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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: StaggerLee who wrote (40204)	12/16/1997 8:55:00 PM
From: Sir Walter Scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Implications are plain and simple: Any software that rocks and possibly does the Tango, too, will knock the socks off IOM --- SWS

To: StaggerLee who wrote (40204)	12/16/1997 9:25:00 PM
From: Tom Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

RE: The "backing up to server" thing again StaggerLee, About backing up to the server, this thread's been there, done that. It's similar to backing up to the web. One, there's the bandwidth problem while everyone is backing up. And probably more important, two, how do you get all your "stuff" back OFF the server if the software that ties your PC to the server/web goes south as part of the disaster that makes the backup suddenly more essential than good sex? More power to you if you want to take that route, and I'm sure it'll work for a limited segment of the market, but I suspect that the Norton/Symantec Zip Rescue thingie will be much bigger, and I can't wait for Norton/Symantec to follow their Zip Rescue thingie with a Jaz Rescue thingie. Wouldn't THAT be cool? Cheers, Tom (long IOM) P.S. That wasn't nice what you did to Billy. <g>

To: StaggerLee who wrote (40204)	12/16/1997 9:32:00 PM
From: Lurker	Respond to of 58324

<<A friend of mine is a beta tester for a new Intel software product which allows users to back up their hard drives onto an Intel server. Apparently the new software rocks. Has anybody heard of this? This product could essentially eliminate the need for physical tape drives, or at least provide a faster, cheaper and more reliable alternative.>> Oh goody! Now I can put all of my files on the net. Now everyone will be blessed with all of my private files and thoughts. This is great! Now people can know who I am writing letters to and what I am saying to them. They can know all my bank records and my income tax records, too. Think of all of the fun spam I will get in my mailbox as various people gaze through my files and sell the info to various businesses. Just think of all of the business uses. I'm sure that they would love to park all of their records on the net. That way people could browse through them and see all the neat clients and fees they have. After all, I'm sure people would promise to keep them confidential. Mike

To: StaggerLee who wrote (40204)	12/16/1997 9:33:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

<a new Intel software product which allows users to back up their hard drives onto an Intel server.> Great! If that Intel server is less than $100, I'm sure Joe sixpack would love to install one side by side with his home PC. Or perhaps under it. BTW, Is that Intel server ATAPI, SCSI or parallel port?

To: StaggerLee who wrote (40204)	12/16/1997 10:11:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

>>A friend of mine is a beta tester for a new Intel software product which allows users to back up their hard drives onto an Intel server. Apparently the new software rocks. Has anybody heard of this? This product could essentially eliminate the need for physical tape drives, or at least provide a faster, cheaper and more reliable alternative.<< SL - Intel has sold a network-attached backup system for several years. Basically, it's a computer with a tape drive or a set of tape drives, all in one box, with operating system and backup software mostly pre-installed. It allows people to backup servers and/or workstations to one central device. Iomega has never competed in the network server backup category. Thus, I don't see that this affects Iomega at all. Now if you are talking about Intel providing a service by which people backup their hard disks to a central site, via dial-up or Internet connections, then that is something new for Intel, but not new to the marketplace. Such services have existed for at least a year. They have had little impact, as the service is fairly expensive, and performance is slow. Also, if you have a complete drive failure, it can be difficult to connect to the Internet to download your backed up data. Some of these services offer overnight delivery of your data on CD-ROM. Great. BTW, there is still a need for some sort of physical backup device, such as tape, at the central site. The backed up data has to go somewhere. - Allen