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  TestDisk, PhotoRec fix disks, recover files

  If you're a fan of character-based interfaces -- such as DOS -- and free data recovery, you're going to love TestDisk and its companion utility, PhotoRec (a brother program included in the TestDisk download). Both free programs run in a DOS box or from a command line and test, report on, fix common disk boot problems, and recover files from damaged hard drives. All this is done at low level, below the operating system.

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 21 March, 2011 01:56

  Tags: Drives, freeware, Freeware / shareware, Hard Disk, hard drives, hdd, recovery, repair, software, storage, Utilities

• PC market on fast track to recovery, IDC says

  PC shipments worldwide will grow by double digits on a yearly basis through 2013, buoyed by increased commercial spending and growing demand for portable PCs like laptops and netbooks, IDC said in a study issued on Wednesday.

  By Agam Shah | 17 December, 2009 14:01

  Tags: IDC, pc market, recovery

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  PC shipments showing signs of recovery, Gartner says

  The PC market is showing signs of recovery, with the freefall of PC shipments skidding to a halt thanks to competitive PC prices and a continued interest in netbooks, Gartner said on Thursday

  By Agam Shah | 26 June, 2009 06:16

  Tags: Gartner, pc shipments, recession, recovery

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  Recovery May Drive SOA

  Atul Saini, CEO and CTO of Fiorano Software, shares with CIO his vision for BPM and SOA for the Indian CIOs.

  By Kanika Goswami | 02 March, 2010 06:48

  Tags: india, recovery, soa

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  CIOs fear mass IT exodus following economic recovery

  IT professionals asked to do more work for less pay and fewer benefits might be able to forgive their employers' financial choices, but industry watchers say high-tech workers won't soon forget being treated poorly during the most recent economic recession and will look to find other employment opportunities as soon as the recovery gets under way.

  By Denise Dubie | 19 November, 2009 08:32

  Tags: careers, CIOs, economy, global financial crisis, IT jobs market, recovery

Whitepapers about recovery

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  Delivering Tomorrow's Backup and Recovery Infrastructure

  The data protection market has changed considerably over the past decade. During this time, the market witnessed a fundamental shift away from relying solely on tape for backup and recovery to using disk-based backup solutions to address challenges including backup performance, reliability, and recovery time objectives. This paper highlights that firms evaluating next-generation data protection solutions must expect a greater degree of integration between the technology components in today's data protection path.

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  EMC 15-Minute Guide to Smarter Backup Transform your future

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  IDC Forecast: Worldwide Purpose - Built Backup Appliance 2011 – 2015, Forecast Update: Explosive Growth in 2011

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  IDC Whitepaper: Generating Proven Business Value with EMC Next-Generation Backup and Recovery