NEW DELHI, INDIA: What comes to mind first when we hear “backup”? Tape! Tape has long been established as a backup media for critical enterprise data. But with the capacity of magnetic disk drives ...

Taking another step into data storage, Microsoft on Friday unveiled software for backing up files on disk-based systems. The product, dubbed System Center Data Protection Manager, is designed to tempt ...

It’s a gross understatement to say that disk has taken the backup world by storm. Whether the goal is to complement and improve tape performance or to replace tape altogether, it’s safe to say that no ...

(1) Devices that use magnetic hard disks for storage. It often refers to portable devices such as digital music players that have hard disks rather than flash memory. All desktop and laptop computers ...

Microsoft Corp.’s System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) will be ready for prime time in the third quarter, the vendor is expected to announce today. Microsoft has completed production of its ...

MCI on Wednesday introduced a new fully managed data protection service based on disk backup designed to help companies with business continuity. MCI’s new Enhanced Smart Backup offering allows ...

Samsung Electronics will launch two portable computers next month that use flash memory in place of a hard-disk drive for data storage, the company said Tuesday. Flash memory has long been eyed as a ...

XenData has announced upcoming support for ALTO disk-based archives from Disk Archive Corporation, expanding the storage options available on its X20-S and X40-S appliances. Previously limited to LTO ...