Buy OnlineData Recovery Newsletters - September 2006
View NewslettersHARD DRIVE HISTORY - 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING
September 13th marks the 50th anniversary of hard drive storage. When IBM delivered its first hard drive on September 13, 1956, few could have imagined the impact it would have on our everyday lives. The RAMAC (also known as ‘Random Access Method of Accounting and Control’) was the size of two refrigerators and literally weighed a ton. It required a separate air compressor to protect the heads, had pizza-sized platters and was able to store a then whopping 5 megabytes of data. Now you can do all that with a pocket drive! What’s more - the RAMAC was available to lease for $35,000 USD, the equivalent of $254,275 in today’s dollars.
THE COMPUTER ATE MY HOMEWORK - HINTS TO HELP STUDENTS PROTECT AGAINST LAPTOP DATA DISASTERS
As most students prepare to head back to school, many will be packing laptop computers in addition to the usual school supplies. It’s clear that laptop computers are quickly becoming a vital part of the scholastic experience, however with more laptops in use comes more danger for data loss. To help students protect against laptop data disasters, Ontrack Data Recovery offers several tips.
NEW FACILITIES IN HOUSTON, TX AND MOSCOW
On August 22, Kroll opened a full-service Ontrack Data Recovery(tm) facility in Houston due to a growing demand for data recovery services in that region. With this new facility, complete with a recovery laboratory and cleanroom, Ontrack Data Recovery will provide more expedient and cost-effective service to customers and partners by processing recovery jobs locally.
A new location was also recently opened in Moscow. The Russian facility is the second in the Central and Eastern European region along with Katowice, Poland. With the opening of this facility, Ontrack Data Recovery becomes the only data recovery company in Russia to offer a full suite of recovery solutions enabling recovery anywhere, anytime from virtually any operating system, storage or media type and cause of data loss. Read more about the Russian facility
CUSTOMERS SAY IT BEST
It is important to consult a professional as soon as a data loss is discovered. Failed recovery attempts could cause additional damage making data unrecoverable. Norma at Universal Music Group did just that:
Our in-house IT department could not get the crashed drive to read and had no other recourse but to send it in to the professionals at Ontrack. Great job Ontrack, and we love the customer service!
- Norma Vasquez, Universal Music Group
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