Online data backup services automatically store your files and records at storage facilities that are geographically separate from your company’s computers.
This means that, thanks to the Internet, your business has an excellent chance of survival, no matter what disaster befalls your ... Views: 734
Need a checklist of sorts to compare online data backup and recovery services? Here's my ultimate, "no-brainer" computer backup Wish List to help you do just that. Simply use this Wish List to evaluate any data backup service that you're considering. If it doesn't satisfy the Wish List, it's not ... Views: 850
1) Recognize the value of your information and take action to protect it.
It’s near impossible to know what your company’s digital information is worth until you lose it. But I can tell you this with absolute conviction: as an entrepreneur that has gone to extraordinary lengths to ... Views: 769
1) My IT Support person takes care of that … I think.
Tell me, what confirmation do you have that your critical and proprietary information is being safely stored offsite every day? “Well,” you say, “maybe not every day, but I know my computer is being backed up, ... Views: 2018
“70 per cent of small businesses go belly up within a year of suffering a major loss of data.” - Joanna Pachner, Globe and Mail, May 16, 2007
Deep down, you know that regular computer backup is the responsible and prudent action that could one day save your business from the utter ... Views: 921
“Over time, 100% of computers fail 100% of the time.”
Picture the following scene:
It’s Friday at 3:30pm, and you’re just about to shut down your office for a much needed weekend retreat at your family’s cottage.
You’re already running behind schedule to ... Views: 1155
On January 30, 2007 an oily capacitor bank at Hydro One's Richview transformer station in Toronto failed, shot a powerful arc of electricity to the ground, and then exploded. The result was a power dip of roughly 1,500 megawatts of capacity, and though it lasted for less than a second, this ... Views: 1038
Responsible document archiving is a task many people would prefer to forget about. It’s dull, time consuming, technical, often confusing and a royal pain in the neck for the chiropractic clinic.
But your information is your practice’s most valuable asset. In fact, your ... Views: 1024
I often wonder why people don't take computer backup as seriously as I do. I spend between two and six hours working in front of my computer every day. I know people who spend their entire work day in front of one. Some of those same people backup rarely, if ever. I bet you're one of them. So ... Views: 884
As an entrepreneur, I’ve made a conscious decision to distinguish between smart business and good business. Running a smart business means accepting that my time is finite and my expertise doesn’t cover everything, so it’s false economy to try to handle all aspects of my ... Views: 2283