Is this the late-late-early show or the early-early-late show? Looking at my calendar and asking myself what the chances are that I'll manage to write a second column by Friday (when I have to get up at 4:30 AM to get ready for the BACN meeting at 7:30 AM), I decided just to post-date this and send it out now. Last week TechTarget sent me a link to an “e-zine.” I don't know why they called it … [Read more...]
Jumping on the Online Backup Bandwagon: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-25-08
Everyone seems to be jumping on the online backup bandwagon these days. Enterprise software giant EMC bought SOHO online backup provider Mozy a while back. Now EMC is flogging Mozy Enterprise for all it's worth. I've received links to no fewer than four white papers about Mozy Enterprise, the first of which boasts a provocative title: “You're Not as Backed Up as You Think.” EMC is coming late to … [Read more...]
There Are No Guarantees: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-16-07
This week’s InfoWorld GripeLine addresses the lack of warranties from online backup providers. A careful consumer went out to compare the license agreements from several services, including Mozy, which I’ve been using for a while, and Iron Mountain, which now owns LiveVault of the John Cleese Backup Trauma Institute videos. The results of this investigation prompted a long letter to GripeLine and … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-16-06: You Can Lead a Horse to Water…
As I write this, the Ur-Guru is running TrueImage on his laptop. The new version looks pretty good; I’m going to install it and test it next week. Meanwhile, I want to report some shocking statistics about backups. Maybe they shouldn’t shock me, because they’re not so different from last year’s statistics, but my jaw still drops when I read these things. Hard-drive manufacturer Maxtor (the … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-11-05: Online Backups—All You Need is Broadband
Reading cue: items separated from the rest of the text by + are quotations from something I’ve written elsewhere. Items separated by = are quotations from Bob Cramer, used with permission. A series of # indicates a quotation from Mozy. Bob Cramer at LiveVault is on a crusade to move the world to online backup. (In case you haven’t heard of LiveVault.com, go to www.backuptrauma.com for an … [Read more...]
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