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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation Coupon 10% Discount



Use the following link to apply for 10% discount price for Acronis True Image Echo Workstation

Overview:

Backup software for the entire office network or a local computer. In comparison with Acronis True Image Home 2009 – Acronis True Image Echo Workstation allows you manage backup and restore tasks on remote computers, supports dynamic disks, backup to virtual machine, consolidate archives and much more. With Acronis True Image Echo Workstation you can:

- Create full drive or file/folder backup;

- Clone the whole system to another disk drive (model, vendor and size of new destination drive doesn’t matter);

- Consolidate archive. Create a copy of a backup archive, the copied backup archive will contain only those backups from the source archive which you are manually selected;

- Convert backup to virtual disk format;

- Backup to tape drives;

- Backup and restore remote computers using Management Console.



Features:



- Acronis Group Server. Ease administration by viewing the status of all systems in the network;

- Acronis Backup Server. Ensure optimal usage of storage resources by allowing IT administrators to establish backup policies.

- Create dynamic volumes. Convert basic discs to dynamic disks and create dynamic volumes on dynamic disks;

- Mount/Explore an image;

- Schedule backup task;

- Protect backup with password and set encryption (AES 128, 192,256);

- Exclude the following files/folders from the image: system, hidden, MS SQL database files, MS Exchange database files;

- Database support. You can specify a command (or a path to an executable file) that will suspend database work for a short period of time required for making a snapshot of the data being backed up. See user guide for examples;

- Select different compression levels for backup creation;

- Fast Incremental/Differential backups. You can speed up the incremental or differential backup process;

- Archive splitting. You can speed up the incremental or differential backup process. To increase the speed, select Use fast incremental/differential backup;

- File level security settings. Specify whether to preserve security settings of the files in archive. Otherwise, while restoring the files, their security settings will be set to default values;

- Error handling. You can configure error handling settings for the backup creation process: ignore bad sectors, do not show error messages and dialogs while processing, if an error occurs reattempt it (you can set the time);

- Dual destination backup. Specify location, which will be used for storing a copy of a backup, which is created on Acronis Secure Zone;

- Specify Mass Storage Drivers on restore. If you have a mass storage controller (such as a SCSI, RAID, or Fibre Channel adapter) for your hard disk, you can install this driver manually, bypassing the automatic driver search-and-install procedure;

- Acronis Startup Recovery Manager. Boot your computer after a failure to start the recovery process simply by selecting the F11 key, even if your operating system has failed;

- Media Builder. Create Acronis bootable disc within the program, use it in case system is completely unbootable to restore the image;

- Acronis Secure Zone. Protect your system by saving an image to a special hidden partition on your hard disk where it can be retrieved after a disaster.



Supported OS:



- Microsoft Windows Vista (all versions and editions);

- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition;

- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP 4;

- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP 2;

- Citrix Xen Source



Supported file systems:



FAT16/32, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, and Linux SWAP. Special sector-by-sector support for other partitions and corrupted file systems.



Supported storage media:



- Hard disk drives

- Networked storage devices

- CD-R(W)

- DVD-RW, DVD+R(W)

- ZIP, Rev and other removable media

- P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA, SCSI, IEEE1394 (Firewire) and USB 1.1 / 2.0 drives, PC card storage devices.



Minimum system requirements:



- Pentium processor or higher

- 256 MB RAM

- CD-RW or DVD-RW drive for bootable media creation

- Disk space: 300 Mb

- Extra disk space for installation: 600 Mb

Live News Video Streaming



Video has always been a major and the most popular method of communication with audiences. The visual impact created by videos can’t be ignored as it has often captured the imagination of a wide audience time after time. However, with the pace of globalization and growth of online users, “streaming video”, the new technology is gaining its popularity. It is the process of converting video and audio into a compressed digital format, and then distributing the data through computer networks.

