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NY Bank 'loses' 4.5M unencrypted customer records: In yet another unbelievable story of data irresponsibility, the Bank of New York BNY Mellon lost two sets of unencrypted backup tapes containing private data belonging to 4.5 million individuals. Third-party vendors misplaced the tapes during transport to off-site locations. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Bank, Tape, BNY Mellon, Identity Theft, Financial Services, Security, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-06-04
VCR converts old tapes to digital video (yes, you read correctly): VCR converts old tapes to digital video (yes, you read correctly)Macrovision Copy ProtectionIt would be interesting to note whether this device overrides the Macrovision copy protection found on many pre-recorded tapes which causes videos to go really dark and really light when attempting to make backup copies! If Macrovision...; Tags: Corporate communications, Consumer electronics, video, VCR, old tape, digital video, Macrovision Corp., tape; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
VCR converts old tapes to digital video (yes, you read correctly): Just when you thought that six-foot-high stack of video tapes you've been hiding in the basement was a dream deferred ("one day I'll watch Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark on original tape..."), good news arrives: now you can rip those crusty tapes to digital files and...; Tags: Tape, Digital Video, Video, VCR, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-27
The application interface problem: The application interface problemKISSIn the early 90s, I was able to work with these kinds of users and design an interface. I worked at GenDyn and we had a computer room staffed with Computer Operators. These people were not computer experts - they were sometimes known as "tape hangers". In...; Tags: Backups, Learnability, application interface problem, learnability, tape, discoverability; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
Hartford Life Insurance "misplaces" three backup tapes: I don't often write about identity theft issues, but this just seems so disingenuous. According to Ohio's Tribune Chronicle: Hartford Life Insurance this week notified the Ohio Department of Insurance that it has misplaced three backup tapes that contain sensitive personal information of some Ohio consumers. The company is...; Tags: Tape, Backup, Life Insurance, Identity Theft, Backups, Insurance, Financial Planning, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-11-02

Disks that look like tape: I'm at Storage Networking World in Dallas this morning so I'll make it quick. This one is more active than some so maybe the storage market is on the upswing. Coolest thing I finally figured out Tandberg started shipping a disk that looks like a tape...; Tags: Disk, Tape, Archiving, Advantage, Storage, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-10-17
NumberMate (zip): NumberMate is an arithmetic and scientific calculator, adding machine, and time calculator that records your calculations on multiple tapes you can edit. It also does expression evaluation and unit conversion directly on a tape. Use it to make simple, everyday calculations; organize and work simultaneously with several separate but related...; Tags: Tape, Calculation, NumberMate; Software downloads 2007-05-08
New Technology Alters the Terrain on Accessibility of Backup Tape Data: By now, most litigators are aware that under the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure FRCP the e-discovery of Electronically Stored Information ESI contained within backup tapes is generally considered presumptively unduly burdensome because of the relatively high costs associated with accessing their contents. Courts have considered e-discovery of such...; Tags: Tape, Technology, Backup Tape, Backups; White papers 2007-04-01
ArchiveEdge Backup Agent (exe): Save yourself the hassle of tape backups. No tape drives to by, no rotating tapes off site, and no worrying about running out of space on tapes. The ArchiveEdge Backup Agent runs on your local computer and performs a scheduled or manual backup of your selected data. The data...; Tags: Tape, Pricing Strategy, Data, Backups, Storage, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-03-16
Virtual Tape and Physical Tape: Power in Combination: Over the past few years, the approach IT organizations have taken to backup, restore, and disaster recovery technologies has evolved significantly. This paper describes the need for virtualization, and the current landscape of tape virtualization solutions, as well as why using both virtual and physical tape solutions are ideal for...; Tags: Tape, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Storage; White papers 2007-02-01
IBM debuts encrypting tape drive: IBM debuts encrypting tape driveKeysSo where are the keys stored?Clearly not on the tape, that would be stupid.So on the tape unit? On the system that does the backing up?So what happens when the datacentre burns down and all you have are the tapes?Key Management for Encrypting tapesSee http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/solutions/data_encryption/index.html...; Tags: Storage management, Storage, tape drive, IBM Corp., tape; Discussion threads 2006-09-12
Arnold tapes exposed by hacker: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has egg on his face after being caught on tape describing a Latina state legislator as "hot." The spin in Sacramento is that he meant hot-blooded as in "passionate about public policy." But as to the question of how these comments got released to the press,...; Tags: computer, tape; Blog posts 2006-09-11
Photos: How the (missing) Apollo tapes were made: With multigigabyte disk storage but a dream in 1969, NASA recorded the moon landing on reel after reel of magnetic tape. And now those tapes have vanished.; Tags: reel, tape, NASA, disk, storage, moon; Image galleries 2006-08-16
College loans data lost, no misuse: UPS lost a computer tape with information about 180,000 college student loans, the Nebraska-based loan company said recently, but there's no indication that the data has been misused, AP reports. The tape contained information of some 188,000 college students from Colorado and elsewhere was part of a UPS shipment...; Tags: tape; Blog posts 2006-08-03
Photos: Computational couture: The "Seamless" fashion show features a dress made from recycled cassette tapes, among other technology-based garb.; Tags: dress, cassette; Image galleries 2006-07-20
Magnetic tape prototype makes data leap: Magnetic tape prototype makes data leapWait a minute here...I thought one of the big issues with tape storage was the fact that the magnetic domains, separated by only the thickness of the carrier mylar or whatever would degrade each other because they were too close together over extended storage...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Backups, Magnetic Storage, tape, media, storage, domain, disk; Discussion threads 2006-05-16
Photo: Tape's storage leap: IBM and Fuji Photo devise system that can hold 15 times more data than most popular types of magnetic tape on the market today.; Tags: photograph, tape, storage, IBM Corp.; Image galleries 2006-05-15
Nucleus Kernel TAPE (exe): Nucleus Kernel TAPE recovers data from all types of corrupted, damaged tapes cartridges such as DLT, AIT, LTO, DAT tapes and formats. During recovery process a complete scan of the damaged tape is performed to locate and restore the found data. After the complete scanning the data found in the...; Tags: Tape, Nucleus Technologies LLC., Kernel, Nucleus Kernel TAPE; Software downloads 2006-02-23
Sun: Tape storage evolving, not dead: Sun: Tape storage evolving, not deadTape is the way to goHow would you store a 100GB backup on CD or DVD's?Also what is the lifespan of those things anywayhttp://www.otherthingsnow.blogspot.comI wish they would die..."Gotta change the tapes"... every friggin day. Enough already. Get rid of them.Once again - Sun...; Tags: Backups, Consumer electronics, CD/DVD-RW, DVD, backup, tape, tape storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., storage; Discussion threads 2006-02-21
Microsoft introduces new security products: Microsoft introduces new security productsMicrosoft introduces new security productsI said it yesterday and I'll say it again today, Microsoft is taking the right steps here by offering products to protect their customers. Now I know a lot of linux fanboys are going to bash this noble security effort, but just...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., security, new security product, duct tape, security product, tape, operating system; Discussion threads 2006-02-09