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It's very easy for us. For most companies today, I think it should be a pretty simple, effective way of getting some sleep at night and not worrying about backups. Paul Leone, Vice-President Information Technology and Logistics adidas-Salomon Canada Ltd. It is clear that this is a shift in technology that provides IPC with long-term benefits and less headaches. No more back-up window issues, no more failed tapes/tape drives. Our Disaster Recovery planning has become that much easier. Brian Thornborrow Director - Information Technology IPC Financial Network Inc.

Testimonials

It's very easy for us. For most companies today, I think it should be a pretty simple, effective way of getting some sleep at night and not worrying about backups.

Paul Leone, Vice-President
Information Technology and Logistics
adidas-Salomon Canada Ltd.
It is clear that this is a shift in technology that provides IPC with long-term benefits and less headaches. No more back-up window issues, no more failed tapes/tape drives. Our Disaster Recovery planning has become that much easier.

Brian Thornborrow
Director - Information Technology
IPC Financial Network Inc.

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Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter

By Mike Karp, Network World, 05/10/05

In an era that has elevated the visibility of identity theft and suggests that a company's data represents the majority of its corporate assets, we are tempted to ask ourselves just how stupid does an enterprise have to be to trust its data - on unencrypted back-up tapes, no less - to a third-party that is capable of losing the tapes? And what human being is not capable of such an error? Or worse.

If you think you have a good method for off-site storage for your backups and archives, this might be the time to remind yourself about a chain being as strong as its weakest link.

What is the weakest link in your "back-up chain"? It might be a truck driver, or some guy on the loading dock with his hands on a tape full of unencrypted data that could put your business out of business.

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 June 2006 )

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