Changing Scenario

Over the past couple of years, streaming videos over web pages has caught on with an increase in the available bandwidth and internet connection speeds. In fact its growth has widely influenced various fields such as national, international news and lots others. Acting as a great tool many news websites and video search engines are making the best use of streaming videos. For some these video streams are viewed as extensions to television news coverage and for some it is acting as better replacements for television sets.

Today with the growth of competition, every news channel is using streaming videos for distributing news over the Internet. Besides this, among news savvy this new concept is gaining more popularity. An individual is free and does not require sitting through an hour of news to get to the news stories that he/she really wants to hear or watch. If an individual is interested in today’s stories dealing with the daily markets, then he or she is only few clicks away. Whatever be their preference, the online streaming video allows them to view or hear online news clip as per their preference. Moreover today we even have various video search engines that allow us to view different news streaming videos in accordance to different news category like political, business, sports or environment news.

People are looking for More Preference

These days’ people are turning to live video to get their daily information of every single and most important world events. A lot of those who have previously wanted to have some time on television now prefer having that same information through online streaming videos. Events and services can be seen at anytime and people don’t want to miss a thing. As a result, live streaming videos are more preferred as it facilitates as every single user view a video as it is being downloaded from the Internet. Indeed with live streaming videos, the news can be viewed at our own convenience.

Future of News Video Streaming

It may not be too far in the future that all news will be delivered in the format of online videos. In fact, in recent times live feeds from the latest interesting events are already gaining wide acceptance and being seen first online. So the next time you don’t have to sit for hours and wait for the prime time news to know about one particular story or event. All you require to do is visit video search engines or different news websites and find online news videos. Online news video streaming not only allows for another way to get the latest happenings, but it allows you to watch what you want and when you want. The excitement of catching news items on live news video streaming is slightly different. You can actually feel to be face-to-face with every news piece and even get easy hand on complete information.

With the Holiday Season Just Around the Corner, BiddingForGood is giving lots of Reasons to Splurge this Year… and to Feel Good about It



Where can you find 2 VIP tickets to 2010 NY Fashion Week, a Paul McCartney autographed Beatles Rock band guitar, and lunch with the Mayor of Providence all while supporting a good cause?  The place is BiddingForGood, an online auction platform solely for organizations engaged in fundraising for nonprofit causes. BiddingForGood has been offering consumers unique experiences on their shopping portal for years and have raised over $70 Million doing just that.

 In an economic tailspin, one might be trying to find reasons to splurge this holiday season without the guilt. BiddingForGood can offer hundreds of reasons. Breast Cancer Research, the Arts and local school fundraising auctions, to name a few, are all housed under the BiddingForGood name.

 Consumers love that they can find unique travel items and gift certificates to their favorite restaurants all year long on this online auction platform.  But there is something special about finding that truly hard to find Marc Jacobs bag while shopping on this site during the holidays.  You know that feeling after sipping mom’s hot apple cider, spiked of course? Those who shop on this site may find the warm fuzzy feeling to be quite similar.

 With the holiday season quickly sneaking upon us, BiddingForGood employees have jumped in full swing with the announcement of their own annual holiday auction.  Every year, the company chooses an organization that is near and dear to their hearts…and believe me, there are many!  But this year, the decision was a little easier to make with the recent diagnosis of Breast Cancer of one of their employees and friends.  Their auction, supporting Mass General Hospital’s ESSCO Fund for Breast Cancer Research will open in Nov and run through Dec, just in time to snag great items for the gifting season.

 However, this auction will be just one of the many holiday auctions to be opening up on the platform this season. Auctions, supporting a wide array of causes, will have more items than ever including hard to find sporting events such as Red Sox vs. Yankees tickets, entertainment tickets, exotic trips to Equador and Mexico, celebrity meet and greet packages, Spa Botox treatments and much, much, more!  Known as the “eBay for charity auctions”, BiddingForGood has become the number one portal to find luxury items while supporting a cause. www.biddingforgood.com