Easy online backups; Girl Scouts box up new IT flavor: Data de-duplication

Storage News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Secure Computing PCI DSS: Discover how to easily comply Tune in to this live webcast to hear industry experts discuss the PCI DSS specification and how real-world companies are complying today. You will hear advice on how to establish a comprehensive strategy to achieve this goal. Don't miss out. Network World's Storage News Alert, 11/12/07 Easy online backups, 11/06/07: You know you should back up your data. But whether it's the cost, the setup, or the hassle of swapping discs or shuttling around hard drives, most of us find a million excuses not to get the job done. So wouldn't it be great if you could click on a few buttons and ensure that your data was backed up regularly? Thanks to a new breed of online services, it's possible to copy files over the Internet easily and affordably, keeping your data secure at an off-site location. Girl Scouts box up new IT flavor: Data de-duplication, 11/08/07: Set to celebrate its 100th anniversary in just five years, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America are already looking to the future and how they can better manage critical data growth by incorporating new de-duplication capabilities in their backup and recovery appliances. Silver Peak unveils data correction capability, 11/08/07: Wide area acceleration vendor Silver Peak Systems has added several new optimization features to its appliances that overcome packet delivery issues on high-capacity WAN links. Storage Trends Explained Learn how IT shops can optimize their current storage systems with new tools and practices in this informative Webcast, Storage Trends and Options. Listen to industry experts explain the latest developments and address the hype surrounding future storage platforms. Click here for more information. Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 19, you will notice a number of enhancements to Network World newsletters that will provide you with more resources and more news links relevant to the newsletter's subject. Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 20, the Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter, written by Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor, will be merged with the Storage News Alert and will be named the Storage Alert. You'll get Deni's analysis of the storage market, which you will be able to read in full at NetworkWorld.com, plus links to the day's storage news and other relevant resources. This Alert will be mailed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We hope you will enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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