Posted by Gary Stockton on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 @ 05:55 PM
Costa Mesa, Calif., (November 09, 2009) - CMS Products, Inc., (http://www.cmsproducts.com/) a leader in data security, backup, disaster recovery and content management technologies announced that it has agreed on a strategic, global partnership with Avecto Ltd., (www.avecto.com) a pioneer in least privilege management. Avecto is based in Manchester, U.K.
Through the partnership, CMS Products will be bundling Avecto's Privilege Guard with its award-winning products such as BounceBack UltimateTM "Instant PC Recovery" and CE-Secure data encryption offerings.
While CMS Products provides enterprise data safeguards and management, Avecto's new Privilege Guard Version 2.2 provides user management, allowing elevated tasks to take place under a standard user account such as the installation of the drivers, which are required as a part of a backup process.
By bundling the products, CMS will become an authorized Avecto reseller, providing enterprise customers with a robust, one-stop shopping solution to enterprise user security.
CMS Products' software suite is comprised of data backup, encryption and security technologies which can be purchased individually or as part of an integrated suite. The company has received numerous awards for its leading edge, easy-to-use products which are revolutionizing the notebook and desktop data backup/disaster recovery and storage industry.
CMS has developed BounceBack Ultimate and BounceBack Essential - the only commercially-available "Instant PC Recovery" products available to date - which allow computer users to boot (restart) a "crashed" computer from an external hard drive to which the computer has been backed up. Users then have the ability to continue working with no down-time and no data loss.
"For enterprise security, both user management and data management are imperative to preventing security breaches," said Gary Streuter, vice president of marketing for CMS Products. "By combining these two features into one versatile solution, IT management can enjoy tight control and ultimately can reduce costs."
"Most organizations suffer the pain and strain of continually solving laptop and desktop user problems," said Paul Kenyon, vice president of Worldwide Sales for Avecto. "By combining these two products, we are creating a powerful tool for IT departments globally to better serve their customers, while providing individuals with tools to help themselves quickly and efficiently."
CMS Products offers its products through enterprise, government agency and educational institutions, as well as SOHO consumers through national and international distributors and resellers. Privilege Guard functionality will complement an existing set of capabilities that address multiple backup requirements.
About Avecto
Avecto is a pioneer in least privilege management, helping organizations to deploy secure and compliant desktops. With its innovative, Privilege Guard technology, organizations can now empower all desktop users with the privileges they require to perform their roles, without compromising the integrity and security of their systems. Customers of all sizes rely on Avecto to reduce operating expenses and strengthen security across their desktop environment. Our mission is to enable our customers to remove admin rights from their entire user base and implement Least Privilege. Avecto is building a worldwide channel of partners and system integrators and is headquartered in Manchester, UK. For more information, visit www.avecto.com.
For more information please contact: Donna Shaw, Avecto Ltd, +44 (0) 845 519 0114, pr@avecto.com
About CMS Products
CMS Products has sold more than two million units of software while installing more than four million complete storage solutions in 90-plus countries. The complete line of product offerings includes automatic backup solutions for both portable and desktop computers, RAID systems, backup and disaster recovery software, media management software, notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits and high capacity desktop hard drives.
Posted by Gary Stockton on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 @ 06:26 PM
 | If you are considering upgrading to the new Windows 7 Operating Sytem, it's highly recommended you make a backup of your files beforehand. If you are upgrading from Windows XP, unfortunately there is no way to upgrade without doing a full and complete install, which means you will need to wipe out the contents of your primary hard drive, so be prepared. |
Savvy computer users who would like to have the option of going back easily to the system you had prior to your upgrade are using a good backup software program. CMS's powerful BounceBack Ultimate backup software will make an identical clone backup of your primary hard drive to an external USB backup drive. If things go wrong with your Windows 7 upgrade, you can easily start up your computer from the external drive to launch a full recovery.
CMS has a 30 day trial version of BounceBack available here.
After you upgrade to the new Windows 7 Operating System, you can keep the backup on hand to easily migrate your files from the backup drive onto the primary internal hard drive. Simply connect the external drive in Windows 7, and drag your music, pictures, video and documents to the user folder on your upgraded computer.
After you have tested out Windows 7 for a few weeks and feel confident you no longer need the files on the external drive, load BounceBack on your Windows 7 PC and backup your newly upgraded computer.
Need More Hard Drive Capacity?
If you need additional hard drive capacity, CMS offers a wide variety of hard drive upgrade solutions for many popular brands of laptop. You can find laptop hard drive upgrades on our Upgrade Finder. We also offer a full selection of 3.5 inch desktop hard drives in our online store.
