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- Vroom Rooms
- ‘¢ How small firms lock down data
- Storage Adviser | Mario Apicella | July 2006 | InfoWorld

Vroom Rooms
BusinessWeek – Jul 31, 2006
There’s also a section on garage-appropriate materials and accessories, such as flooring and shelves, with information on the companies that sell them. Auto buffs should pick up Richard Newton’s Ultimate Garage Handbook. Companies such as GarageTek, The Complete Garage, or Garage Envy specialize in refurbishing garages with cabinets and storage systems, lighting, and epoxy or tile flooring. You can buy the products and do it yourself, or the companies can arrange for installation. For the really big project, you may want to hire an architect and contractor. It’s one thing to equip your current garage with such showstoppers as marble countertops, skylights, and humidity controls. But if you want to build or expand a garage so it’s more like an extension of your living space, be sure to check the local zoning laws.

‘¢ How small firms lock down data
USA Today – Jul 31, 2006
Enforcing the plan must become the job of the CEO, chief operating officer or other senior-level manager, Lobel says, so it’s taken seriously by all employees. New technologies are available to help. Companies such as EVault. com let small firms automatically back up data across the Internet to remote computers for storage at a low cost. Biometric devices attached to computers require workers to show a fingerprint before they can log on to PCs; they’re cheap, within a small company’s budget. Small company, big challenge
Business owners Kathleen and Joseph Rothenberger in Ocala, Fla.

Storage Adviser | Mario Apicella | July 2006 | InfoWorld
InfoWorld – Jul 31, 2006
The product was delayed waiting for Microsoft to release the required iSCSI software initiator version tells me Mickey McIntire, former CEO of String Bean Software (remember Wintarget?) a company that was recently acquired by Microsoft. What has McIntire to do with emBoot?With more time on my hands I’ve started getting back into the consulting business with my first client being emBoot, Inc… Then allocate some boot image volumes from your iSCSI target, usually one for each Windows server you want to protect. As last touch, using the iSCSI initiator at each server grab the correspondent boot image volume created before. Now you’re ready to make a copy of the boot disk of each server to its iSCSI volume. This is what you should see when booting from the CD to make a copy.