The small and midsize business market has been getting a lot of attention from vendors looking to take advantage of growing backup and recovery needs.
Maxtor is now putting hard drives with capacities from 120 Gbytes to 300 Gbytes in a new OneTouch external box with a one-touch button, which can be configured by solution providers for a number of functions, said company officials.
One of those functions is the automatic launching of Dantz Retrospect Express software, which can be used to making instant backup copies of files and/or automated backup copies. Other uses for the one-touch button include customized auto-launch of applications.
Dantz Retrospect Express is integrated in the OneTouch, allowing the operating system, drivers, applications, settings, and user files on PCs and Macintoshes to be backed up to a server.
The Maxtor OneTouch family of products is now shipping with prices ranging from $200 for a 120-Gbyte, 7,200-rpm model to $400 for a 300-Gbyte, 5,400-rpm model with USB 2.0 and FireWire connectivity.
Meanwhile, Addonics Technologies unveiled a hard drive kit that turns any 2.5-inch hard drive into a portable Serial ATA drive for desktop and mobile PCs. The new Addonics Mini ExDrive is powered directly by the PC"s USB port, and can serve as a bootable drive.