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- According to National Archives & Records Administration in Washington, 93%
of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a
disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster; 50% of businesses that found themselves without data management for this same time period filed immediately.
- The Gartner Group reported that nearly 50% of tape-based backup
systems fail to restore correctly.
- According to Storage
Magazine, more than 34% of organizations do not test their backups, and of
those tested, 77% of them found their tape backup failed to recover.
- The Gartner Group reports that 40 to 50% of all tape backups are not
recoverable in full, and that 60% of all tape backups fail in general.
- 48% of data security breaches are caused by hackers, while 52% are a result of company insiders.
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Thank you for your support of the RenovoData monthly eNewsletter! Here you will find the latest news about our Company, technology and the industry.
RenovoData is a leading disaster recovery and real-time remote backup service provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1997, we began as a
professional services firm specializing in high availability storage
solutions for the financial industry. Today we have
expanded to offer reliable and secure remote data backup and disaster recovery solutions for the banking, transportation, healthcare, government and commercial construction industries.
Our mission is to deliver uncompromising backup and business
continuity services while
providing measurable results with an enterprise-class system of hardware and software.
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RenovoData Awarded MBE Certification by the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council
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ATLANTA,
GA -- March 2, 2009 -- RenovoData, Inc., a remote backup company headquartered
in Atlanta, Georgia, has met the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council
(GMSDC) requirements as a minority owned and controlled company, as defined by
the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and the GMSDC Board
of Directors. As a result, the GMSDC has
awarded RenovoData with the 2009 Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
Certification.
To
obtain this certification, an ethnic minority must own and operate at least 51%
of the enterprise, be a U.S. citizen and have an office physically located in
Georgia. RenovoData joins 27 other
minority owned businesses throughout Georgia who have received this annual
award for the present year. There are currently
a total of 542 certified minority owned businesses in Georgia, and over 3,500
corporations throughout the U.S... Read More |
| Ten Questions to Ask Your Storage as a Service (SaaS) Provider
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With companies cutting back on capital expenses and massive
layoffs being made, online data backup storage services are being taken
more seriously. Like any storage solution, there are key questions that
need to be answered by any potential online backup service provider so
you understand the risks involved.
Click here for a list of questions to ask a
potential online data backup provider...Read More
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| Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Technologies in Backup and Recovery Today
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Data backup and recovery is becoming faster and infinitely more granular thanks to continuous data protection (CDP).
According to a definition of CDP from the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), CDP software must have three elements:
- Data is continuously captured and modifications to files or blocks of data are tracked
- Data changes are store independently of the data itself
- The recovery of data is time-independent and doesn't need to be defined prior to recover...Read More
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| Your Business' Critical Need for Remote Backup Service
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Statistics show that once data loss hits, the problem is pervasive
affecting various areas of the business. The consequences can be
devastating. Research reveals that 93% of companies that experience
significant data loss go out of business within a five year period;
almost two-thirds of those companies go out of business within six
months. More than 75% of those companies that test their backup tapes
have found problems with their tapes, while 100% of disks and tape
drives eventually fail....Read More
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| 5 Solid Reasons Why Remote Backup Services Should Be Used Over Tape
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Tape
backup is an outdated method that compromises the reliability, security,
cost-effectiveness and convenience needed for data protection and
recovery. The Gartner Group reported that nearly 50% of tape-based backup
systems fail to restore correctly. Moreover, according to Storage
Magazine, more than 34% of organizations do not test their backups, and of
those tested, 77% of them found their tape backup failed to recover.
A remote
backup company offers a multitude of benefits as the premier alternative in
offsite data storage and data recovery. Five advantages remote backup
services have over the traditional tape method include... Read More |
| The Advantages of a Tiered Storage Solution in Meeting Data Backup Requirements
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Until recently, all
"backups" were treated the same. Traditionally, when people
thought of tiered storage technologies, it was for production data only.
However, today's factors such as availability, redundancy, scalability,
reliability and regulatory compliance all need to be considered as key aspects
of backup storage solutions. By employing an offsite data backup provider
with a tiered solution, small and medium-sized companies can instantly have the
high performance data backup storage and data archiving capabilities of large
enterprises at a reasonable cost - amongst other benefits.
