• Optus delays mobile storage lockers

  Optus is in preparations to launch its own version of popular storage locker service Dropbox, allowing mobile customers to back up their data to the telco’s storage infrastructure.

• Survey finds storage systems underutilized as companies add more capacity

  A survey of 1,165 IT managers found that the average company doesn't utilize 28% of storage capacity but nonetheless plans to increase storage capacity by 34% over the next year.

• Family Court of Australia to get new tape library

  The Family Court of Australia has moved to address its expanding data storage needs with the impending roll out of additional capacity to its Court backup system.

• Verizon, IBM team on cloud-based storage

  Verizon Business and IBM are now offering a joint service aimed at helping large businesses safely store large chunks of data within the Verizon cloud.

• F-Secure to introduce ‘Digital Vault’ storage

  F-Secure will soon launch its ‘Digital Vault’ concept in Australia, a repository for digital assets that is designed to act as a storage hub for individual digital devices.

• When the backup drive gets full

  Rat74136's external hard drive is full. He asked the Answer Line forum how to keep backing up.

• Backup here, backup there, backup everywhere

  Nag, nag, nag is what I feel like sometimes when talking about backups, but I'm compelled to help people in spite of themselves. The bottom line is simple: lose data, lose dollars. When you talk about some type of disaster, such as fire or theft of your computer hardware, the survival rate for stricken companies without disaster recovery tools and good backups drops into the “hope and prayer” realm of IT management. So lets talk about ways to insulate your company from disaster by playing like the Boy Scouts and being prepared.

• Why IT should start throwing data away

  It can be a storage nightmare: Given expanding regulatory requirements and the key role that electronic records now play in lawsuits, some enterprises are saving every bit of data they have, just to be safe. As a gauge of storage demand, IDC says the total amount of disk storage shipped last year grew 40.5 percent from 2007.

• Review: Maxtor's Central Axis -- a networked terabyte for any novice

  Maxtor's Central Axis (US$319.99) offers a new way to add a centralized, always-available terabyte of storage to your local network, whether you install it at home to share media files or set it up at work to share proposals among your colleagues. You can even stream your media to UPnP AV-compatible (Universal Plug and Play Audio/Visual) networked entertainment systems without using a computer. Best of all, by setting up an account with Seagate Global Access, you can store and retrieve files from the Central Axis device over the Internet.

• Saved by SaaS: Data backup via software as a service

  A data storage crash is the last thing a collision-repair shop needs to worry about. So when John Sweigart realized that the software he was using to manage his business was no longer compatible with the way he was backing up data, he knew it was time for a different option.

Whitepapers about storage backup

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  2012 Data Backup Strategy Guide

  Articles include: 10 best cloud backup strategies for biz continuity, Disk or tape? How about both, Protect Your Backup Data from Murphy’s Law, Back up without crashing.

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  Case Study: Fairbrother constructs a reliable backup platform across its remote Branch Locations

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  EMC Data Domain Archiver - A Detailed Review

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  HP Case Study: LINKBYNET selects HP Data Protector software to manage its IT systems