Rutilus Pockets Digital Wallet With SmartBack 2000.Rutilus Software, Inc. is now bundling a version of its data backup product, SmartBack 2000, with the Digital Wallet The electronic equivalent of a wallet for e-commerce transactions. Also called an "e-wallet," it holds credit card data and passwords for logging into Web sites. The wallet data may reside in the user's machine or on the servers of the wallet service. portable storage device. The Digital Wallet is developed by Irvine, CA-based Minds@Work and will feature Rutilus Software's "SmartBack Jr." version of its backup product. Offering data storage capabilities, the product lets users convey backup data from a hard disk to the Digital Wallet via a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. connection or over a network to another remote storage location. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Marc Ganouna, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Minds@Work, "Our Digital Wallet device was designed with business and personal users in mind and Rutilus' data protection solution maximizes the functionality of our product for the demand by these two markets." Now available, the Digital Wallet portable storage device with SmartBack Jr. retails for $499.95. The new product is a software product that dispatches backup data to a data protection location. It could be a server, Network Attached Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) device, a workstation, or a local hard drive and SmartBack Jr. works automatically and is transparent to users. It also includes IT resources. SmartBack Jr. provides the means for users of such devices as digital cameras, desktop and laptop computers, and more to transmit data to the hard drive of the Digital-Wallet device or to another hard drive location. SmartBack Jr. also embodies SmartScan anti-virus protection, manual and automated backup, and file recovery features and the integration of SmartBack Jr. with the Digital Wallet device is the first such offering that upholds Rutilus' strategy. Rutilus furnishes data protection solutions for a range of storage media requirements, from portable storage devices to NAS and Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Th e product and SmartBack Jr. are compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 4.0, and Windows 2000. "The integration of SmartBack Jr. with our Digital Wallet portable storage device opens up a new world of storage options for our customers," said Ganouna. The Digital Wallet is a portable storage device featuring 6GB of storage capacity, a Motorola ColdFire microprocessor, a Toshiba hard drive, and a rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a group of two or more secondary cells. These batteries can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. and Digital Wallet ($499.95) and an upgrade from SmartBack Jr. to SmartBack 2000 ($99.95) are available online. |
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