Data Erasure – The End of the Data Lifecycle
In last week’s blog we discussed data encryption and data security. Encryption is just one area of data security and data security rolls up into the larger category of data management. What do you...
Important Things to Consider when Upgrading to Office 365
Cloud services are becoming increasingly common among businesses of all shapes and sizes, allowing for increased productivity while reducing on-premises infrastructure costs. As a result, Microsoft...
Virtual Tape Library: Key to Business Continuity (Pt. 2)
In the first part of this article we covered what Virtualization is, how a virtual tape library works in theory and what storage concepts are implemented. Now we get in more detail and answer the...
Prevention and recovery from Ransomware [Interview]
Ransomware has been around for many years, but it’s only more recently that its impact has reached epidemic proportions. The recent attacks on global organizations FedEx and Travelex, as well as...
Live Server Erasure - How to Erase Data From a Running Server
Securely erasing data is definitely not an easy task. Whether it's a single hard disk drive or a SSD in a laptop or many enterprise class storage devices inside a live server – just pressing the...
Common Hard Drive Error Codes | Ontrack Blog
If you’ve ever experienced hard drive failure, you’re aware of how quickly the resulting data loss can occur. Understanding the specific type of failure your hard drive is experiencing not only helps...
More Speed for your SSD - NVME Expected to Replace SATA and SAS in the Future
While traditional hard drives appear to be sticking around for a while, chip-based solid state drives (SSDs) continue to advance and improve in sales and are becoming a large part of the future....