Ryzen vs Intel : Which chipsets is better?
With the much anticipated release of AMD’s highly disruptive Ryzen chips, it appears as if the underdog is giving Intel’s Core i5 and i7 a run for its money. With eight core central processing units...
What does the future hold for SATA and SAS SSDs?
Solid State Drives (SSDs) have become more and more prevalent over the years and are starting to become the norm for home computing devices. They are also now used extensively in enterprise-class...
What (not) to do when you've lost data
We’ve all been there at some point in our lives; you accidentally delete your most recent copy of that presentation you’ve been working on for the past few days. You didn’t mean to click ‘yes’ on...
24 March 2017 00:00:00 EDT
How to erase live server data, without wiping the whole system
Securely erasing data is by no means an easy task. Whether it is a single laptop hard drive or multiple drives in a server configuration - just pressing the delete button on a keyboard won´t do the...
17 March 2017 00:00:00 EDT
The challenges of switching your cloud storage provider
Cloud computing has become more than just a technology trend. According to Forrester research, the global public cloud market will raise from $146 billion this year to $236 billion in 2020. Cloud...
07 March 2017 00:00:00 EST
Are mobile apps stealing our data?
When you think about it, modern smartphones are nothing short of remarkable. You can get an app for almost everything; games, sat-nav, barcode scanners, video calling – there’s hardly an area that...
28 February 2017 00:00:00 EST
Guest post: How to protect against ransomware in 2017
Since 2010, more and more targeted cyberattacks have been reported, especially those that contain blackmailing ransomware viruses. The spread of the ‘Locky’ virus via email in February 2016 was a...