This post is a part of a six-part series from the white paper "The Measure of an Enclosure-Five Factors to Consider When Choosing External Data Storage". Can't wait to read the whole paper? You don't have to! Read it right here. The paper includes a glossary, charts and illustrations to help explain further.

We are so excited to announce the opening of the 2015 Photography Contest! It is one of our favorite times of the year. Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit their photographs from now until September 15, 2015, at www.cru-inc.com/photocontest. Prizes include storage backup devices—same ones the pros use to protect their life’s work.

This post is a part of a six-part series from the white paper "The Measure of an Enclosure-Five Factors to Consider When Choosing External Data Storage". Can't wait to read the whole paper? You don't have to! Read it right here. The paper includes a glossary, charts and illustrations to help explain further.

This post is a part of a six-part series from the white paper "The Measure of an Enclosure-Five Factors to Consider When Choosing External Data Storage". Can't wait to read the whole paper? You don't have to! Read it right here. The paper includes a glossary, charts and illustrations to help explain further.

This post is a part of a six-part series from the white paper "The Measure of an Enclosure-Five Factors to Consider When Choosing External Data Storage". Can't wait to read the whole paper? You don't have to! Read it right here. The paper includes a glossary, charts and illustrations to help explain further.

This post is a part of a six-part series from the white paper "The Measure of an Enclosure-Five Factors to Consider When Choosing External Data Storage". Can't wait to read the whole paper? You don't have to! Read it right here. The paper includes a glossary, charts and illustrations to help explain further. 

When we asked Phil Terp of NEWiTech how he is so successful in persuading small business clients to invest in quality backup hardware he stressed “information”. NewiTech is a full service voice, data and security company near Green Bay, Wisconsin. They make sure that small businesses (75 users or less) get the most out of their technology investment.

Are you the type who would like some help to figure out what external hard drive to buy? Are terms like RPM, throughput, SSD and cache confusing? Do you pick up the first hard drive you see when it comes time to back up your data? Well no more! Our new white paper explores the technology to consider when buying your next external storage drive. 

The CEIC 2015 event is May 18th-21st at Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas, NV. If you happen to be visiting the show, be sure to visit us at booth #421 to check our our WiebeTech forensics products as well as our storage offerings. CRU, with its WiebeTech line of tools, provides innovative and rugged devices for efficient disk imaging and evidence capture for forensic industry professionals. Randy, James, Brandon and Chris of the CRU team will be at the booth to answer your questions, including how to image a PCIe SSD using the Ditto Forensic FieldStation.