Three months ago, Seagate and drone company DJI announced a partnership to develop storage solutions for images and videos recorded on a drone. Now their first product is hitting the market at some point this summer: The Fly Drive. DJI are one of the leading companies in the drone market, »

There’s a problem which has been plaguing many users of Windows 10 Mobile – and this is one which is actually having financial repercussions. First reported by a user on Reddit, it was found that the operating system had used up gigabytes of network data even when the phone was »

To have a truly secure backup plan, it’s all about redundancy. This means that if one your backups fail, you’ve got others that you can rely on. For example, backing up data from one internal drive to another isn’t suitable. It’ll protect you against logical failure, but it certainly won’t »

Star Trek is a show that originally ran from 1966 to 1969, but went on to spawn countless series and films. It was a cultural phenomenon and is deeply ingrained in the hearts of many. The creator of the show was a man called Gene Roddenberry, who used to write »

We all know the value of backing up our data. Right? If you don’t, then chances are you’ve never suffered data loss. Many people often think that data loss won’t happen to them and there’s no point backing up their data – but it’s inevitable and you need to be »

You only really know the pain of data loss when you’ve suffered it. Data recovery is possible, but you shouldn’t rely on this when you’ve got the ability to backup. There are so many different programs out there that will help you manage your backups, it can be hard to »

Wikibon are a group of practitioners and consultants on technology and business systems. They share their research open source, free for all. They research and report on a variety of topics like big data, cloud and infrastructure. Some of their latest research claims that flash will completely replace disk as »

Windows 10 is Microsoft’s latest operating system and it’s supposedly going to be their last. Having skipped nine in the numbering, Microsoft has shifted their positioning slightly with this ‘ultimate’ version of Windows. It’s now more a service, ever-evolving and available across multiple platforms like PCs, tablets and phones. Available »

The Apple Watch moves everything from your smartphone and puts it straight onto your watch. Okay, so it can’t quite do everything that the device in your pocket can, but it can do much more than just tell the time. Like any other computer, be it your desktop, laptop, tablet »

There’s no doubt that external hard drives are great storage mediums. They’re portable, can be attached and removed with ease, and can be upgraded without opening up the system. All of this is especially great when you’re using a laptop, where expanding storage space isn’t particularly user friendly unless you »

Data security continues to be a pertinent issue for personal and enterprise users. It’s now not uncommon for companies to be the victims of cyberattacks, the result of which can commonly end with a personal data leak. That data concern is even more important in the cloud, with the data »

Companies are out to make money, of course, and one way of helping them achieve that is to reduce their internal costs. For big businesses, one of the great costs is that of data storage. Not only do companies have to comply with data archiving practices, but there’s also day-to-day »

Limited phone storage is one of those modern life banes. Although our portable devices come with gigabytes of internal storage, this often isn’t enough to house all of the photos, videos and apps that we like to keep. On some smartphones, this can be combatted through the use of microSD »

Many businesses now use software as a service. Microsoft has been making a strong push for their ecosystem recently, which has meant that enterprise adoption of Office 365 is on the rise. The benefits to operating within the cloud are clear. The costs are lower, the management is easier, it »

In the consumer hard drive world you’ve got two choices: hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD). The latter is a newer technology. It offers quicker data access times due to the fact that it’s a flash medium. Unlike a HDD which has mechanical parts, SSDs can access »

Personal data is valuable and many companies continue to research into the best ways to ensure that there’s in-built redundancy, like through automatic backup to the cloud. It should always be simple to create a copy of your data. Ideally, everyone would make it their top priority, but we know »

The Spanish bank Santander is looking to take on some of the biggest technology giants by launching their own cloud service for corporate customers. With data security continuing to be a hot issue, Santander plan to capitalise on the perceptions of banks as being a safe place. Ana Botín, chair »

Switzerland has a reputation for strong security thanks to their banking industry. It is known worldwide as a safe and reliable place in the finance industry, making it one of the global banking leaders. Although, the country recently faced international pressure and has had to agree to automatically exchange banking »

The Australian government, helmed by Abbot, previously announced plans that would see internet providers and telecommunication companies forced to store the private data of their customers for two years. This metadata would include, but isn’t limited to, the customer’s name, address, date of birth and financial information. While the government »

By now we all know the importance of backing up our data. A lot of our life now exists digitally, whether it’s photos we’ve captured, documents we’ve written or music we’ve purchased. If this data was to suddenly vanish then it’d be disastrous. The same applies to businesses, many of »

Toshiba have announced a series of brand new wireless transfer and storage backup devices that aims to allow consumers to make the most of their portable devices and computers. The announcement was made at the 2015 International CES, which is a large technology trade show that takes place in Las »

Since there has been data, there has been data loss. It almost seems inevitable. No drive is capable of storing your data forever. At some point it will fail, though it might not be within the time period that you use the drive. Not only can a drive fail, but »

So much of our existence takes place in a digital landscape. We’re told to back up our data to ensure that we won’t lose anything in the event of a disaster. For most, this means backing data up to hard drives, flash drives or the cloud. But what about after »

Rumours had been flying in early October that Symantec, the company perhaps best known for its range of Norton antivirus products, was going to be splitting its business in two. The company, based in Mountain View, California, have now confirmed that this is true. Symantec will be splitting its security »

The time is October 2012. TD Bank was sending out notifications to their customers to let them know that two backup tapes had been missing since March. The contents of said tapes: personal customer data. The bank claimed that these tapes were shipped to one of their locations, but got »

