Acronis helps teachers improve their memories

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, 30 July 2009 - Backup and recovery vendor Acronis has joined forces with Memory 4 Teachers to provide 750,000 free USB memory sticks to teachers across the UK.

With teachers increasingly saving everything from lesson plans, to behavioural reports and coursework on their laptops and PCs, it's vital that they protect this information from the threat of hard drive failure or virus outbreak. This initiative ensures teachers have a backup of their important documents on a memory stick, so if their computer fails they still have a copy of their files. The memory stick also contains a free trial of Acronis True Image Home 2009, a software program which allows users to safely backup their applications and operating system as well as their files.

Recent research from Acronis shockingly revealed that one in ten schools have suffered from a data loss in the last year. In addition, a third of UK schools do not have a backup and recovery policy in place. And with many teachers completing work outside of school hours, a lot of data is stored on home computers which are vulnerable to failure.

"This project works on two levels. Firstly, it allows teachers to transfer data from their classrooms to their home laptops and PCs. Secondly, it ensures that they can backup their work so if their computer fails, they have another point where they can access their important documents," comments Kevin Moreau, UK and Ireland general manager at Acronis. "It would be a catastrophe if a teacher lost an entire term's worth of documents."

The project has been developed in association with LEAs and Teacher Unions. Aside from the free data, the memory stick provides teachers with educational resources. For example, they can access relevant news feeds, free worksheets and lesson plans, plus information on all the main national curriculum subject areas. To register for the free memory stick, please visit: http://www.memory4teachers.co.uk/teachers_registration.asp

Moreau concludes: "It's not fair that teachers should have to fork out to protect their documents. This initiative will allow teachers to keep their data safe for free and hopefully help educate the educators about the need to backup their documents."

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