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March 31st is World Backup Day
We can't stress how important data backup is for businesses. Backup is so important that March 31st is World Backup Day, a day for people and businesses to observe the importance of backing up data...
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Protecting your Data from Disaster
"As a business owner, when should I worry about implementing data backup for my company?"The answer comes in the form of another question, "How much do you value your business?" It doesn't take much to...
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Would a Disaster put your Company out of Business?
Nobody likes thinking or talking about this (except maybe if you are in the insurance business), but businesses are fragile entities. Enough hardship and loss will greatly weaken the foundation that...
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Solid State vs Hard Disk
There comes a time when you are looking at a new laptop and you are asked the question: Do you want a Solid State Drive, or a traditional Hard Disk Drive? Well here is a quick run-down of both...
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Bad Backup: How Pixar Almost Lost an Entire Film
Pixar, known for CG Animated films like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Up, produced a short video about how they almost lost Toy Story 2 due to a simple linux command and faulty backup. As said in the...
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Slash Power Costs and Boost Performance with SSD
Companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon are switching to Solid State Drives (or SSDs for short) in a push for greater performance with reduced operating and hardware costs. Reduced hardware...
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The Painful Truth about Tape Backup
Few can argue the importance of embracing a secure backup solution. A solid backup solution is required for the continuation of your company is assured in the event of a disaster. One variety of backup...
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Protect Your Data When Donating and Recycling Computers
Ever wonder what happens when you hit delete? What really happens behind the scenes when the Recycle Bin is emptied? Do the files really vanish, or are they still there, haunting your hard drive?...
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Enable Two-Step Verification to Secure your Dropbox
The popular file-hosting service saw some bad press last month when user-account credentials were stolen by hackers. Dropbox has since promised to increase their security efforts and have recently...
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It’s 2013 and Fax Machines are Still Going Strong
In today's digital office, it seems odd that fax machines still have a home; yet there they sit, collecting dust and still churning out the occasional fax. One would assume that e-mail would have...
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Don't Be An April Fool, Back Up your Data!
Your data is critical. Backup is extremely important for businesses of all sizes, from sprawling corporations to one-man shops. March 31st is World Backup Day, reminding us all that deploying a...
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Feedly Pinch-Hits for Google Reader
If you are a user of the popular Google Reader, then you have by now received the memo from Google about their plans to discontinue this service on July 1, 2013. Google’s reasoning for jettisoning...
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Who's Your IT Hero?
Growing up, we didn't dream of servicing computers. Long ago, when RAM was the animal used to represent the letter "R," and not random access memory, our aspirations tended to be draped with capes....
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Take the Time to Safely Remove Your Device
It is the end of the day and you have been stressed from the days workload. You're ready to just go home and spend some time with your family. As you're leaving, you remember you left your USB drive...
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IBM CEO Explains the Importance of Data Management
As doing business becomes more complex and competitive, having access to accurate data is becoming increasingly important. This is the assessment of IBM chair, president and CEO Ginni Rometty from her...
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4 Essential Forms of Data Your Business Can’t Operate Without
Your company's data is debatably your most valuable resource. When companies accidentally lose their data, their future in business is not a favorable fight. In fact, if any given small business is...
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Increasing Data Demands Set to Cause an Environmental Crisis
Data centers are truly modern marvels. These warehouses full of servers are responsible for harboring most of the Internet, and these facilities are popping up all over the place. As great as data...
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Objection: Data Backup is Not the Same As Disaster Recovery
A thorough data backup is important for your business continuity plan, and so is a fast and efficient disaster recovery solution. What's that? Aren't those the same thing? Unfortunately, the two...
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You Can Lose Your Data as Easily as You Can Forget a “Eureka!” Moment
Do you get some of your best ideas somewhere other than at your desk? Ever get a brilliant game-changing idea while walking the dog, driving home from work, when out at a restaurant, or even in the...
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80 Million Medical Records Compromised: 4 Ways to Protect Yourself
This month saw one of the largest recorded data breaches ever, when healthcare-provider Anthem experienced a hack causing data belonging to more than 80 million of its patients to be exposed. This...
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