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We’ve created more information in the past two years than in the entirety of recorded history.

Verbatim, the leading data storage company, has appointed Clive Alberts as Global CEO.  It is a new position for the organisation designed to deliver greater synergies between Verbatim’s four regional companies of Verbatim EUMEA, Verbatim Asia Pacific, Verbatim Americas, and Verbatim Japan.

“I am thrilled to be taking on this important role at Verbatim and excited at the opportunities that will be available to develop and grow the organisation through strong and innovative product development, more integrated operations and greater marketing coordination,” said Clive Alberts.  “We will continue to provide the terrific local customer service and strategies that Verbatim has been renown for over its long history, while also benefiting from the contributions that can be achieved from a truly global operation.

Hybrid working is now many people's normality, with many employers encouraging a healthy mix of in-office and remote working. Some people thrive in an office setting but find it difficult working from home, so a mixed environment can provide the best of both worlds. With remote work possible from a home office and ‘on the go’ while commuting, it has been proven to increase productivity, reduce costs and help personal wellbeing.

But it comes with some concerns. Perhaps the largest issue is keeping your data secure – remote workers are more likely to have things stolen or lost in transit.

Photographs are our personal story, a timeline of our lives filled with faces and places that we love. How you capture, save and take care of these photos is therefore pretty important. Shouldn’t you be using technology you can trust?

Eschborn, Germany – 29 June 2021:  Verbatim is expanding its secure storage offering with the launch of new external hard drives and SSDs with encryption and biometric technology to ensure that private data saved on the devices is always fully protected and compliant with GDPR requirements.

Encased in sleek aluminium enclosures, the new Executive Fingerprint Secure Hard Drive in 1TB and 2TB capacities and Executive Fingerprint Secure SSD in 512MB and 1TB use a combination of AES 256-bit hardware encryption and fingerprint recognition technology to seamlessly encrypt all data on the drive in real-time.  With 100% of the drive securely encrypted, all the content is safe from unauthorised access if the drives are ever lost or stolen.

Verbatim is expanding its secure storage offering with the launch of new external hard drives and SSDs with encryption and biometric technology to ensure that private data saved on the devices is always fully protected and compliant with GDPR requirements.

Encased in sleek aluminium enclosures, the new Executive Fingerprint Secure Hard Drive in 1TB and 2TB capacities and Executive Fingerprint Secure SSD in 512MB and 1TB use a combination of AES 256-bit hardware encryption and fingerprint recognition technology to seamlessly encrypt all data on the drive in real-time.  With 100% of the drive securely encrypted, all the content is safe from unauthorised access if the drives are ever lost or stolen.

With the massive increase in the use of mobile devices, and attacks against government networks and business databases escalating, data security and encryption continues to be a hot topic. Encryption scrambles data in such a way that only someone with the correct code or key can read it, so if your HDD is lost or stolen, you can be confident that the content of the drive cannot be accessed.

Verbatim would like to again remind you of how imperative it is to back up your data – take a look at our quick guide to backing up and archiving.

A fast processor can handle billions of cycles a second, but it often spends a lot of time waiting for the drive to feed it data. Hard drives are particularly sluggish because they have platters that have to spin up and a read / right arm that has to find its way physically to the data sectors you're currently seeking. To get optimal performance, you need a good solid state drive (SSD). 

There is never a good time for your tech to fail you, but it can be particularly agonising if you need to move around and work in different locations.  Being able to save your work safely and securely is one thing you need to guarantee, whether it is putting a presentation on a USB drive or backing up or archiving documents for the long term.