Posts Tagged ‘protection’

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Take deep breaths. I can see you shaking after listening to the forecast of events which may in fact, threaten our very human existence. The world is ending this afternoon. And if by some miracle we make it through that rapturous event, we’re surely going to be gobbled up during the Zombie Apocalypse. This is [...]

A big thank you to Dave Casey and UC Radio. I sat down last week and had a great conversation about data protection, disaster recovery and offsite data storage and the implications for unified communications with Dave. We covered the recent evolution of the technology available as well as key developments we expect to have [...]

School is back in session and no one is happier than our football loving crew on a Saturday afternoon watching some good ol’ helmet knocking showdowns. Stories of our days on campus wouldn’t be complete without the admission of a few recurring nightmares of Dr. Johnson’s Economics exams that still haunt us. Everyone has one [...]