Monday, September 28, 2009

FailSafe™ for Small Businesses

The Phoenix FailSafe Business Edition is designed for securing and managing multiple computers as well as preventing data loss. It features business-specific capabilities such as policy management and asset management.

Phoenix FailSafe customers will be able to take advantage of Intel®­ Anti-Theft Technology (Intel AT), which is designed into system hardware. Through FailSafe, an authorized information technology (IT) administrator or enterprise security officer can remotely define hardware-based policies that remotely or locally command the notebook to lock itself down and prevent any OS from booting.

If you run a small business, you can always know where your monitored computer is by using FailSafe. The location of each laptop is maintained using a variety of tracking methods. The tracking information is automatically overlaid onto a detailed map that is easily accessible from any Web browser.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

What Would You Do If Your Notebook Was Lost or Stolen?

A) Swear B) Fume C) Kick the dog D) Wish you had FailSafe

FailSafe™ is a service that’s like an insurance policy for a laptop computer. It gives subscribers the ability to remotely control their laptops and secure data using a web-based control center as well as track and recover missing or stolen laptops.

With FailSafe, consumers and business people can relax knowing that any lost or stolen mobile computing devices containing confidential and financial information can easily be tracked and disabled while the data can be remotely retrieved, and even erased, if need be.

FailSafe is the unique asset tracking, computer recovery, and data protection service from Phoenix Technologies - the global market leader in system firmware that provides the most secure foundation for today’s computing environments. With FailSafe, consumers and business people can sleep soundly again.

For Consumers
When your notebook computer is lost or stolen, it’s a triple-whammy. 1) It’s a major headache; 2) it’s costly to replace the notebook; and 3) it invites the misuse of the sensitive data files you have stored on it. Computer theft opens the door to the potentially bigger problems of data loss and identity theft.

Unfortunately, it’s a growing reality for hundreds of thousands of consumers, as between 600,000 and 1.5 million notebooks are stolen or lost each year in the U.S. alone. Clearly, it’s foolish to ignore this increasing threat and not have computer security software, thinking it won’t happen to you. It’s smart to have an “insurance policy” like FailSafe - the unique tracking, recovery, and data protection service from Phoenix Technologies that will give you peace of mind.

For Businesses
A lost or stolen laptop computer can be costly in many ways for your company. In addition to having to replace an expensive piece of mobile computing equipment, computer theft opens the door to data loss, litigation, embarrassment, and, almost certainly, a direct hit to your business’s bottom line.

In short, for businesses big and small, a lost or stolen company laptop can be a real nightmare. Unfortunately, it’s a growing reality for hundreds of thousands of businesses as well as consumers every year.

Clearly, there needs to be an “insurance policy” like FailSafe for companies with laptops. FailSafe is asset management software that can track assets to address the “what if?” scenario of a missing laptop that could be a major business disruption. In addition to asset tracking, FailSafe has data encryption and recovery capabilities.

FailSafe is available on Dell Studio 14z laptops.