Computers can be noisy things sometimes, especially if they’re getting on a bit. Whether it’s the hum of a fan or a whir of a disc drive, chances are you’ve started to ignore the sounds coming out of your computer as standard. However, that can actually be a dangerous practice. »

Data loss is less of a question of ‘if’, but more ‘when’. It’s something that will happen to every drive – perhaps not during the lifetime of when you use it, but it’s not unlikely. Of course, in an ideal world everyone would backup their files and there’d be no »

SolidFire are a storage company based in Colorado that specialise in all-SSD solutions. The company have recently raised $82 in investment through Series D funding. This investment takes the total funding of the company to $150 million, which CEO David Wright claims is more than was raised by nearly all »

It can be tempting to store as much data on your hard drive as much as possible. Besides, when you’ve paid for that space, why shouldn’t you? But it’s important to be aware of the fact that your drive needs some space kept free in order to allow your system »

Buzz Lightyear and Woody are two of animations most famous characters. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t know the pair. After a hugely successful first outing with Toy Story, the animation giants at Pixar decided to follow up with a sequel. But did you know that they almost »

Data loss is less about ‘if’ and more about ‘when’. The chances are that the majority of us will experience some sort of data loss during our life. Whether it’s a small accidental deletion or a huge drive outage, no system is ever going to provide a fool-proof way of »

If your drive has failed mechanically, which means that the physical components have broken, then recovery software available online isn’t going to be able to help get your data back or repair your drive. In fact, the only course of action to take is to send your drive off to »

As another week passes, yet another change occurs in the cloud storage offerings from one of the major providers. Companies like Dropbox, Google and Microsoft are just a few in the big battle for the cloud market. All are doing their best to draw consumers into the services and to »

Researchers at the RMIT University have created a data storage nano structure that mimics human memory. The research will potentially enable others to develop nanoscale memory devices, which are very stable and reliable. Memory comes in two types: volatile and non-volatile. The latter is able to access memory stored on »

Everything on your computer, from the files that make your operating system function to your cherished family photographs, is a piece of data. Although this data exists digitally, it still needs somewhere physical that actually holds it. If the data is stored locally then that could be your hard drive; »

The very best backup plans are the ones where your data is stored in multiple locations. It’s good to have everything backed up to an external drive, but if that’s in the same location as your main data then both copies will likely be destroyed in a natural disaster. You »

Data centres usually store everything on hard disks, all stacked up and cooled to keep the heat down, but Facebook have experimented with a disc-based solution. At the beginning of this year, at the Open Compute Project in California, Facebook showed a prototype for their data centre storage design that »

Have you ever thought that setting up a backup system for your home or business was a bit of a hassle? Perhaps it took longer than you expected to get everything working or maybe things ended up going a bit over budget just to make sure your data was as »

The world is far more portable than it used to be. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t have a mobile phone; chances are they carry it around with them at all times. Add laptops and tablets to the mix and that’s a lot of digital devices out »

It should be known by now that backing up your data is a fundamental business requirement, but there are still those, often smaller businesses, who don’t comply. Imagine if you lost all of your financial documents or customer data; it’d be utterly disastrous if you didn’t have a backup copy »

For many, the name RealPlayer probably begins back bad memories. Initially released nearly two decades ago, RealPlayer was a video player that got a lot of slack for being intrusive and badly supportive of various file formats. Nevertheless, it made its way onto a lot of computers, but in recent »

There has been a lot of talk in the media recently about hacking of celebrities phones. A number of well-known stars have had their private photographs leaked online. It was widely suspected and reported that these leaks were due to the photos being stored on Apple’s iCloud service. iCloud is »

A file backup and a system image are two very different procedures, but it’s not surprising that people get the two mixed up. The tasks they perform do overlap, which is where the confusion comes in, but it’s important that you know the difference between the two and when it’s »

Backing up files isn’t just something undertaken by individuals or private enterprises. Wherever there is data it needs to be backed up unless losing it isn’t a problem. The public sector in the United Kingdom, made up of areas such as teaching and health, also have to back up their »

Dell has, over the past two years, been acquiring a number of products that all relate to the world of backup. Dell is best known for its hardware, available for both business and personal consumers, but the company is starting to make larger investments in data protection and making a »

Backing up data is one of the most important procedures that should be carried out on tech devices, yet it’s often overlooked. Perhaps it’s seen as too complicated or costly, but it actually doesn’t have to be either. This article will explore how to go about backing up data over »

Hitachi Data Systems is a storage, software and services provider that was founded in 1989 and is based in California, United States. With over 5900 employees in more than 100 countries and regions, Hitachi is a big player when it comes to data storage. The firm announced earlier in August »

The cloud war continues to hot up. While some years back there weren’t that many companies offering cloud services, the market has seen a boom recently. A lot of large technology companies jumped on board – namely Microsoft and Google – and there have been many smaller firms giving it »

It is extremely important that the data you store in archive is protected. Not just protected against something like a natural disaster, but against things like malicious users accessing the data without permission. Imagine if you had an external hard drive full of private business documents and it got stolen. »

It can be common practice in business to just store every single piece of data that has been created and then, when the time comes, to archive it. But for some businesses this might not actually be the best practice. Small businesses especially may find that they actually don’t need »

