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Hard Drive To Global Growth For Canadian Data Recovery Pioneers

Data Recovery Article: CBC National News – November 13, 2003

It started 10 years ago as a repair shop for computer hard drives.

Now it is celebrating a decade of evolution into a global network of leading-edge laboratories devoted to data recovery.

Is your computer burned, smashed or flooded? Has essential data been erased, accidentally or on purpose?

CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. can help.

Founded and headquartered north of Toronto, it now has nine other locations: Brisbane, Australia; San Diego, Calif.; Armonk, N.Y.; Newcastle, England; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Beijing; Barbados; Ponta Grossa, Brazil; and Singapore.

Its 50 employees claim a daunting range of expertise, with degrees in fields including physics, electrical engineering, computer science, automation control, telecommunications and psychology.

“As electronic information becomes more intertwined with commerce and our day-to-day activities, the impact of damaged or lost data becomes even more significant. In addition, threats to that data have multiplied tenfold,” says CBL president Bill Margeson.

Adds Alan Freedman, a research manager at consultancy IDC Canada: “As different operating systems and computing platforms continue to evolve and proliferate, the potential scenarios for data damage or loss multiply. CBL Data Recovery Technologies has found a successful niche in understanding these scenarios and has developed tools and strategies to retrieve data from a wide range of storage media for a varied customer base.”