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Bowes, a provider of mailstream
and document management solutions, in association with Martin Yale
GMBH, launched a data destruction device, Degaussers, in India that
can delete the entire data from the hard disk of a computer. The
company claimed that not a single
bit of the data deleted using this device would be retrievable.
"We identified the gap that exists
in the industry and developed this product. There are prevalent
method like overwriting, secure erase and physical destruction method
that are used for destroying data. But in all the cases there is the
possibility of data recovery. In Degaussers we use magnetic
technology to destroy data in the hard disk," said Erich
Berthold, Regional Sales Head APAC, Martin Yale.
Berthold elaborated that there are
magnetic tapes which store data in hard disk. Degaussers generate
magnetic field of 9000 Oersteds which helps in erasing magnetic field
present in the devices.
"The prevalent method for data
destruction can take hours but high-end version of Degaussers can do
it in scale of 10-15 seconds. Our entry-level Degaussers will be able
to do it in a timeframe of 30 seconds," said Berthold.
Pitney Bowes will distribute the
Intimus Degausser's and Crushers from Martin Yale as well as
provide accessories, spare parts and after-sales services of the
same. The range is priced between Rs 7 lakh to 20 lakh.
The Intimus range of products will be
targeted to the service sectors like Banking, Financial, Insurance,
and Telecom besides governments where data security is a critical
part of the data management process.
Specifying the potential market for
Degaussers, K.M. Nanaiah, managing director, Pitney Bowes India also
cited the threat of the e-waste being generated in the country.
“Companies are mostly engaged in data
securing and archiving. Simultaneously we see that a lot computers
are annually disposed off. According to reports, close to 380,000
tonnes of e-waste was generated in India from discarded computers,
televisions and mobile phones in 2007. This figure is expected to
rise to 800,000 tonnes by 2012. Hence we have strong business case in
India for destroying data in hard disk which are disposed off by
companies,” said Nanaiah.
Nanaiah added that these devices can
also be set up by an entrepreneur to provide services to the
companies disposing off their data.
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