It is axiomatic that many of us (perhaps most of us) don’t worry about backing up our PCs until we have a hard drive crash and lose valuable information. This is typically more of a problem with personal PCs than...
Category: Backups
Backups, Best Practices, Business Practices, Cloud Computing
How Do You Backup Your Cloud Services?
I recently came across a post on spiceworks.com that, although it’s a couple of years old, makes a great point: “IT professionals would never run on-premise systems without adequate backup and recovery capabilities, so it’s hard to imagine why so...
Backups, Business Practices, Disaster Recovery
BC – DR – BIA What Does It Mean?
Most companies instinctively know that they need to be prepared for an event that will compromise business operations, but it’s often difficult to know where to begin. We hear a lot of acronyms: “BC” (Business Continuity), “DR” (Disaster Recovery), “BIA”...
Backups, Business Practices, Disaster Recovery
Why You Need Good Backups
A few days ago, in the post entitled "Seven things you need to do to keep your data safe,” we were talking primarily about some simple things that individuals can do to protect their data, even if (or especially if)...
Backups, Business Practices, Disaster Recovery
7 Things You Need to Do to Keep Your Data Safe
I recently read a great article by Jeremy Moskowitz entitled "Backup Tips for the 21st Century: Backup procedures so easy, your Mom could (and should) do it." This is not directed at IT managers or anyone else who has to...