Technology that suffers the wrath of a catastrophic event like a wildfire is not a pretty sight. Here are some archive photos from the initial findings after wildfires ripped through the community of Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016 with some pieces that eventually made their way to our labs for recovery assessment.
CBL Pictures: Computer Paper
17 November 2022
A throwback to the late 90s when CBL had ads running in a popular national print magazine about tech “The Computer Paper”.
Why Big Tech shreds millions of storage devices it could reuse
7 October 2022
A recent Financial Times longread delves into datacenter storage use, e-waste, data security and Big Tech’s reuse practices (or lack thereof). We share a related tech tip for the rest of us.
Data With a Drip
23 September 2022
Spotted in the lab. This one needed a bit of specific pre-recovery work.
Keeping Business Going When Extreme Weather Threatens Data
9 August 2022
The NOAA prediction of an above-normal Atlantic storm season seems to be staying on course but while extreme weather can be bad for digital devices it doesn’t have to mean a bad day for data. Forecasts are a good reminder of the precautions and prevention tips you can take to protect data and keep business going in the event of tough climate threats.
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