Posted by Gary Stockton on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 @ 12:24 PM
If you are going to be upgrading the hard drive on your laptop, but are uncertain how complicated the drive removal might be, we have published a series of Hard Drive Removal Guides available in PDF format for the following brands on our web site:
Compaq Laptops
Armada M700, Armada 3500,Armada 1100, Armada 4100, Armada 6500, Armada 1700, Armada 1500 and 5200, Armada 7700 and 7800, Armada 7300 and 7400, Compaq MultiBay, E500 and V300, Evo 1000, LTE 5000, M300 & EVO 600C, Presario 1200, Presario 1245, Presario 1600 and 1800, Presario 1900, EVO 1050, Compaq NC6200
Dell Laptops
Inspiron 3700 & 3800, Inspiron 5000, Inspiron 2600 and 2650, Inspiron 3000, Inspiron 7000,Inspiron 4000, Latitude C800, Inspiron 3500, Latitude C600, Latitude CP0 and CPi, X200, Latitude XP and XPi, Latitude LM, Latitude CPx/CPt, Dell Module Bay, Latitude C400, Latitude LT, Latitude D600 /D500, Inspiron 500M / 600M, Inspiron 8500 / Latitude D800, Latitude D400, Inspiron 5100 / 5150 / 1100, Inspiron 9200 and 9300, Dell C500 and C510, C800,805,810,C840, Latitude V710 and V740, C600, C610 and C640, Inspiron 6000 and XPS Gen 2, Latitude D610, 9100 Series, Smartstep 100 Series, Latitude D520 and D530, Latitude D630, D631, Latitude D531, Inspiron 1720 and 1721, Vostro 1700, Latitude E6400, Precision M2400, Latitude E6500, Studio 17 Secondary Bay, Latitude E6400 & E6500 Module Bay
Hewlett Packard Laptops
Omnibook 500-510, Omnibook 2100. Omnibook 6000. Omnibook 7100. Omnibook 4100. Omnibook 6100/6200. Omnibook XE3. Omnibook 900. Omnibook 800. HP Compaq NC4010. HPQ NC6000, NC8000, NW8000,HPQ NX7000, Omnibook XE2, Omnibook XT, Pavilion ZT and XZ, HP Compaq NC 6200, Pavilion DV4, Pavilion DV9000, Pavilion DV7 Secondary Bay, Pavilion DV4 Secondary Bay
IBM Laptops
ThinkPad 240, ThinkPad 310, ThinkPad 1400i, ThinkPad 365, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 355, 360 & 370, ThinkPad 390, ThinkPad 560 & 560x, ThinkPad 380Z & 385XD, ThinkPad 600,ThinkPad 750, 760, 765S, ThinkPad 570, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad I Series, ThinkPad 760E, IBM Ultrabay, ThinkPad A, R, T, X and G, IBM UltraBay Slim T40
Micron/MPC Laptops
Go Book 2, Transport LT, Transport ZX, Transport NX, Trek 2, Transport XPE & XKE, Transport ZX
NEC Laptops
2000, 4000 & 6000 5000 Series
Toshiba Laptops
Portege 600/610, Portege 650, Libretto, Satellite Pro 400, Satellite 100 & 200, Portege 660, Tecra 520, Tecra 700, Tecra 500, Satellite 1400 & 2400, Satellite 5000, Tecra 750 & 780, Satellite Pro 6000 & 6100, Portege 3010, Portege 2000, Portege 2515, Satellite 2600, Portege 7000, Satellite Pro 400, Satellite 100 & 200, Satellite 300, 305, 315, 320, 325, 330, 335, 2505, 4000, & 4005, Satellite Pro 440, Tecra 8000, Satellite Pro 4200 & 4300, Tecra 8100, Portege 3500 Series, Satellite 1800 Series, Satellite A10 and A15, Satellite A40 and A45, Satellite A70 and A75, Satellite R10 & R15, Tecra M1 Series, Tecra S1 Series, Portege M200 Series, Satellite 1900 Series, Satellite A20 and A25, Satellite A50 and A55, Satellite M30 and M35, Tecra A1, Tecra M4
We also offer a wide range of hard drive upgrage kits, backup solutions and data transfer solutions for over 800 laptop models.
Posted by Gary Stockton on Fri, Oct 09, 2009 @ 10:58 AM
At CMS, we're always amazed by the number of people who lose a hard drive due to a crash. If you use Twitter and search on the term "hard drive crashed", you'd be amazed to see how many victims offer up a confession about this on Twitter, and how often. So many of them never back up, then go into a state of panic and frustration over their dilemma. Behind each of these cases will usually be a long period of perhaps several days installing a new hard drive, reloading all of the programs, if they can locate the installer CD's, and of course, trying to locate missing files. In many cases, irreplaceable data is lost, like digital photos, videos, school work, financial info and copies of their email.
Here's a sampling of today's tweets from those who have Crashed a Hard Drive. The victims shall remain anonymous.
Remember to back up your data people!!
- "Since our pc hard drive crashed we're now trying to replace some bits and piece's, ie we lost our list of free... "
- "where at i wanna hear it....its on my otha comp and da hard drive crashed"
- "%&#@... a hard drive crashed. Bloody hell... time to salvage it."
