Outback council introduces multivendor disaster recovery program
21 February, 2012Wentworth Shire Council has deployed a more resilient IT disaster recovery program in anticipation of catastrophic natural disasters.
Big data requires different thinking for backup and recovery
17 February, 2012 by Merri MackBig data has become big business, with increasing numbers of organisations trying to amass stores of information and subject it to analysis. But this is creating headaches for backup and recovery. Merri Mack looks at the options for dealing with this problem.
Quest Software NetVault FastRecover 4.5 data recovery
13 February, 2012NetVault FastRecover 4.5 enables fast recovery of critical Oracle data through virtual on-demand recovery technology. In addition to Oracle, it also provides backup and virtual on-demand recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server and Windows file-system data.
Acronis vmProtect 6 disaster recovery for VMware
29 September, 2011
vmProtect 6 is a backup, migration and disaster recovery solution for VMware virtual environments.
Acronis vmProtect 6 disaster recovery solution
28 September, 2011
Acronis has launched vmProtect 6, a backup, migration and disaster recovery solution for VMware virtual environments.
EMC Symmetrix VMAXe storage system for virtual environments
28 September, 2011
The EMC Symmetrix VMAXe storage system is designed for virtualised cloud and mission-critical IT environments.
EMC ProSphere storage resource management
27 September, 2011
EMC has announced the release of its latest ProSphere storage resource management (SRM) offering.
Seagate Pulsar XT.2 and Pulsar.2 solid state drives
24 August, 2011
The Pulsar XT.2 solid state drive (SSD) and Pulsar.2 SSD are now available.
More than half of SSD users experience data loss
24 August, 2011
Despite an overwhelming belief that solid state disks (SSD) are reliable, more than half of SSD users report experiencing data losses while using the technology.
Aeronautical R&D firm evades contractual missile with storage system
15 August, 2011
To avoid commercial penalties for not delivering on contractual commitments, the Australian branch of electronic information systems business Thales has implemented a multiple-site storage system including disaster recovery, virtualisation and deduplication.
Trend Micro SafeSync for Business file sharing service
12 August, 2011
Trend Micro SafeSync for Business, a cloud-based virtual file share system, is now available in Australia and New Zealand.
Learning from the fall of Distribute.IT
05 August, 2011 by Andrew Collins
On 13 June, Australian web host Distribute.IT revealed that it had been the victim of a malicious hacking attack, one which had irrevocably annihilated the data of 4800-odd websites hosted by the company. Andrew Collins looks at what online storage customers and storage administrators can each learn from the incident.
Kroll Ontrack partners with Covertec data recovery insurance program
29 July, 2011
Covertec has teamed with Kroll Ontrack to offer Australian businesses data recovery following accidental damage or electronic breakdown of their IT equipment.
Quantum StorNext M330 metadata controller appliance
26 July, 2011
The StorNext M330 metadata controller appliance combines the high-performance, heterogeneous software file sharing and tiered, vendor-agnostic archiving benefits found in Quantum’s StorNext data management software with the simplicity of purpose-built hardware.
D-Link DNS-1200-05 ShareCenter Pro 5-bay NAS
25 July, 2011
The DNS-1200-05 ShareCenter Pro 5-bay network attached storage (NAS) solution can be used to meet the needs for data consolidation and information sharing of small to medium businesses.