There’s no doubt about it: the cloud becomes more and more prominent by the day. The cloud is a popular choice for individuals and enterprises alike. It has many different benefits that cater to the needs of these audiences: access to files wherever you are, collaborative work and a backup »

At the absolute minimum, the size of your backup drive should be equal to the amount of data you have. In fact, this is actually probably considered inadequate. You might think that because you have a 500GB internal drive then you’ll only need 500GB of space to back up onto, »

The data we store and the actions we undertake online should be kept private and shared to whom we only give explicit consent. Does that sound fair? The trouble is that isn’t what happens in many countries around the world. We know, especially now after the Snowden revelations, that governments »

Backblaze, provider of unlimited online backup for $5 a month, have launched an app for their service on the Android platform. The app is free and available to download now from the Google Play store. The app is designed to allow users to view all the data that they have »

There’s no doubt about it: storage can get costly very quickly. It’s quite a difficult line to tread. On the one hand, you don’t want to be so cheap that you’re constantly pressed for storage. On the other, you don’t want to be paying for drives and servers that you »

China has a bad reputation when it comes to data storage, both in privacy and censorship. The country is very keen that businesses who operate in their country store related data within the borders for reasons of control. It’s a stance that, quite rightly, many corporations refuse to comply with. »

Microsoft has completed their acquisition of data recovery company InMage. Based in the US and India, and founded in 2001, InMage are responsible for a product line called Scout. This uses continuous data protection for backup and replication. Microsoft has promised that they will bring the business continuity features to »

Choosing a cloud backup service is no easy task, especially considering how many different alternatives there are out there. There are various factors that you might look for in a cloud backup service: capacity, security and support to name three. This article will explore one of the offerings: Pogoplug. Pogoplug »

Amazon has announced a brand new cloud-based service that they hope will capture the ever growing enterprise storage and collaboration market. Amazon Zocalo is the name of the service and it is currently in limited preview. Zocalo translates from Spanish into square or place and it is a service that »

WhatsApp is one of the most popular communication tools globally. Billions of messages are sent through the app every single day. Of course, the messages that we send and receive are precious data to us. They might contain important business conversations, messages from loved ones or just funny chats between »

The systems built in to Android devices to help secure and backup your data are, quite frankly, pretty poor. If you have ever got a second Android device and wanted to transfer your old data across, you will have probably noticed that the current ‘Backup & Restore’ facility offered on »

Downtime on data can occur for a whole variety of reasons, ranging from human error to malicious intent to natural disaster. Businesses should be aware of these constant risks and have a recovery plan in place to ensure that they’ll be ready and prepared if the worst was to happen »

Data centres can be located anywhere. The beauty of a data centre is the data can be accessed globally, no matter where the actual server physically is. However, one of the problems with running a data centre is that it can get extremely hot and, as such, very expensive to »

A factory reset of your phone is when you reverse it back to how it was when it, well, left the factory! This means that all of the data on your internal storage is completely wiped out. When you turn the phone back on you’ll have to go through the »

If you have ever performed data recovery on a computer drive then you’ll know that it can be, at times, a bit of a complicated process. This process gets even trickier when you want to recover data from the internal drive of your Android device. Before beginning to read this »

The need to recover data can happen to anyone. It can happen in the home, perhaps due to a lack of a backup plan. It can happen in business, perhaps due to a natural disaster. It can also happen in government organisations. The thing is, government offices and agencies often »

Hard drives continue to drop in price as the capacities increase. Chances are that a drive you’re looking at now will be cheaper a few months down the line. The storage scene is changing and expanding so rapidly that hard disk drives are very low-cost compared to their initial price »

Box is one of the leading cloud storage companies. The firm caters for both personal and business users. Individuals can sign up and immediately receive 10GB of storage space to keep their data in the cloud. Business users can pay £11 per user/month, with unlimited storage and a minimum of »

Netflix is one of the biggest websites globally and it has a huge amount of traffic visiting it from a variety of platforms – computers, smartphones, consoles and tablets are just some of the devices that connect to the site. Netflix, primarily known for its streaming service, hosts thousands of »

There are rumours floating around the internet that Google is set to close the doors on Google Voice as an application within the year. Although nothing has been officially confirmed by the search engine giant themselves, a number of news sites reported on the rumour and claimed that Google Voice »

Fusion-io is a company based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, that specialises in designing and manufacturing products that make use of flash memory. Their Fusion ioMemory platform, for example, helps enterprise applications like virtualization, cloud computing, databases and big data by combining hardware and software. Some of their clients include giants »

At the time of its release, the Seagate Backup Plus Slim was the thinnest portable hard drive on the market that offers a 2TB capacity. With a price point of around $50 for 500GB, $70 for 1TB and $120 for 2TB, it’s certainly an affordable drive – but does it »

A hard drive will fail at some point. It may not be while you’re ever using it, but it’s a fact that a drive isn’t going to last forever. For a hard disk drive, with all its physical and moving components, that chance of failure is higher over flash storage »

Two universities in the United Kingdom, the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and Queen’s University of Belfast (Northern Ireland), have teamed up with 12 industry partners in order to create a facility that will investigate the capacity of storage devices. The industry partners include Seagate, IQE, Oclaro, CST Global and others. »

The average consumer flash memory will store data in polysilicon layers as an electric charge. Polysilicon is a single continuous material and this means that if there is anything wrong with the material, like a dent, then it can cause interference with the desired charge movement. This is a problem »

