As we leave 2012 behind us we look forward to a new year for our businesses. But what should we do in 2013 to improve our business? One of the most important things we can do for our business and our customers is to improve our data management particularly backup and recovery processes. It gives[…]
We would like to wish all of you a very Merry Xmas and a safe and prosperous 2013. May your holiday season and the New Year be filled with much joy, happiness and success. Please note that we will be on skeleton staffing during the Christmas and New Year period but will continue to monitor[…]
Last week I talked about mini-disasters. Mini-disasters are local catastrophes that are much more likely to affect your business than the large-scale environmental disasters that scare us the most. By a strange coincidence a few days after I posted the mini-disaster story I was called by one of my new clients. Late on Friday afternoon[…]
When we think about the natural disasters that can affect our businesses we immediately think of bushfires, floods, earthquakes, blackouts, storms and lightning strikes, or strong winds. These can affect your business operations, computers and your information and data. But it is not the large-scale disaster, that is most likely to affect your business, instead[…]
Still listening to the Bee Gees? Tape technology, although it offers advantages, is becoming as out-of-date for backing-up up data as reel-to-reel, cassette players and videotapes are for entertainment. No one listens to the Bee Gees on their walkmans anymore. Many small and medium businesses are now moving away from tape technology to disk or[…]
Online backup systems are becoming the best way to protect your business’ data and information. They usually provide a full backup not only on a daily basis but even every 15 mins with programs that collect, encrypt and transfer data over the Internet to a remote backup server. Even though this is a great step[…]
Virus protection and firewalls are a necessary part of network security. But you cannot rely on them as the only way to protect your business information from attack. You must make sure that you are also backing up your data. George learnt this lesson “the hard way”. A few weeks ago, [George], [the Manager] of[…]
Do you know your business’ RTOs? I have been talking to clients about their computing needs for many years and I have found that most businesses don’t pay enough attention to the simple question: “How long can our business operate without our Computer Systems?” As your business grows and relies more and more on electronic[…]
Are you sure that your backup system is working effectively to protect your business from disaster? How many people do you know who thought they had an effective backup system in place and when their system crashed they found that they had lost important information? Sadly I know quite a few people who have lost[…]
Why would a master criminal want to hack into your business when they could be making millions of dollars stealing credit card details from large businesses? A lot of business people think that they are safe from hackers because a hacker has nothing to gain from stealing their data or breaking into their system or[…]