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EasyGuard. EasyLife.
10 reasons why Toshiba EasyGuard is the best way to Carefree Mobile Computing.
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Toshiba EasyGuard technology is a series of hardware and software enhancements that address the most common security, reliability and connectivity issues faced by business users. By leveraging our vast experience in moble PC techology, we are able anticipate the problems users are most likely to experience with a notebook and offer solutions that either prevent these problems or at least make it easier to deal with them if they do happen. Easyguard technology provides enhancements in four key areas: Protect & Fix, for system inegrity and diagnosis; Secure, for increased data securtiy; Connect, for reliable network connectivity; and Optimize, for ease of use. With EasyGuard technology, Toshiba continues to address the ever-changing needs of business users with innovations designed to ensure a better,more reliable and confident mobile computing experience.

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Increasing mobility can also mean risky business. For instance, did you know that…?
  • The cost of data loss can be huge - in fact, 20 megabytes of accounting data takes 21 days and costs $19,000 to reproduce?
  • Among companies who lose data in a disaster, 50% never reopen and 90% are out of business within two years?
  • (Source: Harald Anderson, "The Cost of Lost Data?") An international survey of 900 taxi drivers found that thousands of mobile phones, PDAs and laptops are forgotten in taxis every day, revealing that passengers are leaving sensitive information up for grabs? (Source: "The Register", January 2005)
  • Nearly 70% of respondents cite the robustness of notebooks as either very important or important? (Source: DataMonitor / Computerwire Research)
This, combined with the increasing demand to stay connected to our professional lives while at home, our private lives while at work, and both while on the road, means that more than ever, it is important to have technology we can trust. Notebooks equipped with Toshiba EasyGuard features, such as HDD protection, fingerprint readers, spill-resistant keyboards and ConfigFree ensure safe, secure, carefree mobile computing.