21 September 2015 00:00:00 EDT
Microsoft Exchange brick-level backup
In this guide, we'll be taking a look at what Microsoft brick-level backups are and how you can conduct them using brick-level restores granular tools. What is an Exchange brick-level backup? Most...
04 September 2015 00:00:00 EDT
Secure Deletion of LUNs of Active High-End Storage Systems Part 1/3
The fact that data erasure is of immense importance for a company’s security has already been explained in several articles here on this blog. No matter whether it is a desktop computer, a manager...
14 August 2015 00:00:00 EDT
Maintaining Your SSD - Solid State Drive
Unlike traditional hard drives, data in Solid State Drives are not stored on a magnetic surface but inside flash memory chips (NAND flash). By design, an SSD is made by a motherboard, few memory...
11 August 2015 00:00:00 EDT
What you need to know about Android’s ‘factory reset’ function
Upgrading your Android device? Are you still sporting an HTC Dream (Google G1) or a tablet running Android Honeycomb? Probably not, as technological obsolescence means that as mobile devices have...
04 August 2015 00:00:00 EDT
Migrating to a new desktop operating system
On 29 July 2015 Microsoft released the new Windows 10 as an evolution of Windows 8 and - as this always happens when a new operating system (OS) is launched - many begin to wonder whether to switch...
07 July 2015 00:00:00 EDT
How to Migrate from Microsoft Exchange to Office 365
If your company are looking to migrate mailboxes from Microsoft exchange servers then follow our guide that provides best practices to follow before going ahead with the migration. Steps to follow...
Using SMART tools to predict HDD failure
In a previous blog - MTBF: Can it help predict hard drive failure? - we noted that the best-known methods for predicting hard disk drive (HDD) failure aren't what you'd call scientific. Grinding and...