The 5 most spectacular data losses in 2018

With a new year well under way, Ontrack takes a look back at some of its most interesting data recovery jobs of 2018Read More

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Reuse of smartphone memory chips in new USBs poses risks not only to computer forrensics

At an international computer forensics conference in March of this year experts and law enforcement collaborators revealed a serious challenge to investigators trying to get valid prove of innocence or guilt by analyzing data from USB sticks. Both Martin Westman, digital forensics and storage media expert as well as Aya Fukami from the National Police Agency Japan have found evidence that in some cases old data from former computer users …Read More

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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag RAID – Warum die Technologie 30 Jahre feiert und immer noch verwendet wird…

Das gibt es nicht oft im IT-Geschäft, dass eine Technologie, die vor vielen Jahrzehnten entwickelt wurde, immer noch weit verbreitet ist und für Administratoren und andere Benutzer wichtig ist. Sogar moderne Server und Speicher laufen mit RAID-Technologie – meist in Unternehmen, aber zunehmend auch in Consumer-NAS-Systemen. Gerade im Bereich der Informationstechnologie sind drei Jahrzehnte eine Ewigkeit und wer kennt noch die vielen Konzepte und Produkte, die entwickelt und auf den …Read More

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Wie kann ich ein Backup von meinem Smartphone machen? Teil 1

Unter vielen Tannenbäumen lag auch dieses Jahr ein neues Smartphone. Um die Daten vom „alten“ Gerät auf das neue zu übertragen hilft ein Backup der Daten  und ein anschließendes Restore auf dem neuen Gerät. Natürlich sollte eine Datensicherung nicht nur für die Einrichtung eines neu erstandenen Smartphones genutzt werden, sondern – bei den heutzutage auf diesen Geräten vorhandenen persönlichen und auch geschäftlichen Daten – häufig vorgenommen werden. Doch leider wird …Read More

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How to protect your bitcoin

Cryptocurrencies are very hot in the news especially in the last months. This is due to the fact that these „currencies“ gone up in value drastically, especially in the last six months. The Bitcoin, the digital currencies based on blockchain technology, has made an huge increase beginning after July last year with 1 Bitcoin being worth over 20.000 USD around Christmas. Even tough it is now starting to drop drastically …Read More

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How long do SSDs really last?

Until a couple of years ago many IT administrators as well as IT managers were concerned about the risk of losing valuable data because of a sudden failure of SSD in their storages. That´s why it took the manufacturers a long time to convince the public that SSDs are safe to use, even when handling sensitive data. A NAND Flash chip based SSD is by definition a totally different storage …Read More

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Does Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions have anything to do with data loss?

Sometimes marketing experts lead the ordinary computer user (or even IT adminitrators) in the wrong direction such as with the term „Data Loss Prevention (DLP) “. When you search the internet for tools which prevents you from losing data in your system for example when you suffer a hardware or software failure, you sometimes see this term on your computer screen. But in contrast to what one might think, this …Read More

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The evolution of storage: File storage vs.Block storage vs. Object storage – Part 1

More data is transfered and generated globally than ever before. The analysts from IDC are expecting that by 2025 the global datasphere will grow to 163 zettabytes. That is an increase by more than 1000 % from the 16,1 ZB of data of 2016. The reasons for this vast increase of data are various: A lot of more sources and devices are generating data than before – embedded systems and …Read More

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Can you recover bitcoins yourself or should you consult an expert?

This question is still a very hot topic for all owners of bitcoins. Even though most of the so-called bitcoin owners in reality don´t really own a bitcoin or parts of it, and only have an account on one of the many crypto currency exchanges around the world and the internet, some people do. It was (and sometimes still is) possible to buy a real bitcoin over the internet. All …Read More

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All-Flash Arrays: Benefits and disadvantages

All-Flash Arrays: Benefits and disadvantages With more and more storage and speed needed in the age of big data, All-Flash Arrays sound like the perfect solution to handle huge amounts of data. And since the prices for both Flash NAND chips as well as SSDs (solid state disks) have fallen over the years, these questions arise: What is an All-Flash Array? And why should I go for an All-Flash Array? …Read More

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Make your devices secure and GDPR compliant, before a costly data leak occurs

When you think of data security and data breaches many company executives who are not familiar with this topic think that a high fence, cameras and a security guard at the entrance will do the job. But as many cases and the most recent ransomaware attacs have shown, this is definitely not enough. And not having a bullet-prove data security process in effect, is even more risky than ever! The …Read More

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The last minute GDPR checklist

The last minute GDPR checklist With only a month left getting ready for GDPR is essential. On May 25th the new EU General Data Protection Regulation will get into full effect and from this date on huge fines can be imposed upon those companies that take data protection not seriously. A last check if your GDPR implementation is accurate and secure is therefore a good thing to do for the …Read More

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Tape-Services: More than just recovering data from legacy tapes

Hardly any other storage medium is talked about so passionately. No, it is not the Cloud, but about the dinosaur of storage technology, the magnetic tape. Sometimes it is said that this medium and its technology are close to extinction, sometimes it is said that it will be in use for more decades to come. In recent years, the dead-believed medium is again in the focus of IT experts and …Read More

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Backup for eternity (2)

Which storage media is best for long-term archiving? This week: HDD, SSD and Flash-based USB!   As we have mentioned in our previous blog article of this series, enterprises are currently facing severe difficulties on how to store data. Big data has reached even the smallest company and more and more data is generated by online portals or IoT devices alike. While not all of this data will be necessary …Read More

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Backup for eternity (1)

Which storage media is best for long-term archiving?   Since the early days of computers there is always the question which media is the best to store data for a very long time. Back in the sixties and seventies of the last century, when companies did buy the first computers, the storage media was – not of choice – but because of what the manufacturers where offering the magnetic tape. …Read More

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Kingston Technology Guest Post: SSDs as Hard Disk Replacement

Solid state drives are the next evolution in PC storage, they are running faster, quieter and they are cooler than the outdated technology used in hard drives. And since SSDs have no moving parts, they are more durable and reliable than hard drives. What are the differences between an SSD and an HDD? HDDs are based on a technology developed in the mid-1950s that uses magnetized rotating disks. Data is …Read More

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Protecting your data on USB sticks

Over the years, USB memory sticks have improved in many ways: smaller size, larger storage and faster than ever before. However, they do have one major downside: they are very easy to lose! Read More

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Tape: the ultimate storage solution?

The use of tape for long-term archiving is one of the most reliable. However, some companies face the prospect of not being able to access their tape-stored data due to them having removed their tape reading hardware.Read More

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