Zerto is a company, founded in 2009, that provides enterprise class business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for virtualised infrastructure and cloud. According to their website, their software, Zero Virtual Replication, “is the industry’s first hypervisor-based replication solution for tier-one applications” and as such won them awards such as the »

Hard drives can fail in two ways: physical and logical. Physical damage, like if the drive has become water damaged, can only be recovered when sent to a professional recovery centre. Logical recovery, on the other hand, can performed at home using programs, often to great success. There are many »

KeepItSafe is a range of backup products aimed at enterprise users. These are Online Backup, DR and Mobile. Let’s take a look at each one in term, assess the features on offer and see whether it’s worth your business making use of the service. Firstly, running KeepItSafe Online Backup will »

DataProtect is an enterprise-grade local and cloud backup, disaster recovery and arching solution owned by Zetta. Their primary target market is small and mid-sized enterprises, managed service providers and value added resellers. The firm is based in California and was founded in 2008. Currently, the firm have more than 120 »

Argentum Backup is one of the many backup tools available on the market today. Backup is a serious business of course, and one that every user should be a part of. You never know when disaster will strike, which is exactly why backup provides that layer of protection. Let’s take »

Intronis is an online cloud backup and disaster recovery company. The business has recently announced that they are making changes to their pricing structure in order to stay in line with changing business needs. The firm now offer fixed monthly plans in two flavours: the first, their basic plan, is »

Data is no longer confined to the hard drive of our computer. Data travels everywhere with us; in the cloud, through our emails, on our smartphones. When it comes to backing up, it’s that crucial smartphone data that some users tend to forget about. It’s been hammered home countless times »

Infrascale call themselves “the most complete cloud data protection solution”. They were founded in 2006 and are based in El Segundo, California. The company have recently announced two major pieces of news that will likely allow them to take major steps in the data world. First of all, Infrascale managed »

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is an annual event held by Apple in California. At their recent conference, in 2014, Apple announced the introduction of iCloud Drive. With a name like that, you can probably guess what sort of utility this is – just like Dropbox, Google Drive and »

If you’ve got a number of systems and devices that need all their data backed up, it can get quite complicated to find an efficient and reliable solution. Of course, one should never forgo data backup just because it might be a bit tricky – it’s entirely important to have »

Smartphones are great for carrying around all sorts of data: documents, music, photos and videos are all popular types of data that the common consumer stores on their phone. The only problem is that smartphones, like all devices, have limited physical storage space. While some companies allow you to expand »

In March 2009, Google bought the Summa Mill from Stora Enso, a Finnish paper company. This mill was 60 years old and the tech giant outlined their plans to convert it into a data centre. The initial investment in the project cost €200 million and the first stage was completed »

At this point it probably goes without saying, but the cloud industry continues to boom. According to analysts at Gartner, the public cloud services market was worth $131 billion in 2013. Additionally, the firm predicts that from 2013 through 2016, $677 will be spent on cloud services globally. It’s clear »

Flash storage arrays are greatly beneficial for those who require a low latency and high input/output operations per second. A lot of flash storage is deployed in combination with solid state or hard disk storage, but there are those who solely use flash for their array. Using an all-flash array »

Planning your disaster recovery is an essential part of any business, simply because you can never know when something might go wrong. Although you might not be able to predict a disaster, you can always know how you will recover from it: the procedures, steps and manpower needed to get »

CloudBerry Lab is a cloud backup company that is based in Newport Beach, California. They have a number of products, one of which is CloudBerry Backup. This is a line of products that cover various editions (desktop, server, bare metal and so on) that will back up your files to »

Cloud storage can be used in a variety of applications. It has use in the home and in enterprises, but it also has use in government. According to a new survey from HIMSS, 82% of hospitals are making use of the cloud. The cloud has various usages in hospitals, like »

“Storage is where the stickiness is,” said Jeffrey Mann, vice president for research at Gartner. “It’s how they hold a customer. If they store your stuff, they get to know you better.” It’s an interesting concept. Many of us are now used to the idea of corporations like Google or »

One of the most common methods for home backup is to store everything on an external hard drive. Hard drives only continue to fall in price and in size, while simultaneously growing in capacity. This makes them a great choice for the average consumer looking to have a secondary copy »

Backup tools are aplenty and with so much to choose from it can become daunting to choose. One of the many offerings available on the market is Nero BackItUp, now on its 2014 version. This software dons itself as “easy, secure and reliable”, but how true is this? This article »

Apple stores nationwide offer a support service, allowing users to take in their products and get technical assistance. This can vary from guidance on using certain features to sending them off for repair. In Brooklyn, New York there is a store called The Mac Support Store; although not officially a »

Users on cloud storage platform Bitcasa now have a choice on which region they want their data stored in. The four regions are: US, Asian-Pacific, Japan and Europe. By default, users will have their data stored within the region they belong to. However, if desire, customers can choose which region »

The NSA surveillance scandal was one of, if not the, biggest story of 2013. Whistle blower Edward Snowden help reveal to the world that some of the top governments were purposely monitoring online activity and gaining access to data that users thought were private. The scandal caused a lot of »

Nowadays, the majority of standard consumer and business data is stored on hard drives. Either mechanical or solid state, drives have been the storage solution of choice for a while due to their wide availability, cheapness and large capacities. In fact, some might say that the cloud could usurp as »

There are a number of backup services out there; some of them operate globally, in that anyone can sign up no matter their location, while some of them are region-specific. There are a number of benefits to choosing a backup service that is located in the same country as you. »

