Blu-ray appears to be sweeping the nation with growing popularity. The players looking sleek and the disc packaging being more compact opens to a disc that looks no different from a standard DVD. However, the quality of the images and the level of storage hide in this unsuspecting doppelganger. Blu-ray may be the new standard for movies but there are more uses that these storage devices can serve.

Blu-ray gets its name from a very mundane place, the actual color of the laser used to read and write the data on or being put on the disc. Instead of a red laser (typical standard DVD); the blue ray discs use a blue laser, which allows for more compact storage, therefore leaving more room. The average Blu-ray DVD can store up to 25GB of information and there are some that can store even more. This makes the blu ray DVD extremely desirable to businesses who often times would be dealing with huge file cabinets and mountains of papers. All this information can easily and comfortable be put on a blu ray DVD for use within the company and amongst its employees.

At this time, standard DVD duplication has already managed to reduce the use and waste of paper and is quickly making the binder and briefcase obsolete. Companies like ImageSource offer services that take an office full of data, and transfer it to digital format and then writing the transferred information to DVD. This service allows the information to be easily taken, stored and extremely portable. Frantically searching through piles of documents to find that one page, on which the entire project waits, is on its way to fossilization.

DVD’s make the information so accessible that any file is no more than a keystroke search away. The computer does all the looking and always finds it with time to spare. All employees can easily have duplicate copies of the latest and most important information when a company like ImageSource makes duplicated copies and has them ready efficiently for distribution.  Stacks of documents make way for laptop computers holding what seems like infinite files, keeping the board room clean, fresh and most important in this current economical climate; green. The idea of DVD duplication being on the “green” end of environmentalism may not initially come to mind, but DVDs make paper files obsolete and even when considering legal documents that require signatures, once the initial document is signed it can be scanned and kept indefinitely.

Standard DVDs have revolutionized the office storage capability, and now with the introduction of blu-ray writing for storage the office setting may be looking at the end of a paper reign and the beginning of a more socially responsible eco-friendly future.

Increasing numbers of companies, institutions, and government agencies are using USB flash drives to transport and replicate data because they’re small, convenient, inexpensive, and easy to use. Today, data travels everywhere over an amazing assortment of digital tools that have fundamentally changed how we transmit, transport, and process data. Laptop and notebook computers, portable external hard drives, USB flash drives, and a host of other mobile devices have made data more portable than ever.

As a result, the ubiquitous little USB flash drive, also known as a thumb drive because they’re about the size of a thumb, has become the tool of choice for a number of applications and uses – they are highly popular promotional items, a quick and easy data back-up tool, and a handy way to transfer data between computers. However, as data management has come under increasing regulation because of privacy concerns, state and federal legislation has now made data security a priority for a wide range of companies and industries. Laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have increased pressure on companies to archive, manage, and secure sensitive data at the risk of lawsuits and massive financial penalties.

Fortunately, USB flash drives and other portable devices can be made secure with something called Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) technology that has been adopted by the US government to encrypt data, making it unreadable unless the user has the software to unlock it. USB flash drives are now available that include self-contained AES software so that they can continue to be used for all kinds of data – including sensitive personal and financial information – without fear of inappropriate access and data theft.

With AES-encrypted USB flash drives, you can use the Remote Management Console (RMC) application (available within most operating systems) that enables you to manage your flash drives from your desktop, controlling access to the information and even deleting data if the drive is lost or stolen.

This May Image Source, Inc. participated in the highly anticipated New England XPO for Business at the famous Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in downtown Boston. This event was attenede by upwards of 10,000 business professionals from all over the Northeast!

Image Source, Inc. is a full-service reseller company focusing on the sales of Rimage CD and DVD duplication systems, Kanguru USB duplication equipment and out-sourced duplication, assembly and fulfillment services.

At this years show Image Source was featuring Rimage’s new Everest 600 thermal retransfer printing process for labeling CD’s, DVD’s and Blu-ray discs. The Rimage Everest 600 Thermal Retransfer printer sets a new standard for print resolution and quality: 600 dpi printing, unparalleled color management, photo quality images, and the sharpest text. All this results in the highest quality and most professional CD/DVD/BD publishing media in the industry.

Image Source was also demonstrating the Kanguru standalone USB2.0 duplicators capable of copying the contents from any USB storage device to up to 40 other USB storage devices simultaneously. Data distribution and IT rollouts have never been so easy! Copy data from flash drive to flash drive, hard drive to flash drive, or hard drive to hard drive. The possibilities are limitless and duplication is quick and easy! Simply choose a copy mode and insert the master drive followed by your blank drives. The Kanguru USB Duplicator will do the rest!

Visitors to our booth were from technology companies, law offices, real estate and mortgage firms, medical practices, engineering firms, insurance companies, music industry, banks, colleges and universities.