Safety first (data security)

The author discusses how companies can protect their valuable data and computing systems against unforeseen disasters such as fire, flood, and even employee sabotage. He compares the cost and feasibility of available technologies used for data and system backup and examines particular product types that have proved to be cost-effective in disaster recovery applications. One of the newest technologies-channel extension used for electronic vaulting of data-is described in detail.<<ETX>>