Thinking SAFE products minimise the amount of data stored and transmitted, without compromising on restore speed. That's what de-duplication is really about.

We detect duplicates at source, because that's the most efficient place to do it. We use advanced cryptographic techniques to detect duplicates, because that's the only method that really works. We use content indexing on the server, because that's the only way to prove it is really available to restore.

We use block-level de-duplication to identify incremental changes between file versions, using a technique that doesn't transmit during the detection process, so it is extremely efficient for large database files.

We use an advanced consolidation technique that automatically reclaims space on the server when the retention period expires, but doesn't require unnecessary processing effort.

Thinking SAFE was one of the pioneers of software de-duplication technology, and continuing research means we're always a little ahead of the game.