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Outsmarting the CryptoLocker

Outsmarting the CryptoLocker

The battle against cybervillains is the purest definition of an unfair fight. In most cases, your only response is to be reactionary; they attack, and you react. They then look at the countermeasures you’ve taken to block them, and then formulate…
Hard Drive Disaster Prep for Procrastinators

Hard Drive Disaster Prep for Procrastinators

For many small businesses, the only activity that regularly occurs around data backup is procrastination. The bad news is that two major computer catastrophes are always on the horizon, waiting to destroy any valuable files stored on your office…

Three Cloud Computing Topics of Discussion for 2015

Cloud computing has been a frequent topic of discussion for businesses for the last several years, but like all technologies, the discussion continues to evolve. This year meetings will be centered around new subject matters related to cloud…
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CIO Review Features Data Deposit Box's Solutions Sized for SMBs

Cloud storage is often discussed in the context of giant server farms in constant states of downloading, storing and refreshing data for huge enterprises, even though all businesses need data security. Data Deposit Box wondered why cloud solutions…
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Mitigate Your Data Storage Costs and Improve Efficiency in the Cloud

When it comes to choosing the right backup provider, one needs to consider the reliability, availability, and redundancy of each vendor. On the surface, reliability, redundancy, and availability appear to be the same thing since they help to…
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The Evolution of Cloud Computing

For most computer users, the word “cloud” no longer means a suspended mass of particles. Instead, it’s a metaphor for the virtual world, and the idea of a converged infrastructure has definitely evolved. Businesses and individuals have…
Cloud Backup: the Basics

Cloud Computing: The Basics

Many early visual interpretations of the Internet displayed the all-knowing cumulonimbus cloud spewing out information. What exactly is going on in there? Simply put, cloud computing means accessing programs and cloud backup data through the…

Everything you need to know about Cloud Backup (part 1)

Data Deposit Box first opened its doors in the year 2002 with the simple idea that all PCs should have backup (back then iPhones and tablets didn’t exist). 12 years and 60,000+ business customers later Data Deposit Box has gained an unparalleled…
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Advantages of Using a Hosted Cloud-based Backup System Instead of Building Your Own

Unless you’re in the IT business, the job of managing your own server is more of a tactical nightmare than a comforting dream. Even if you have a dedicated IT staff on hand, do your really want them focused on the busy work of data backup…
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Top 5 Cloud Backup Myths

Similar to other new and innovative technologies, the cloud has many people confused or hesitant to take advantage its awesome capabilities. It was only a few years ago that the cloud made its way into people’s lives, and it is revolutionizing…
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How to Choose the Right Cloud Backup Provider Guide

Despite what people may have heard about cloud backup providers, they are not all one-size-fits-all. The services offered by some of the most common cloud companies are actually quite diverse. It is true that each company stores data remotely…

Is Your Data REALLY Protected?

Very few people actually realize how much data they are storing on their local computers. What would happen if your computer crashed or got a virus and all your data was lost? Would you miss it? Many of us never think to backup our data until…