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Merry Chistmas and Happy Holidays

The NSK Inc Team would like to wish you warm thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year. As the holiday season approaches, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued partnership.  It is business associates like you who make our … Read more

Continuous Data Protection: A Substitute for Traditional Backup

by:  Lana Tkachenko Continuous data protection (CDP) differs from traditional backup recovery software in one essential way: whereas backup methods require data to be copied to another entity, such as a tape or a disk, CDP data is copied and then stored on the local storage area network (SAN) or the network-attached storage(NAS) … Read more

Data Deduplication

by:  Lana Tkachenko Data deduplication, although not traditionally considered backup software, can be quite handy when backing up large instances of data. The deduplication process works by identifying unique chunks of data, removing redundant data, and making data easier to store. For example, if a marketing director sends out a … Read more

NSK Inc Makes Top 100 Women-Led Business In Massachusetts

NSK Inc is excited to announce that it has made the Boston Business Journal’s Top 100 Women-Led Businesses.  Nancy Swan Keddy, will be an honoree at the December 1st, 2011 event at the Westin Copley Place Hotel . NSK Inc is an information technology consulting and outsourcing firm, specializing in … Read more

The Importance of Passphrases – Security Tip

I know I’ve covered using passphrases in the past, but it warrants touching on again. The two most important aspects of a “password” are length and randomness. The amount of entropy (basically, uncertainty) is a function of length and randomness. For a brief discussion on entropy in cryptanalysis, click on … Read more