- "the same thing happened to me too! i was pisssssed. i didn't have a virus but my hard drive crashed."
- "Oh and to top this bad day off, my laptop is broken again. Seriously like the 6th time the hard drive crashed. Never get a dell"
- "I lost all of my assignments, pictures,music and other files becoz my hard drive crashed. I h8 technology"
- "hard drive crashed. Lost 2 tracks. Think I might cry."
- "My external hard drive crashed. I just saved ALL of my design work/photography/music on it two days ago. :( :("
- "Sigh, I lost her first two singles when my hard drive crashed."
- "Laptop hard drive crashed. .Only 2 weeks old. Ugh!"
- "What's with the gremlins? My hard drive crashed today too!"
- "Our hard drive crashed on Friday & the Dell tech just put in a new one. I'm not going to enjoy the hours of rebooting, but I luv warranties!"
- "My hard drive crashed in the middle of my test online that I needed to do good on fml my laptop is a month old"
- "Computers suck! my brand new hard drive crashed and its gona cost 700bucks 2 retrieve da info!!! f it===some things just gotta b done.."
If these poor victims had used a good hard drive backup solution, much of their frustration and wasted time could have been avoided. For example, let's pretend the hard drive on this laptop that I'm typing away on suddenly decided to crash on me. With a CMS ABS backup system running BounceBack Ultimate backup software, it would be simply a matter of plugging in my external backup drive, and starting my laptop in instant recovery mode. I could either continue working, or restore my hard drive from backup after I have located a replacement hard drive.
Take a look at how easy this can be in this quick video demo.
Posted by Gary Stockton on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 @ 04:32 PM
Jon L. Jacobi did a great writeup on our 1TB V2 Desktop Backup Solution with BounceBack Ultimate Instant Recovery software. You can find the review here.
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Posted by Gary Stockton on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 @ 01:43 PM
Costa Mesa, Calif., (Sept. 15, 2009) - CMS Products, Inc., (www.cmsproducts.com) a leader in data security, backup, disaster recovery and content management technologies today announced that 30 day trial versions of its "Instant PC Recovery Products" - BounceBack UltimateTM and BounceBack Essential are available for users to download from the company's website. Users can download the software to a USB-connected external hard drive to create an externally bootable backup for their portable or desktop computers. The downloadable versions expire 30 days after installation. Users also can download the trial version software from other popular download sites.
BounceBack with "Instant PC Recovery" is the first commercially-available software product that enables computer users to instantly recover their PC following a hard drive "crash." Allowing users to continue working with no data loss from their external USB-connected hard drive, BounceBack provides the opportunity to recover or replace the internal system drive at a convenient time, with no panic or worry about downtime.
"We are so confident that users will appreciate the Instant PC Recovery features of the BounceBack software offerings, that we wanted to give users the opportunity to try this unique software for themselves, prior to making an investment in the product," said Gary Streuter, Vice President of Marketing for CMS Products. "We are the first-to-market with this award-winning, remarkable product, and we want users to have the chance to protect their photos, music, applications, invaluable data and their operating systems, easily and effectively."
BounceBack Ultimate offers users its exciting "Instant PC Recovery" to restart their Windows-based PC via the USB connection to an external hard disk, thereby freeing users from the worry of their system's hard drive failing.
Additionally, BounceBack Ultimate delivers super-secure file-level AES 256-bit encryption for additional peace of mind, as well as a host of other popular user options such as multi-destination backup, synchronization, versioning, and scheduled backups. BounceBack Ultimate offers an easy-to-use format with support for Windows XP and Vista. Features propelling BounceBack Ultimate to the pinnacle of data recovery include continuous data protection (CDP), application throttling, Quick RestoreTM and true open file backup support.
While BounceBack Ultimate offers a full complement of user-accessible backup options, BounceBack Essential is the essence of a true "Set-It and Forget It" software application.
With BounceBack Essential, the system hard drive is duplicated and maintained on the external USB drive. Every 60 minutes, BounceBack Essential will update the external USB drive with any changes or additions made to the system drive, be it user data or new applications downloaded from the Web. Best of all, with BounceBack Essential there is no confusing user interface - the program simply works in the background to keep an external copy of a system drive up-to-date and functional.
Should the system drive fail or become inoperable, BounceBack Essential is there with CMS' patent-pending "Instant PC Recovery" feature to get users up and running in a matter of minutes. BounceBack Essential provides the tools to repair or recover the internal system drive - allowing users to complete the repairs on their own time, rather than in the panic mode created by a system drive failure.
BounceBack Ultimate and Essential are currently available from leading resellers or from the company's web site, www.cmsproducts.com.
About CMS Products
CMS Products has sold more than two million units of software while installing more than four million complete storage solutions in 90-plus countries. The complete line of product offerings includes automatic backup solutions for both portable and desktop computers, RAID systems, backup and disaster recovery software, media management software, notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits and high capacity desktop hard drives.