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ATLANTA, Georgia, November 16 /PRNewswire/ -- When sensitive Lockheed Martin missile data was found on eBay-listed computers earlier this year, companies around the world began to rethink how they retire information technology (IT) assets. In fact, in 2008 alone, more records were breached than the previous four years combined,[i] while the cost per data breach rose to over $6.6 million, up from $4.7 million in 2006.[ii] The increasing risk of data breaches, coupled with the need for...

JOENSUU, Finland, November 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Blancco, the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, today announced a hat trick in terms of their expansion into Eastern Europe, with three new channel partners, with a representative for each country of Slovenia, Poland and Romania. Blancco have selected three prestigious partners to support the sales of data erasure and IT asset management solutions with Miska in Slovenia (https://www.miska.si) , AutoID in Poland...

JOENSUU, Finland, October 21 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Release Addresses Data Erasure Needs for Growing Netbook Market and Green Data Centre Requirements Blancco, the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, today announced support of solid state drive (SSD) erasure within its family of certified data erasure products. The newly released software positions Blancco to address current and future data security and disk wipe requirements for the increasingly...

JOENSUU, Finland, September 21 /PRNewswire/ -- - Disk Wipe Software First in its Category Slated for Evaluation Assurance Level 3+ Blancco, the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, today announced that its certified data erasure products are on track to earn Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 3+, augmented with ALC_FLR.3. This certification assures customers that the products have gone through a rigorous analysis and testing process and...

ATLANTA, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Blancco, the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, today announced support for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines for firmware-based erasure of ATA and SCSI drives. With its new and enhanced client erasure software, Blancco takes the NIST-recommended guidelines a step further by uniting them with a software overwriting option that verifies complete erasure - a level of support not found in other...

JOENSUU, Finland, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Blancco Ltd., the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, has launched a tailored data erasure solution for SPARC servers and workstations. High end SPARC servers are typically used by data centres and organisations with mass data needs using the SPARC architecture offered by companies such as Sun Microsystems. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080912/320621 ) (Photo:...

Blancco Ltd., the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, today announced that Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW) will license Blancco's data erasure software. Under terms of the agreement, Blancco and Sun will work together to develop a global standards-based solution designed to help customers manage their data center assets within their corporate policies and in adherence with regulatory guidelines. "Sun Microsystems is a true pioneer in the field of servers and storage...