According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. Often, the data that these devices hold falls through the backup cracks and is inadequately protected, if at all. In this expert podcast W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data including:

• Backing up remote sites to the data center
• Backing up laptops
• Using cloud storage services
• Preventing data leaks through USB ports and other portable storage devices
• Smartphone and PDA back up

Interested in this topic, but prefer alternative content formats? Try:

• Videocast: Protecting Data on the Edge