Oracle is a company that was founded in 1977 and has since grown globally to become the second-largest software maker, topped only by Microsoft. The firm specialise in developing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products. In 2013, the company had a net income of $10.92 billion and 122,458 employees. »

Users store a lot of different data on cloud storage. When it comes to business, chances are a lot of that data is going to be private and confidential. As such, security in the cloud is one of the top factors that all enterprises should investigate when choosing a cloud »

Nearly everyone has a smartphone these days. Data is constantly travelling around with you – snapping photos on your camera, writing up documents and receiving files. But the problem is that phones only have limited storage and they can’t hold anywhere near as much as your desktop computer. As such, »

DataRecovery.com is one of the most popular hard drive recovery services across the globe. The firm has announced that they are offering free hard drive evaluations and a 20 percent discount for those who suffered from the tornadoes that damaged Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Arkansas recently. The storms were extremely »

Heartbleed is the name for a vulnerability that hit the internet at the start of April this year. It affected a huge amount of websites and prompted many to change their passwords. You’ve probably seen notices on some of your regularly visited websites telling you about Heartbleed. But what is »

Acronis is an international provider of data protection solutions, offering services in the backup, disaster recovery and file sharing fields. The firm was founded in 2003 and has offices in eighteen locations, the headquarters being in Switzerland. The company plays host to more than 5 million consumers and 300,000 businesses; »

Right off the bat, here’s the answer: no. Data backup is not the same thing as disaster recovery. Having your data backed up regularly is a great first step towards disaster recovery, but there is so much more to it than that. Imagine if a disaster did strike, do you »

Younity is a new type of cloud storage. Rather than having to upload your data to a storage space online, this free application just syncs all your data privately between your devices. This means that there is no need for you to specify what data you want available to you »

Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve forgotten your password? It’s frustrating, but relieving when you finally remember it. The most secure users will use a different password for each account, ensuring that if one is broken into then the others aren’t compromised. But what happens when you »

The Uptime Institute have a tiered system that represents how resilient each data centre is. There are four levels that can be awarded, with the third tier being the most common. This means that the data centre has multiple delivery paths for cooling and power, plus it has redundant critical »

Hard drive damage can primarily take on two forms: logical and physical. If the error is logical then the data can normally be recovered by downloading a recovery tool from the internet, like R-Studio. If the damage is physical, however, then it’s a whole different ball game. Perhaps the drive »

There will probably be a lot of times in your work life where you will need to work together with other people on the same document. Previously, this might have been a cumbersome task, perhaps involving emailing the file back and forth and waiting for the other person to finish »

OneDrive is a cloud storage system from technology giant Microsoft. Previously named SkyDrive, a court case from BSkyB meant that a rebranding was required. With OneDrive expecting to launch officially within the coming weeks, some websites are beginning to report on what new features OneDrive users can expect. LiveSide are »

The tagline on EaseUS Todo’s website asks you why “pay for Norton Ghost when there is a free alternative?” It’s a convincing argument. You can’t get better for free and a lot of users know the importance of a backup tool, yet are unwilling to shed out the cash for »

Space Monkey is a relatively new start-up company from Utah. The company used Kickstarter to attract funding for their project, originally beginning with a $100,000 goal, but eventually amassing nearly $350,000. While the industry continue to make a push for cloud storage, Space Monkey claim that if you have vast »

Cloud storage is becoming an increasingly popular option for enterprises. It allows all the workers to upload their data into the cloud, sync it across their devices and share with ease to co-workers. However, have you considered the security implications of this? Previously, when your data was just stored on »

It seems that every day there is a new cloud storage provider on the market. Perhaps that’s an exaggeration, but you’ll no doubt feel that there’s a vast array of choice when it comes to online data storage. Choosing the right provider can be an incredibly difficult decision; trying all »

Data recovery is a lucrative business. If you’ve ever suffered from data loss then you’ll know how desperate you feel to get your data back. A lot of people are willing to pay vast sums of money in order to get their data back. As such, it makes sense that »

Hard drives are very delicate pieces of kit. If your drive has been physically damaged then you should not open it up to see what’s wrong. The particles in the air could land on the drive’s platter and scratch it, causing further data loss risk. Things like dust or hair »

Like all good business ideas, Axcient came from its founder coming across a real life problem. “I wasn’t setting out to start a company. I was setting out to solve a problem. It came out of a need I’d actually had myself when I was at my last company. My »

Cloud storage providers are aplenty nowadays. However, the key with cloud storage is that it involves uploading your files. Not only does this mean you have to plan ahead to what files you’ll want to access remotely, but also raises some security questions over how well protected your data really »

How conscious are you of data safety? Perhaps the recent exposure of government spying has made you more aware that data stored online is never going to be one hundred percent secure. There’s always room for human error, government invasion or malicious access. However, while you might be aware of »

Livedrive was established at the end of 2008 by Andrew Michael and has been going strong ever since, with more than half a million paying customers. It is a cloud backup and storage service that offers users unlimited space for their data. The company has won awards such as the »

The Guardian define metadata as “information generated as you use technology”, which sums it up pretty nicely. It is essentially data about data. The type of data being collected is transactional information about the users involved, the device and the activates carried out. Metadata is collected without you realising. When »

