Whether a hard drive or a CD, the media is where your data lives, and every different type of media has it's advantages and disadvantages. Next, we'll take a look at what's available.

Optical Media

Example 1: Yo' Momma. (aka, the Home User...)

Many of our customers see their data as just data, but an effective data management strategy means understanding how data is stored, protected, and used later to make money. That means figuring out what your data is: Storage, Backup, or Archive?

Of the many new features in Apple's next release, none have as dramatic implications as Time Machine. Whether you use your Mac for surfing the internet or running your small business, you will get huge benefits from the automation and simplicity of data protection in Leopard.

Time Machine is a revolutionary application built into OS X Leopard which allows you to rewind your files to any point in your computers history to recover both lost files, as well as review previous revisions to files. Time Machine requires an external drive for each machine to function and it's super simple to set up.