Posted by Jim Van on September 30, 2011 under Uncategorized | 
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According to a 2010 Forrester Research study, nearly 40% of all backups fail. Some industry experts say that number is very conservative, giving figures in the 50 and 79th percentile. No matter which numbers one uses, it’s obvious that we have a problem when it comes to back up reliability.
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Posted by Jim Van on September 23, 2011 under business continuity, data security, disaster recovery, security, small business | Be the First to Comment
The Remote (Online) backup industry is exploding. As with any ‘explosion’, there’s almost always a bubble (remember the dot com bubble? We’d prefer not to…it’s embarrasing). In any bubble, there are plenty of ‘experts’ selling their services, some of whom are experts, and some of whom will move on to the next big thing as soon as this bubble deflates.
Unfortunately, many businesses lack the knowledge about remote backup to ask the right questions of prospective suppliers. With hundreds of companies offering remote backup, it’s challenging to choose the right provider with whom one can entrust the company’s critical business data. Here are some minimal criteria that all providers should meet. If a prospective vendor doesn’t meet all of them, you might consider moving on and looking at another: Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on September 16, 2011 under business continuity, data security, disaster recovery, security, small business | Be the First to Comment
The Difference Between Home and Business Online Backup Plans
I’m not sure about you, but my inbox is full of online backup offers for as low as $6/mo to backup up to 50gb of my data. Yipee! Just three years ago, the same amount of data backup would’ve cost me north of $75/month. Prices have really fallen. Or have they? Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on September 14, 2011 under entrepreneur, small business | Be the First to Comment
Last Monday. we held the first monthly meeting of the Providence Entrepreneurs Meetup Group for the 2011/2012 season at the Cafe at Whole Foods in University Heights, Providence. This is a monthly get together that varies in size from a handful to a couple of dozen members who get together to network and share stories. While the meetup itself was interesting, the communications I had with members who couldn’t make the meetup was even more interesting. A clear majority of them talked about strategy in this economy. Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on September 9, 2011 under business continuity, disaster recovery, entrepreneur, eOffice, small business | Read the First Comment
In our line of business, we see a lot of systems and networks. Sadly, about 70% of them aren’t backed up regularly, including about 20% that aren’t backed up at all! But there are the 30% who do perform regular backups, and the variety of methods is astounding, ranging from backing up to a local ‘thumb’ drive, an external hard drive, CD/DVDs, and good old-fashioned tape. Some even use our recommended method of remote online backups.
Whatever method you use, effective backups require a couple of key components: Read more of this article »