Data recovery can be an expensive procedure, especially if it involves sending your drive off to recovery professionals. As such, choosing the right company to entrust with your data can be a tricky one. Do you go with the company nearest to you? Perhaps you go with the cheapest? Or »

When you first visit Backblaze’s website you’ll be told that it offers “online backup made easy”. But just how easy is it? And what features do you get with the service? Data backup is a very important process and one that every individual and enterprise should undertake. If you lose »

All modern Windows operating systems allow you to create Zip files without downloading external programs. A Zip file acts similar to a folder and allows you to store multiple files inside. However, it differs in that the Zip itself is considered a single file, allowing you to send it to »

If you’re in a position where you need to recover your data then your mind has undoubtedly turned to the cost. Make no mistake; data recovery can be a very expensive process. But can data recovery ever be free? Or is that too good to be true? This article will »

Many users have happily signed up to cloud services since they boomed onto the internet scene. They’re a great way for storing your data, allowing you to access it from wherever you are and share it with others with ease. However, when it comes to storing your data in the »

Windows comes with a utility called WinZip built in. Chances are you’ve probably used it without realising it. WinZip allows you to create and open files in the ZIP format. A lot of files that you download from the internet will come in ZIP files. This is because zip files »

Zip files are the most popular format of compressing data on a Windows operating system. You have probably downloaded some from the internet, received them in an email or even created one yourself. This article will take things from a basic level and explore exactly what Zip files are, detailing »

Zip files are a great and popular way of compressing data. Zip files can be found all over the place, like when you download files from the internet or perhaps as an email attachment. Windows has a built in utility called WinZip, allowing you to create and extract Zip files »

CDs and DVDs can be a very cheap and convenient way to store a certain amount of data on. One use for CDs/DVDs is giving data to a friend when you can’t transfer it over the internet. While the media still has its place as a storage facility, there may »

Here’s the situation: all of your data got damaged. You ran a recovery program and, luckily, got the majority of your files back, including your pictures. However, when going through your pictures, you’ve discovered that some of them are corrupted. Perhaps the image doesn’t open, or it displays the wrong »

Facebook has become the default place for a lot of people to store their photos. It enables them to share their holiday snaps or family gatherings with everyone on their friends list. Photo albums used to mean books where you turned the page, but now it’s just clicking left and »

A new generation of consoles is incoming. With the Wii U having been released first, it is soon going to be Sony and Microsoft’s turn with their PS4 and Xbox One consoles respectively. Offering updated graphics, new controllers and new interfaces, these are brand new devices that are sure to »

Xbox One is the latest, up and coming console from Microsoft. Soon to be released, this is the follow-up to the Xbox 360. With a redesigned controller, updated hardware (offering improved performance and graphics) and a new interface, the Xbox One is sure to be a huge hit with consumers. »

SkyDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage service that allows users to upload files and access them from anywhere. Sky, on the other hand, is a TV broadcaster owned by News Corporation. That latter company have recently won in the England and Wales High Court against Microsoft for infringing on the trademarked »

One of the differences between gaming on your computer and on a console is that all the save games are stored in different folders. Whereas on a console everything is united under the system architecture and stored in the same place, save files on a PC will be all over »

Yahoo recently up hauled all of Flickr and gave it a completely new design. A new website front page provided users with an activity feed of photos, while a new app was launched for Android devices. Perhaps one of the biggest announcements was the news that every user would be »

There was a time when the majority of PC users would just use Internet Explorer to browse the internet. It was the default browser that came with the computer and the majority of people saw no need to change, or simply didn’t know they could. However, things are much different »

In June Nintendo’s popular handheld gaming device, the 3DS, received a system update. The 3DS is named so because it allows players to see the games in three dimensions. The device is available in both regular and ‘XL’ size. Every so often Nintendo update the system to offer various improvements »

Long before the DVD came around there was the VHS. Those of you who are old enough to remember will recall the format: the chunky tapes and the manual rewinding. When the DVD came around it revolutionised the format. Not only were they smaller and more compact, but more data »

iTunes is Apple’s digital store, allowing users to buy and download from their vast catalogue of music, videos and other content. All of this can then be synced over to your iDevice, or just stored on your computer. You might be wondering how to go about backing up everything in »

If you’re on the market for a new smartphone then you may spend your time checking out how many megapixels the camera is, the size of the screen or how well it can play games. But there’s another important factor that you need to pay attention to: the internal storage. »

Data storage has come a long way from when it was first introduced. We’ve had tapes, floppy discs and different types of hard drives. The two current most popular types of hard drives are hard disk and solid state. Western Digital is looking to introduce a new contender to the »

A phone’s internal storage is an important figure when it comes to buying a new one. It becomes even more of an issue when your phone’s storage can’t be expanded. Apps, contacts and messages are all things that can be stored on your internal storage. If your phone is getting »

Back in 2008, Seagate’s opinion on SSDs was slightly different than it is now. Bill Watkins, Seagate’s CEO, said at the time that “realistically, I just don’t see the flash notebook sell”. There were even stirrings that the company were planning to sue SSD manufacturers like Samsung and Intel as »

Storage Spaces are a brand new feature for Windows 8. You can group drives together in a storage “pool” and then use this capacity to create storage spaces. Basically, multiple drives can become a single virtual drive. The data stored within can be mirrored across multiple drives; this means that »

Storing things in the cloud is never one hundred per cent secure. Dropbox is one of the most popular services out there and is strongly protected, but it’s been very vulnerable over the years. If you’re a Dropbox user then there are several steps it is recommended you take in »

Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud storage systems out there. It allows you to store your files online and sync them across different systems using the web interface or client program. New users who sign up for a free account at Dropbox will be given 2 GB of »

At first it might sound a bit silly that you would need a waterproof or fire proof hard drive, but the more you think about it the more sense it makes. Your hard drive stores all of your data and chances are you don’t want to lose it. If a »

Whenever you upgrade to a new operating system it is always important that you’re aware of the need to preserve your data. If you’re migrating to the recently released Windows 8 then luckily the process to save your data and settings is quite an easy one. This is thanks to »

A degausser is a piece of equipment that uses electromagnetics to delete data from magnetic media, like hard drives or tape. It got its name from Johann Gauss, a mathematician who studied electromagnetic fields. The process is also referred to as erasure. Degaussing permanently removes any data that is stored »

Deleting a file from your hard drive doesn’t mean that it is actually removed permanently. Even emptying the recycle bin doesn’t do the job properly. When you delete a file the system marks the space it was using to store it as empty. The file is hidden from you, but »

There are many different types of data recovery software and choosing the right one may be tricky. You will notice that there are various different price tags associated with them, too. Some will be free, some expensive and some in the middle. This article will explore what the common differences »

Google Drive is the cloud storage offering from the technology giant. It allows users to upload their files to the service and access them on any device from anywhere. For example, you could be working on a document at work, upload it to Google Drive and then continue editing it »

The Crucial M500 and Samsung 840 Pro are two of the best solid state drives available on the market at the moment. Both are great drives and you’ll likely not go wrong wither either of them. This article will compare their specifications through a series of benchmark tests; see how »

If you need some data recovery software then you’re going to have to ensure that you get a quality product. Data recovery is a tricky business and choosing the wrong program could potentially make things worse. Not only do you want to consider the program from a performance standpoint, with »

SD cards are a great method for storage. They are small, light and capable of holding a lot of data. Phones, cameras and tablets are all capable of holding SD cards. A lot of them come with them, so chances are you might be using one without even realising it. »

Running a WordPress blog can be a lot of fun for people to do in their spare time, but for some it will turn into a source and revenue and become a business. Companies may also use the content publishing platform for their own blogs or websites. As such, it »

Windows 8 has a built in file backup tool called File History. It is possible that something could go wrong when using it, however. If this happens then you will see a notification appear at the far right of the taskbar. If you select the message you will be taken »

Windows 7 has an inbuilt feature called Backup and Restore that does what it says on the tin. To access it, simply search for the name of the program in your Start bar and it will be the top result. From here you will be able to schedule routine backups »

You might be surprised to hear it, but deleting data from your computer doesn’t remove it completely. Even emptying it from the Recycle Bin doesn’t ensure that it’s vanished. The data will still be lingering around on your drive. There are techniques that can be used (it’s a cop show »

The law is a tricky thing to grasp at the best of times and has many grey areas. That stands true when it comes to backing up copyrighted media. When you buy a DVD or a CD, everything on the disc is under copyright. However, since you’ve paid money for »

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms out there. The great thing about it is that it is very simple for anyone to start their own and publish their thoughts. If you run your own self hosted WordPress blog then you are likely to be mindful about the »

File History is an inbuilt feature of Windows RT that helps assist backing up files and folders. It works behind the scenes and automatically. Once you’ve set it up it will save copies of your libraries, contacts, favourites, Microsoft SkyDrive files and your desktop automatically. It is capable of either »

File History is a feature in Windows 8 that backs up files stored in your libraries, contacts, favourites, SkyDrive and desktop automatically. This is very handy because if ever the originals are accidentally deleted or lost due to data corruption then you can restore them. You can also recover different »

Dropbox is one of the biggest cloud storage providers out there. Of course, the ability to store your data in the cloud means that you can access this wherever you are. Dropbox supports a number of platforms and one of these is Android, the Google owned operating system for phones »

Cloud storage is great as it offers the ability to access your files from wherever you are. A smartphone is a device that a lot of people will carry around with them at all times, so it makes sense for cloud storage providers to offer their own apps. Microsoft has »

Drive is the cloud storage service from technology giant Google. One of the great things about cloud storage is that it offers the ability to access your data wherever you are. Of course, not everyone carries around a computer with them, but a lot of people will have a smartphone. »

Data storage can take on many unexpected forms. Documents and photos can be stored on everything from glass to DNA. Granted, some of these technologies are still in development, but there is much more out there than just a standard hard disk drive. There is now another element to throw »

Cloud services are becoming increasingly popular due to the convenience that they offer. The ability to store your data online means that you can access it at anytime from anywhere. They are also very easy to set up and use. There are numerous different companies out there that offer their »

http://www.worldbackupday.com/ is held on the 31st March and it does what it says on the tin. It is a day that encourages people to make sure that they are backing up their data. In their words, “don’t be an April Fool”. The day also aims to teach people »

MBR stands for Master Boot Record. This is a small part of the hard disk which contains the boot information and the layout of the partitions for the entire disk. The MBR is only 512 bytes (which is a single sector) and is needed to load up the computer and »

It is possible to put multiple hard disk drives in to a RAID array and use this as storage. Alternatively, you could buy a solid state drive. But which would get you better performance results? RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. Usually raid is implemented in dedicated file »

