PC Backup Gets Easier And More Efficient

Most IT managers are conscientious about backing up their company's servers, but few are as religious about backing up data on client PCs. In part, that's because backing up hundreds of PCs is difficult and can consume lots of network bandwidth. But the latest version of Connected Corp.'s TLM software is helping some customers. TLM Version 6.1 lets administrators more easily schedule backup tasks at any time and as often throughout the day as desired. To keep backup tasks from hogging the network, the software only backs up changes to files it has previously backed up. All data is compressed before backup, too.

Telekurs Financial Information Ltd., a Stamford, Conn., global financial information provider, is installing the software this week to back up 200 PCs in the United States. The company, which is owned by Swiss banks, including Union Bank Of Switzerland and Credit Suisse, plans to then install the software on almost 2,000 more PCs at Telekurs offices around the world. VP of operations Walter Beddoe says the terrorist attacks brought home the importance of backing up client system data. Says Beddoe, "Before 9/11, we had no automated backup of PCs."