Information continuously protected on laptops and servers
Information continuously protected on laptops and servers
Aug 29, 2005: IBM has released new software that promises to continuously protect information stored on laptops, desktop PCs and files servers from viruses, file corruption or accidental deletion.
IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files, is a "data safety net" that provides real-time back up for important information such as Word documents, MP3 files, digital photos, presentations and spreadsheets that contain sales and tax records.
Big Blue believes that continuous backup of data is now practical because these days people are more likely to be connected to a network through high-bandwidth wireless connections in coffee shops, parks and even entire cities.
Al Zollar, the general manager of IBM Tivoli Software, said that IBM is using this new technology to provide customers and their mobile workers with an instant backup and recovery solution to protect information on demand.
"We are extending our technology in storage management software to help people access all the information they need, when and where they need it."
The software creates a copy on the local machine within milliseconds, and then sends another copy to a remote server. People on-the-go can protect and restore files that are corrupted or accidentally deleted, back to any point in time, even before they were lost - adding multiple layers of defence against data loss.
IBM provided the example of somebody stuck in an airport, working wirelessly, who loses hours of work when a file freezes. Through using this software, the company claims that information is protected, even within the last few seconds of being entered.
In addition, while the user is working during the flight, the software continues to automatically save changes to documents locally. Once on the ground and back on the network, the software automatically sends those changes to the server for additional protection.
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