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Use The Internet To Protect Your Business From Disaster
Online data backup services automatically store your files and records at storage facilities that are geographically separate from your company’s computers.nnThis means that, thanks to the Internet, your business has an excellent chance of survival, no matter what disaster befalls your office environment. Why? Because your information is automatically duplicated and stored—via the web—at secure remote data centres, protecting the lifeblood of your business f
November 13, 2007
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My Ultimate "No-Brainer" Computer Backup Wish List
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 good enough for your business. Period.nn I want a computer backup system that: nn- Runs automatically, so I don%u2019t have to remember, be in the office, or set aside time to backup
September 20, 2007
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Business Continuity - 3 Sure Fire Ways to "Save" Your Company
1) Recognize the value of your information and take action to protect it. nnIt’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 build your business from the ground up to support your family, you never, ever want to actually find out. nnIf I could shout at you and shake you—and I’m not a violent man&
August 23, 2007
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Top 10 Worst Excuses For Not Performing Daily Offsite Computer Backup
1) My IT Support person takes care of that … I think. nnTell 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, somehow, on a semi-regular basis. That’s part of what my IT guy does.” nnMy advice: Act quickly to take control of your information, because your livelihood depends on its surviv
August 3, 2007
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P lanning for Computer Recovery - Ignorance or Bliss
“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, 2007nnDeep down, you know that regular computer backup is the responsible and prudent action that could one day save your business from the utter chaos of a major data loss. You know this. But even so, you put off getting a reliable computer backup system in place and continue to cross your fingers, hoping for the best. All the w
July 26, 2007
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Data Backup - How To Identify and Measure Digital Delusion Disorder
“Over time, 100% of computers fail 100% of the time.” nnPicture the following scene:nnIt’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.nnYou’re already running behind schedule to pick up the kids—it was a busy week after all—and you’d really like to get a jump on the afternoon traffic.nnAs you’re quickly gathering your things together and
July 26, 2007
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Power Blips - The Stuff of Data Loss Nightmares
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 mysterious blip turned the stuff of nightmares widespread data loss into a frightening reality for business owners from here to the Quebec border and down into the U.S.nnThe Hydro One R
June 26, 2007
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Canadian Chiropractors Take the Pain Out of Data Backup
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.nnBut your information is your practice’s most valuable asset. In fact, your data—including your appointment calendar, accounting records, contact database, client files, email and more— is your practice. If you lose your critical data tomorrow, it is unlikely t
June 25, 2007
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The Crash Is Coming - Is Your Information Insured?
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 imagine if your computer goes down and your information is lost. How many days would it take for you to recreate your work? And how much money would you lose as a result? What if that wo
June 13, 2007
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Smart Reasons to Outsource Data Backup
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 business in-house. Dedicating my time and energy to my core functions—serving my clients and building my business—is smarter than allowing myself to get bogged down with the myri
June 12, 2007