Author Archives: Origin Storage

 

Oct
30

356 big reasons for UK CIOs to switch to encrypted drives revealed

Reports that UK chief information officers reported a whacking 356 data loss incidents in the last 12 months – approaching double that of the year previous – should sent shivers down.. more
Oct
30

SwissDisk cloud has more holes than the cheese says Origin Storage

Reports that SwissDisk, the US cloud storage service provider has been hit by a data access outage, indicates that – even with a high level of service uptime – cloud data.. more
Oct
13

First 1TB Portable Hardware Encrypted Drive launched

Origin Storage, a leading manufacturer and distributor of IT storage solutions, has today announced the launch of their 1TB and 750GB Data Locker. The new capacities will be in addition to.. more
Sep
24

Origin Storage welcomes impending wave of USB 3.0 devices

Origin Storage, the storage systems integration specialist, has welcomed news that several IT hardware companies are developing USB 3.0 standard devices, ready for commercial shipment next year. Andy Cordial, Origin’s managing director, said that reports from the Intel Developer Forum that the first USB 3.0.. more
Sep
22

Origin Storage enters the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 league table

Origin Storage, the storage systems integration specialist, announced today that it has made it onto the Tech Track 100 league table as a key player in the IT business. Origin has been ranked 73rd out of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, according.. more
Aug
11

Stolen Lincoln playgroup laptop highlights danger of unencrypted data

The theft of a laptop from a Lincoln woman – by the woman’s boyfriend – may sound like a routine court case but, says Andy Cordial, managing director with Origin Storage, it could be lot more serious. According to the MD of the storage systems.. more
Aug
04

Weak cloud password security highlights strength of local storage

Reports that researchers at the Black Hat security briefings in Las Vegas drove an electronic steamroller through password recovery systems on Amazon‘s EC2 and Microsoft’s Online Office services come as no surprise, says Andy Cordial, Origin Storage’s managing director. “Password resetting and other security mechanisms.. more
Jul
16

Twitter hack caused by lack of security policies

News that Twitter has been hacked yet again comes as no surprise given the fact that many IT staff and managers are being pushed into adopting cloud computing services on a fasttrack basis, says Origin Storage, the storage systems integration specialist. “Our observations suggest that.. more
Jun
25

Origin Storage supporting Women’s British Bobsleigh team

Origin Storage, the portable secure storage specialists, announced today that they have renewed their sponsorship of the women’s British Bobsleigh team. The sponsorship deal will run until the end of the season which will see them through the winter Olympics in Canada. Andy Cordial, MD.. more
May
26

Terabyte of US National Archives data goes missing

Reports that the US National Archives has lost a hard drive containing an astonishing one terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) of data containing government procedures and employees from the President Clinton era, has staggered Origin Storage, the secure data storage specialist. “The fact that the US National.. more