Archive for the 'Disaster Preparedness/Business Continuity Planning' Category

Where Should I Store Stuff?

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

We just answered an email from a client asking for advice about storing data, and we thought it might be of interest to other digital packrats out there… If money was no object, we’d all have multi-terabyte drives in our PCs and keep every file we ever created at our fingertips.  Instead, we prioritize, just [...]

The Case of the New Cable/DSL Modem

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

In these lean times, people shop for less expensive connectivity choices, but business networks aren’t as simple as home networks.  Changing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can cause connectivity issues on a business network if the new modem isn’t configured properly.  Even without changing ISPs, similar problems can arise when replacing your router or even just a wireless access [...]

Disaster Preparedness & Business Continuity Planning

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

In light of recent natural disasters, it seems like a good time to remind businesses to review their disaster preparedness and business continuity plans. Disaster mitigation and recovery requires that businesses plan for various types of catastrophes such that when weighed against budgetary constraints, their responses maintain appropriate degrees of availability, integrity, and confidentiality of their data.

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