Posts under ‘General’

North Texas experienced a rare event this week.
An earthquake. Strange for these parts but it was

Choosing a backup solution is a commitment. Switching services, or worse, losing data, can be painful and costly so getting it right the first time is essential to the bottom line. Here’s real advice on what to expect when shopping for your solution:
1. Tape is great for backing up – if

We at Global Data Vault are sticklers for disaster planning. And we think you should be too. So we’re sharing this fascinating and valuable white paper by Everbridge, “Message Mapping and the Six Stages of Crisis” that we think is essential for every CEO  to read before putting together his/her company’s disaster recovery plan.
Think back [...]

If you’re not of the accounting type, you may have not heard of this little reporting stronghold called the SAS70. What it is, is an audit that service companies willingly subject themselves to (Yes, I said willingly and audit in the same sentence) in order to assess and evaluate their internal controls.
Basically, it’s a review [...]

If you’re thinking, “No one would want my company information, we’re never going to be a target of a hacker,” you’ll need to get your head examined and prepare for the worst. Hackers are attacking everyone from the little mommy bloggers to the US Government’s top information technology provider.
It’s no longer about IF you get [...]

GDV wants to know: What’s the worst consequence you’ve suffered after losing data a computer crash or hacking?
A recent study by a leading online backup provider indicated data loss is on the rise. 48 percent of American small businesses (between 2 and 20 employees) had experienced data loss, up 6 percent

If you’re online, you’re connected to a data center somehow. All sizes of business today rely heavily on data centers for business continuity. By backing up their data to a remote location, companies mitigate their potential for loss due to a hack or other disastrous event.
But what is it really, a “data center?” What’s it [...]

With the recent news about hacked systems Lockheed Martin and RSA, and given these organizations’ apparent sophistication, it is clear that it’s time for all of us to review the security of our IT systems. Small businesses are not nearly as interesting to high-end hackers, but the threat comes from many sources and is still quite [...]

Everyday people are becoming more and more digital from photos, scanned documents for paperless offices and computer files, our appetite for electronic mediums is growing by leaps and bounds. And with that growth is an ever growing importance protecting that information. Businesses can be destroyed by natural disaster if an appropriate means of backing up [...]