Genie Backup Home 9.0

“Genie Backup Manager Professional has a clear simple interface which lets you manage the application without problems and in just a few minutes. As soon as you start working with it, you’ll see that behind it’s simple appearance lie some advanced options not found in higher-end products.” – Personal Computing World magazine

Genie Backup Manager Home 9.0

genie-backup-manager-home Genie Backup Home 9.0 is a powerful tool for backing up whatever files or folders you consider important.

If you just want to run a quick and simple backup then you’ll appreciate the program’s list of common “Backup Items”. These include your Outlook emails, desktop, Registry, Windows settings and more, and including these in your backup can be as simple as checking a box.

Most of the time you’ll have your own ideas, of course, but it’s almost as easy to choose your own files and folders. Just check the My Folders box, browse the Explorer-type window and check the box next to whatever files or folders you’d like to protect.

The program supports multiple backup types (Full, Incremental, Mirror); your archive can be compressed, or encrypted, then saved to local, removable or LAN folders, FTP servers, or burned to CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs.

And you can then restore individual files or an entire backup later, from within the program. Or, if your system won’t start at all, a bootable Disaster Recovery disc can help you restore normal working order.

The main new features this time are relatively limited (Outlook 2010 support, backups to secure FTP, Windows 8 support). But there are lots of incremental improvements: an enhanced interface, better Volume Shadow Copy support, reduced RAM requirements, improved performance and so on. And that all helps to make a very likeable backup tool, packed with features yet extremely easy to use.

If you need more, though, it might be worth considering Backup Manager Pro 9.0, which adds more powerful encryption; extra scheduling options; the ability to run commands before and after a backup; differential backup support, the ability to back up to an Amazon S3 account, and more.

What’s new in Genie Backup Manager Home 9

  • Enhanced FTP engine.
  • Secure FTP (FTPS) Support.
  • Added Outlook 2010 support
  • Added Windows 8 support.
  • New and enhanced interface.
  • Enhanced Volume Shadow Copy support.
  • Improved Disaster Recovery engine.
  • New CD/DVD/Blu-ray burner.
  • Enhanced Blu-ray support.
  • Enhanced performance.
  • Enhanced memory management; takes less memory resources
  • Updated Genie Agent notifications
  • Enhanced system schedule
  • Added social integration elements.

Platforms: Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8, Windows Vista (32 bit), Windows Vista (64 bit), Windows XP

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Seagate And Samsung Announce Agreement To Jointly Develop Controller Technology For SSDs

seagate samsung ssd August 12, 2010 – Seagate Technology and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced that they have entered into a joint development and licensing agreement.

Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop and cross-license related controller technologies for solid state drive (“SSD“) storage devices to attain the high levels of performance, reliability and endurance demanded by enterprise storage applications.

The joint development effort builds on the existing SSD capabilities of each company while combining Seagate’s leadership in enterprise storage technology with Samsung’s flash memory technology specific to 30 nanometer-class MLC NAND. The jointly developed controller will be utilized in Seagate’s enterprise-class SSDs.

“Seagate has long recognized that solid state technology has an important role to play in the comprehensive solutions the storage industry will deliver today and in the future, particularly in the enterprise market, today’s agreement with Samsung will help us bring a compelling set of SSD innovations to the enterprise storage market, with benefits that range from enhanced performance, endurance and reliability to cost and capacity improvements. Overall, this agreement with Samsung strengthens our SSD solutions strategy, and positions Seagate well as global demand for storage continues on its strong growth path.” – said Steve Luczo, Seagate chairman, president and CEO.

“We are pleased to be jointly developing a high-performance SSD controller with Seagate for the enterprise storage market, our green memory solution is designed to enable more energy-efficient server applications, which is expected to increase the use of NAND-based SSD storage in enterprise applications.” – said Dr. Changhyun Kim, senior vice president and Samsung Fellow, Memory product planning & application engineering, Semiconductor Business, Samsung Electronics.

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