This guide will talk you through the steps necessary to shrink a hard drive volume in Windows 7. There are a few methods you can use to carry this out, but this guide gives you the simplest. Before following the instructions, please note that you must be logged in on »

EVault is a subsidiary of data storage company Seagate. It provides cloud based backup and recovery through a variety of products. Data storage is a vital part to any business. Important financial documents or customer information could be some of the things that your business needs to retain. As such, »

This guide has been written to help you successfully shrink a hard drive volume in Windows 8. It is not a particularly difficult task, but it is just a case of knowing where things are and how to do them. There are different methods that can be used to go »

A colocation centre is a data centre where equipment and bandwidth can be rented out. Big companies will have the finance and infrastructure to keep their own servers and maintain it, while for a lot of small companies this is overkill. This is where colocation comes in. You can either »

There are many different methods when it comes to storing your data nowadays. Two of these are storing everything in the cloud or using a service called colocation. But what are these and which one is best for your needs? Cloud storage means using an online service. All of your »

SugarSync is a cloud storage solution that was launched under the name in 2009. It allows users to sync their files across computers and devices in order to access them wherever they are. It is convenient and works great to back up your files. The service is available for free »

Encrypting your files is something that is recommended if you hold sensitive information, like customer details for example. It helps prevent your data falling in to the wrong hands. This can be anything from a physical robbery to data being intercepted via email. There are many different encryption algorithms, but »

A lot of businesses follow the good practice of encrypting their data. It is an added layer of security and helps protect against theft and unwanted access. The good thing is that it is easy to implement and tough to crack. If you are storing private information, like financial documents »

The ability to access your data in the cloud is something that an increasing number of businesses are being drawn to. The fact that you can get to the data wherever you are and at any time offers great benefits. The problem lies in selecting which cloud storage solution is »

You may have heard the news in September 2012 that a piece of code embedded on a website could restore a Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone to factory settings. All your settings, apps, photos, music and anything else you had stored would vanish just from viewing the site on your phone. »

When a file system is damaged it becomes RAW. This means that it is now in a state that cannot be read as it has no known Windows file system attached. When this happens usually means that the file system type information is missing or inconsistent between system tables. This »

Storing your data online is making use of what is called the cloud. Think of it as having all your data floating above you, with the ability to access it at anytime from anywhere. A lot of home users and businesses now take advantage of cloud storage, of which there »

AutoRecover is a feature that is built in to the Microsoft Office series of products. It is there to help protect against unplanned disruptions, like if your power goes out or the computer crashes. It is these sudden jolts to the system which mean that AutoRecover will kick in to »

Your Microsoft Outlook messages, contacts, appointments, tasks, notes and journal entries are all stored in a personal storage folder on the hard drive. The file is commonly known as a PST due to the extension. If you do not have a program to handle backup for you automatically, then it »

USB may be universal, but Thunderbolt is the new cutting edge interface. There are a number of RAIDs on offer that offer Thunderbolt support. Thunderbolt is a hardware interface that was developed by Intel in collaboration with Apple. It came to the market commercially through the MacBook Pros in 2011. »

Just think for a moment about all the data that could be stored on your hard drive. Emails, financial accounts, bank information… imagine if it fell in to the wrong hands, the consequences could be disastrous. It might sound over the top, but it’s entirely plausible. This is why it »

The chances are that you have come across a Secure Digital (SD) card before. If you own a mobile phone, digital camera or tablet computer then it is very likely that an SD card is the storage device of choice. More than 400 brands make use of them, but it »

When shopping for a network attached storage (NAS) device for your small- to mid-sized business is an increasingly wise move. With the prices of NAS devices coming down and the costs of data loss rising, integrating a NAS onsite (and perhaps offsite) is a strategic safeguard for your business. In »

ReadyBoost is a utility that was first introduced in Windows Vista and then again with Windows 7. It is a simple way to help speed up your computer. By inserting a flash storage device, like a USB stick or card, you can then let ReadyBoost use it as hard disk »

Data storage systems, just like paper records, can be a privacy and security liability for your home or business. Encrypting your data at rest is a practical safeguard against data breaches. But when it comes to sharing data over a network, disk encryption becomes slightly more complicated. For simple encryption »

Although data backups, mass storage and data that’s accessed on a daily basis is typically housed in hard disk drive or solid state drive based media, many archival digital records are stored on optical media, such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. According to manufacturers, recordable optical media lifespans range »

SkyDrive is a file hosting service from Microsoft that has been around since 2007, albeit in beta. It officially launched to the public in August 2012 and is part of the online software offered by Windows Live (replacing a program called Live Mesh). SkyDrive is a cloud storage service, much »

Creating regular backups is essential to protecting your data. However, the process of backing up a disk, partition or system can be time-consuming and space-intensive. To offset some of the inconvenience and costs of performing regular full backups, differential and incremental backups have been introduced in order to reduce the »

SAN stands for storage area network. It is a network that has the purpose of providing block level data storage access and it designed to be able to cope with large transfers of data. The main purpose of a SAN is the transfer of data between the storage device and »

Windows 7 already offers a number of system backup and system restore options built directly into the operating system. But Windows 8 introduces a few new features for backing up your data, as well as some twists on the existing Windows data backup options. Read on for a brief overview »

When designing or implementing high availability systems and planning for business continuity, backing up data plays a large role. Traditionally, data backup has meant taking a copy of your data and saving it in order to protect against disk failure, corruption or accidental deletion. Because you are essentially writing the »