in shopping online

    Australian Internet users are more confident about shopping online because they believe it is becoming safer to do so, according to recent independent research commissioned by eBay.

  • Off-site backups pose dangerous security risks

    Backing up critical data to off-site storage areas can create unnecessary security risk for many organisations if they do not use encryption technologies to protect their data, according to Enterprise Strategy Group.