Storage tech preserves critical data: software, hardware available to serve as safety nets for agency systems.(BACK UP OR BUST)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, April, 2005 by Trembly, Ara C.

SAFETY AND INTEGRITY of customer information and industry data is critical to an insurance agency, yet electronic data is fragile. It can easily be lost due to a network systems crash, a natural disaster, a sudden power outage or everyday human error. Fortunately, a number of software and hardware technology solutions are available to help back up critical data and provide a safety net for agents, carriers and third-party players who depend on such data for their very survival.

The following are some of the alternate data storage solutions introduced in the past year. * XLINK TECHNOLOGY INC. recently announced the release of "EzOpenBackup Plus!" (V1.3 for Windows 2000 and XP). According to Milpitas, Calif.-based XLink, this disk-based backup software is...