As a business, losing just a small fraction of your data can be a real disaster, crippling operations and costing an arm and a leg to potentially recover it. There are ways to protect against data loss, such as backing up files to a local drive, however this still leaves you vulnerable to theft, or […]
A common problem people face everyday when working with computers is disk wearout. This is something that is essentially unavoidable, but there are ways to make sure that if you’re hard drive crashes, you can be up and running on a new device in no time. Creating an image of your hard disk is the […]
Many businesses prefer to use Office 365 Exchange Mailbox to free up IT resources and negate the need to host their own email infrastructure. If you’re one of those businesses, it’s important to recognize that although Microsoft hosts the infrastructure, it is still your responsibility to make sure all that data is protected in case […]
Sometimes with technology things don’t exactly go according to plan. At times you might need your IT specialist to troubleshoot an urgent issue you are having, but what if he/she can’t come onsite? How can they access your computer from a separate location and fix the problem? Or what happens if you go on vacation […]
When Bit9 and Carbon Black released a study earlier this week revealing 2015 as the most prolific year in history for OSX malware attacks, the world felt a little less safe. Sure, PCs catch viruses, but aren’t Macs supposed to be immune to them? The truth is Apple’s reputation for invulnerability is a popular misconception. […]
You’ve probably heard that Microsoft launched Windows 10 this week at absolutely no cost to users upgrading from Windows 7 or 8. Since this uncharacteristic freebie is likely to draw a lot of people into trying out Microsoft’s latest OS adventure, and given the lukewarm response that the public had to Windows 8’s attempt to […]
This one goes out to all our partners and customers who have asked for a full system backup feature. IDrive’s Disk Image Backup is an all-encompassing solution that backs up your entire system image, including programs, settings, files, folders, and even your operating system. If disaster strikes, you can quickly restore all your data while retaining […]
A million isn’t cool, you know what’s cool? A billion…. Just like those famous words in the Facebook movie The Social Network, we here at IDrive have reached a big milestone, we have backed up a billion mobile contacts! With our award winning mobile backup apps for iOS, Android and Windows, users from all over […]
In case you missed them when they were originally released, we’re recapping some of the flattering reviews we’ve received recently. We truly appreciate the kind words from such reputable sources. Here are some of the highlights: PCWorld – 5/23/14 “If there’s online backup that could be called ‘full-service’ it’s venerable IDrive. Not only does IDrive […]
