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- Stanford University data breach leaks sensitive information of approximately 62,000 employees
- A data breach resulting from a stolen laptop has leaked sensitive information including Social Security Numbers of approximately 62,000 as reported by Stanford University former and current Standford University employees. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a site devoted to the collection of data breach information, reports this number as 72,000, and I'm...
- Tags: Sensitive Information, Stanford University, Data, Information, Stanford, Laptop Computer, Kroll, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- 'Kroll' for the iPhone
- At WWDC 2008, Xavier Carrillo Costa from Digital Legends Entertainment shows off 'Kroll', a new game for the iPhone. Costa says his team built the game in just two weeks.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Costa, Team Management, Personal Technology, Management, News, apple, iphone, developers, WWDC, kroll, Carrillo Costa, games, Digital Legends Entertainment
- Videos 2008-06-09
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- Firm Shrinks 650 Servers to 22, Cuts Energy Usage by 90 Percent With Virtualization
- Kroll Factual Data of Loveland, Colorado, is a longtime provider of information services to the mortgage industry. The firm wanted to optimize its server infrastructure to better meet spikes in demand and reduce data center costs. Kroll Factual Data virtualized its data center using Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V technology,...
- Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Server, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-04-22
- The Red Hat and Microsoft pact: A nice win for mixed source shops; Frenemies vs VMware
- Red Hat and Microsoft have teamed up on a virtualization interoperability pact that's a big deal for customers--especially the mixed source variety--and a potential worry for VMware. The announcement, which landed Monday, has a few moving parts, but the big takeaway is that each company will validate...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- The weirdest computing disasters of 2008
- The weirdest computing disasters of 200811. ZDNet..Come on, ZDNetUm. Not only is this is basically just an ad for this data recovery company, but a lot of these "weird" disasters are incredibly mundane. A wildlife tracking collar was damaged in the wild? What an incredible shock! A dog...
- Tags: computing disaster
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- They died for Reddi-Wip?
- Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia...
- Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Foam, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Complicated failures; simple causes
- Kroll Ontrack released surprising results from a survey related to business continuity planning. According to the study: [N]early half of respondents, 43 percent, said they don’t believe their companies test their backup systems to ensure data can be produced if needed. Many IT projects fail because participants...
- Tags: Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Business Security, Backups, Management, Business Operations, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-22
- Leading Provider of Customized Business Information Streamlines Managerial Load
- Today, Kroll Factual Data has one of the largest known deployments of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 - running on more than 1,400 virtual machines. Although the company has realized tremendous benefits from Virtual Server, it needed to find a way to reduce the 100 or more hours required each...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Virtualization, Benefits, Human Resources
- Case studies 2007-09-28
- Information Provider Cuts Costs and Improves Disaster Recovery With Virtual Machines
- Kroll Factual Data delivers Web-based business information to companies such as mortgage lenders and property management firms. In 2003, Kroll Factual Data acquired a company with only 98 hours left on its lease. To avoid paying for the leases on two data centers, Kroll Factual Data chose to migrate the...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Lease, Microsoft Corp., Disaster Recovery, Virtual Machine, Kroll Factual Data, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Ip storage, Server Virtualization, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- How Microsoft puts your data at risk
- 56% of data loss due to system & hardware problems - OntrackData loss is painful and all too common. Why? Because your file system stinks. Microsoft's NTFS (used in XP & Vista) with its de facto monopoly is the worst offender. But Apple and Linux aren't any better. Everyone knows...
- Tags: NTFS, Disk, File System, Microsoft Corp., Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- How data gets lost
- Our perception of risk and the reality of risk are often two different things. For example, are computer viruses or system glitches more likely to hose your data? While viruses get bad press for poor system performance, they aren't very likely to damage your data. Your system, on the other...
- Tags: Data Recovery, Disk, Data Loss, Data, Backup, Computer, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- ID theft allegations haunt founder of ID theft fraud protection service
- ID theft allegations haunt founder of ID theft fraud protection serviceID Theft allegations hauntThis is indeed a sad story. It is very unfortunate that consumers would entrust their information to a third party, only to have to question themselves whether or not they have placed their trust in the right...
- Tags: fraud protection, identity theft
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- News you need to know
- A few interesting tidbits in the tech world. John Battelle highlights the weirdness of Google Checkout, which appears to stiff merchants on data. ZDNet notes muni Wi-Fi can penetrate buildings. Interference fiesta.News.com says CyberMonday is overrated; The Wall Street Journal subscription required examines how e-tailers are using data to target...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
- Improve the way you develop software: Apply principles from the Unified Process framework
- Improve the way you develop software by adopting software engineering best practices that operate within the proven, scalable framework of the Unified Process. The practices can be adopted individually, but work best synergistically; taken together they constitute the backbone of a process that is iterative, agile, and that scales to...
- Tags: RUP, Software, Chapter, Addison-Wesley, UML, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters 2006-10-18
- EasyRecovery Professional 6.10 (Windows)
- EasyRecoveryTM Professional 6.0 is the complete solution for your data recovery, file repair, and disk diagnostic needs. It includes all of Kroll Ontrack's EasyRecovery Data RecoveryTM and EasyRecovery FileRepairTM features and benefits, plus superior disk diagnostics including Ontrack Data AdvisorR, and advanced data recovery capabilities and options. EasyRecovery Professional contains...
- Tags: Data Recovery, Disk, Kroll Ontrack Inc., Microsoft Windows, EasyRecovery Professional, Storage Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2006-03-25
- Kroll Factual Data, Inc. Meets Growing Business Demands and Enhances Customer ServiceKroll Factual Data, Inc. Meets Growing Business Demands and Enhances Customer Service
- Kroll Factual Data, Inc., a subsidiary of Kroll Inc., is a leading provider of business information to mortgage lenders, consumer leaders, property management firms, and other businesses. The company wanted to provide a highly available and scalable database foundation for Web-based information services and support a high volume order management...
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., Meet, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management
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