I spent last week bouncing around between conferences and meetings, which meant there was no time to review any new backup software, but all that zipping back and forth with the netbook and the iriver (does anyone else hate it as much as I do when companies refuse to capitalize their brand names) gave me plenty of opportunities to make backups and to think about backups. Normally when I record … [Read more...]
Zero-Knowledge Backup
When I got the invitation to interview the CEO and CTO of “online data manager” SpiderOak, my first thought was “Another one!” Everyone and his brother seems to be starting an online backup service these days, and I’ve written about quite a few of them already. I agreed to the interview with Ethan and Alan with some skepticism. Would there really be anything new here? Actually, yes. SpiderOak … [Read more...]
Why Ted Loves Western Digital: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-01-08
This week we have a guest column from my colleague Ted Prodromou of Net Biz Experts. Ted and I are both members of the Executive Team for the Bay Area Consultants Network. For those who are interested, he's leading a series of free webinars about Web 2.0, and on February 8th, I'll be presenting about podcasting. I thought my non-geek readers would appreciate a story that demonstrates that even … [Read more...]