Stories by: Tom Jowitt

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    SMBs risk data loss by neglecting backups 01/10/2009 00:07:00

    Small to medium businesses (SMBs) are risking the loss of valuable corporate data because they are failing to take enough steps to secure their data and are not backing it up.
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    Dell reveals new servers and storage for SMBs 10/09/2009 23:30:00

    Dell rounded out a busy year so far with the launch of new servers and storage equipment tailored towards the needs of the small to medium sized businesses.
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    Study predicts inhouse data centre capacity decline 08/09/2009 05:04:00

    New research has found that companies are expecting their in-house data centre capacity to decrease going forward, despite most organisations moving their client server-based applications into the cloud.
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    Quantum ships backup module for virtual servers 24/07/2009 04:15:00

    With virtualisation being increasingly rolled out across many data centres and server rooms, Quantum has this week begun shipping a module that will allow for the backup and restoration of VMware ESX virtual servers on its DXi-Series of disk backup systems.
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    Start-up set to take on Skype over video 22/07/2009 00:07:00

    A US company has upgraded its cross-platform videoconferencing service and at the same time launched a new plan designed to broaden its appeal to the small to medium business (SMB) segment.
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    Google banks on data centre with no chillers 20/07/2009 08:55:00

    Google has taken a radical new approach when it comes to cooling data centres. The search giant has opened a unique data centre in Belgium that has no backup chillers installed, but instead relies totally upon free air cooling to keep its servers cool.
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    Yahoo invents 'chicken coop' data centre design 08/07/2009 01:54:00

    Yahoo is touting a data centre design which it says is based on 'chicken coops'. But data centre operator e-shelter, while welcoming the concept, has queried whether the design would be suitable for the corporate sector.
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    Complex firewalls cost money says new report 07/07/2009 08:34:00

    Most organisations are getting a poor return on their investments in firewalls due to the complex issues in managing them. This is despite the fact that enterprises are facing on average 300 network attacks every year.
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    DiskShred offers mobile disk destruction service 30/06/2009 08:51:00

    One company is offering to resolve the perennial problem of how companies can securely dispose of old hard drives containing valuable commercial data, after it setup a mobile disk shredding service that will come to a customer's site and destroy old hard disks.
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    London servers crash after data centre overheats 03/06/2009 00:41:00

    The spate of hot weather in the UK claimed a notable scalp after a London data centre experienced a cooling failure, which caused several servers to overheat and crash.
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    Users set to ditch tape for online storage 26/05/2009 08:23:00

    Users are set to ditch tape as a storage medium as one in 10 businesses have lost data following a failure of a tape backup system.
 
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