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In this episode of Vida Digital, Alex Neuman sits down with Angela Keary of DriveSavers Data Recovery - one of the industry’s pioneers in bringing lost data back to life since the 1980s. Angela shares how the company evolved from rescuing floppy disks to tackling encrypted SSDs and ransomware, explains how partnerships with hardware vendors make or break recovery efforts, and offers real-world advice for protecting your digital memories before disaster strikes.🔍 Topics: data recovery | SSD | ransomware | backups | disaster response | DriveSavers | digital security#VidaDigital #DriveSavers #DataRecovery #Cybersecurity #Ransomware #Backups #TechInterview #AngelaKeary #AlexNeuman00:00 – Intro & DriveSavers’ 40-Year Journey02:11 – From spinning disks to solid-state storage04:43 – X-ray diagnostics and recovering the unrecoverable06:32 – When metadata saves the day in RAID recoveries07:40 – How hardware vendors and compliance shape recovery10:38 – The human side of data loss and compassion in crisis14:45 – Balancing transparency and trust with ‘No Data, No Charge’18:46 – Stories from the field and disaster relief recoveries22:10 – Common mistakes before data disasters happen25:06 – Ransomware, training & the future of data continuity28:14 – Backups, Schrödinger’s backup & final advice30:46 – Outro & takeaways
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In this episode of Vida Digital, Alex Neuman sits down with Angela Keary of DriveSavers Data Recovery - one of the industry’s pioneers in bringing lost data back to life since the 1980s. Angela shares how the company evolved from rescuing floppy disks to tackling encrypted SSDs and ransomware, explains how partnerships with hardware vendors make or break recovery efforts, and offers real-world advice for protecting your digital memories before disaster strikes.🔍 Topics: data recovery | SSD | ransomware | backups | disaster response | DriveSavers | digital security#VidaDigital #DriveSavers #DataRecovery #Cybersecurity #Ransomware #Backups #TechInterview #AngelaKeary #AlexNeuman00:00 – Intro & DriveSavers’ 40-Year Journey02:11 – From spinning disks to solid-state storage04:43 – X-ray diagnostics and recovering the unrecoverable06:32 – When metadata saves the day in RAID recoveries07:40 – How hardware vendors and compliance shape recovery10:38 – The human side of data loss and compassion in crisis14:45 – Balancing transparency and trust with ‘No Data, No Charge’18:46 – Stories from the field and disaster relief recoveries22:10 – Common mistakes before data disasters happen25:06 – Ransomware, training & the future of data continuity28:14 – Backups, Schrödinger’s backup & final advice30:46 – Outro & takeaways