Amid the tremors and earthquakes being reported in our region today it was timely to catch up with the general manager of Acronis, pacific, Karl Sice. A recent survey by Acronics revealed that over one third of Australian Businesses do not have a disaster or recovery plan. So in the event of natural disasters or other events that might see[Read More…]

The latest IDC Digital Universe Study has revealed that the amount of data being created globally is now growing faster than Moore’s Law…with 1.8 Zettabytes of DATA to be created in 2011. Today i spoke about the implications of this growing date trend with Clive Gold, Marketing Chief Technology Office at EMC Corporation. Listen here – IDC Digital Universe Study[Read More…]

Many new computers now have a feature called USB 3.0…but what exactly does that mean? Well, the USB port is commonly used to connect peripheral devices such as Keyboards, Mice and external hard drives to your computer. The new USB 3.0 feature now being introduced on many new computers simply refers to the evolution of the speed at which data[Read More…]

If you’ve just bought a new computer and are thinking of selling off your old one…here are a couple of things you need to do first. Simply deleting files and folders isn’t enough if you don’t want to share andy personal information stored on that computer with the new owner. The act of deleting simply makes data disappear from view,[Read More…]