Tiered storage refers to the use of
storage systems that have different performance, scale and cost
characteristics. A tiered storage solution assigns different categories
of data to various types of storage devices and media based on service levels
as defined by distinct business needs. Data is moved across the tiers in
accordance with business policies while data backup works throughout the
storage environment to meet business continuity and disaster recovery
obligations....Read More
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| Remote Backup Providers Ensure Healthcare Agencies are HIPAA Compliant
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
has complex requirements to improve the access and transfer of critical
patient health records while maintaining strict data protection
procedures. The federal government has mandated that health data
security standards require healthcare providers to implement
comprehensive security measures to ensure that electronic patient
records are protected against data loss and unauthorized access. This
calls for compliant data backup procedures to ensure the
confidentiality of patient records regarding data backup transportation
and storage. Healthcare providers who engage in electronic transactions
must adhere to data privacy safeguards to protect sensitive customer
information and health records. Using a remote backup company will help
meet HIPAA compliancy through providing automatic and secure offsite
data backup, along with on-demand data recovery in the event of a
disaster. ...Read More
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| Think You're Compliant? Corrupt Metadata Could Land You in Jail
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The amount of data that companies must store is growing at an enormous
pace as regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, SEC 17a-4, and the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -to name just a few-place an
increasing burden on enterprise storage, backup and recovery needs.
Fail to protect information in a recoverable state, and company
officers face fines, other penalties and even jail time.
Matters
are made more complex when enterprise content management (ECM) systems
are in use. The benefits of ECM - workflow, collaboration, and
integrated management of information assets - bring an extra level of
responsibility when it comes to protecting the content and metadata
within them. That extra level of care required primarily relates to ECM
metadata -audit trails, digital signatures, workflows, renditions and
other "data about data," which must be backed up with the content it
supports in a synchronous manner to ensure full recoverability and
compliance with regulatory mandates...Read More
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| Social Security Administration (SSA) Data Backup Still 6 Months Away
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The Social Security Administration has no way to back up its data, and
it's still six months away from bringing its initial backup online.
That means the information on every adult citizen for
retirement or more 3 million disability applications SSA receives
annually or the largest warehouse of medical records in the country the
administration stores are not protected if someone or something happens
to their current data center. And that data center is old and in
desperate need of upgrade.
"Our data center is long past its usable life," says Mike
Astrue, SSA's commissioner. "We are hitting our power limit. It will be
very difficult to keep it running after 2012."...Read More
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| Businesses Lose More Than $1 Trillion in Intellectual Property Due to Data Theft and Cybercrime
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Researchers from Purdue University's Center for Education and Research
in Information Assurance and Security examined responses from more than
800 CIOs in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan,
China, India, Brazil and Dubai. The research examined where vital
information such as intellectual property originates, where it is
stored globally, how it is transferred and lost. The companies surveyed
estimated they lost a combined $4.6 billion worth of intellectual
property last year alone, and spent approximately $600 million
repairing damage from data breaches. Based on these numbers, McAfee
projects that companies worldwide lost more than $1 trillion last year....Read More
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Expanded NetApp Deduplication Technology Deployed on More Than 30,000 Systems Worldwide
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Already one of the fastest growing technologies in the company's
history, NetApp® deduplication has been delivered to more than 5,000
customers worldwide, comprising more than 30,000 systems containing
385PB of storage capacity. With NetApp's unique deduplication
technology, customers are able to eliminate duplicate data across all
tiers of storage, allowing them to combat data proliferation while
creating a more efficient storage infrastructure.....Read More
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2009 Business Opportunity Expo and Trade Fair
Annual Conference Hosted by the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council, Showcasing Companies Committed to Supplier Diversity and Minority Business Development
When: Wednesday, March 18 from 8:00am-5:00pm
Where: Georgia International Convention Center
2000 Convention Center Concourse
College Park, Georgia 30337
Click Here to Learn More
Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Information Security: Responding to PCI Data Breaches
Overview of the Payment Card Industry
(PCI) compliance program and the requirements to which all organizations
that process, store or transmit payment card transactions must comply.
When: Thursday, March 26 from 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where: SecureWorks
One Concourse Parkway, Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
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Click Here to Learn More
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Message from the President
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We
at RenovoData look forward to being your disaster recovery and backup
experts. We will maximize our goal to keep you informed on current
industry news, trends and developments. Please take full advantage of
using us as a resource and vehicle to expand your industry knowledge.
Your data security is our business.
We understand that a
challenging economic climate is often a time to evaluate or reassess
technological efficiencies made possible by remote and online backup, data deduplication,
replication, cloud storage, and virtualization.
Call us concerning your backup storage and how we can help you save
money.
If
you have any questions, please contact me directly at 404-846-6044 x1001 via
email at ldo@renovodata.com. As always, if you need technical support you
can reach us at 404-935-6363 (option 3), e-mail support at support@renovodata.com, or visit the website at www.renovodata.com and click live support. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Lynn Do, President
Renovo Data, Inc.
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