When we hear the word “disaster,” our minds immediately shift to major natural events such as earthquakes, flooding, hurricanes, etc. We rarely think about the smaller disasters that could cripple a small business - extended power outages, a blizzard that affects employees’ ability to get...
Superheroes need it, police rely on it, and any business that uses computers (are there any that don't these days?) should use some form of it. It's called backup and it can mean the difference between a brief computer-related setback and restarting your business from...
I can remember a recent visit to a customer location, where the business owner proudly showed me his brand new, (and expensive I might add) fireproof safe he bought to store his company’s critical data. A quick look at it and I exclaimed “no good!” ...
In today’s digital age, securing your critical information – whether it be personal information or business information – is increasingly difficult. Threats are increasing both in number and in complexity and sophistication. Threats can come from individuals, groups, companies, or even governments. In January, a...
As recent events have reminded us, disasters can strike at any time. Earthquakes in Colorado and Virginia as well as the arrival of hurricane season and Hurricane Irene should provide plenty of motivation to review your organizations' disaster preparedness plans. Even if you already have...
Your business relies on many things to run efficiently on a daily basis. Information and the systems that store that information have become vital to the running of today’s modern business. Protecting that information from disasters is crucial. Consider a complete loss of all of...
From a technology perspective, your business' servers, desktops, laptops, smartphones, etc. are not important. What is important is the business data that those tools are used to create and store. The tools are replaceable, but the data that they are used to create is often irreplaceable, or...