By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Meet Ron Cen Ron begins each workday by stepping across flooring topped with sticky material that collects contaminants from the bottom of his shoes on his way into a small changing room. After closing the door behind him, Ron suits up in a special…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering All drives fail. Even in the cloud. In a cloud-based data storage business, there is no actual magic cloud. Storage drives are housed in data centers where technicians maintain and protect copies of important customer information for a fee. For the past four years,…
Producer/Director/Journalist Cirina Catania and DriveSavers Chief Technology Officer Chris Bross spoke at the Los Angeles Post Production Group (LAPPG) conference. Together, they shared the story of Cirina’s devastating data loss of over 100TB and discussed ways to help other media professionals avoid the same situation. Cirina: At 6 o’clock in the morning, I…
Helpful Expertise from Local Top Rated Companies Mike Cobb: Digging for Data By James Florence, Diamond Certified Reporter When asked how he got into the computer service industry, Mike Cobb says it all began with a high school job working for his father. “My dad ran a driving school when…
Originally published by Marin Independent Journal at marinij.com. By Mark Prado, Marin Independent Journal Victims of the North Bay fires who believe they may have lost pictures, videos or important documents on their scorched computers or smart phones can get help from a Novato data recovery company for free. DriveSavers has…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Wine country in California is currently overcome with a series of fifteen wildfires that began late Sunday evening, October 8, and continue to burn across Sonoma, Napa and Lake counties. High winds of fifty miles per hour fed the fires, which grew into a…
Employees Dedicate Themselves to Helping Victims of Northern California Wildfires (NOVATO, Calif. October 11, 2017)—DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic solutions, today announced it is offering free data recovery for residents of Sonoma, Napa and Lake counties, CA whose computers and phones were damaged in…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Founded in 1899, Equifax is the oldest of the three largest credit agencies along with the other two being Experian and TransUnion. These companies offer credit and demographic data and services to businesses. They also sell credit monitoring and fraud-prevention services directly to…
In the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, DriveSavers received hundreds of wet computers, drives and phones. Some drives arrived packaged in Ziplock bags with wet sponges. Houston-based photographer Taylor Golden had to be rescued from her home. Along with four adults and four dogs, she took refuge on the…
By Will DeLisi, NAND Flash Recovery Specialist iOS 11, Apple’s newest operating system for the iPhone and iPad, is ready for action. Before upgrading, however, there are some important steps to follow. Step 1: Back Up Your iOS Device First, back up everything important on the device. It’s important. Why?…
