Laptop Security -Where'd My Laptop Go? by Steve Freedman
Laptops are lovely. They are convenient, mobile, powerful and prestigious. They are also thief magnets. Over 400,000 laptops disappear each year, leaving their owners wondering where they went, what is happening with their data and what to do next. Some of the laptops are just lost – left in... And others are stolen, not for the laptop itself, which may be a bonus, but for the data on the laptop’s hard drive – financial or identity data or business plans or data. ... Think about it – What other piece of equipment or personal possession do we routinely carry around that is worth over a...

New Computer? Steps to Protect Your Computer Before Connecting to the Internet by Steve Freedman
Getting a new computer should be an exciting and gratifying experience. After all, you’ll be able to do things faster, safer and without having to worry that your old hard drive is so full that one more file will “break the camel’s back.” However, there are dangers out there that probably... Moving Your Applications and Data Unless you’ve never had a computer before, you’ll want to move your old data onto your new machine. ... There are free programs that will do an adequate job of wiping a hard drive clean – although the data may still be recoverable by professionals with very...

Expert Witnesses in Computer Crimes by James Walsh
Sounds like tall talk? On the contrary, the role of computers in crime can not be undermined in any way. For those who still labour under the impression that computer related crimes refer to a far-fetched specialized matter affecting only a remote community of geeks – the truth can not be harsher. ... Data Protection Act – This Act addresses the processing, storage, display and transmission of personal data and its illegal manipulations using networks. ... Specializing in the area of recovery of digital ‘fingerprints’ (evidence) left by the routine use of computers, this company deals...

Desktop Search is Not Search - This One is and Has a Random Option by Doug Pederson
Where are all the Great Desktop Search applications? If put to the test, net Search programs, would not measure up to this Search. Net and Desktop Search are from opposite ends, of the search spectrum. Their PR / propaganda on the Web may look impressive. ... That was it, I had my original system back.(Virus free to boot) (I keep detailed notes along with a few screen captures, of these recovery steps) For my bookmarks - favourites, I have screen captures and saved their homepage text. ... Systems that handle every format, are prone to failure and eventual loss of data.

MCSE 70-290 Certification Primer by Geetu Ahuja
Microsoft Certifications are one of the most widely acclaimed, pursued, and achieved technical certifications in the IT industry. The demand for Microsoft Certified Professionals in the job market is increasing every year. Microsoft offers a number of certification levels depending on specific... Objective 5: Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery In this objective you'll find questions on ASR, VSS, backing up files and system state data, configuring security for backup operators, verifying backup jobs, managing media, restoring and scheduling backups and recovering from server...

Server Consolidation - What They do not Want You to Know! by Wes Tafoya
How to Reduce Costs & Increase Productivity Do you have too many servers? Many companies realize that they have too many servers or maybe they need to upgrade to the latest version of SQL Server. They know they are spending too much money on maintenance and equipment. ... Your system will have over 99.99% up time (clusters rate at 99.9%) and with the NEC disaster recovery – no data loss! ... Not all solutions work for all people but if you need a data crunching server, SQL Server or a server Microsoft would be proud of( and they use the NEC Express5800/1000 series Itanium2 in their data...