by technicalguy | Oct 25, 2016 | Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity |
A June 2016 survey reveals that a whopping 95% of respondents had to use their Disaster Recovery Plan in the past twelve months! The survey reached out to 250 UK decision makers to see how they approach and leverage their DR plans. Here’s the rub: over 50% faced...
by technicalguy | Oct 18, 2016 | Cloud Backup, Online Backup, Online Cloud Backup |
You’ve decided to start backing up to the cloud, good for you! However your company has been around for a while and you have a lot of data to backup. How do you get 500Gb or more up to the cloud backup server using your current Internet bandwidth restrictions?...
by technicalguy | Sep 15, 2016 | Cloud Backup, Non Profit / Charity, Online Backup, Online Cloud Backup |
This Non Profit Cloud Backup guide is for Canadian organizations thinking about backing up to the cloud. We answer the questions you may have about cloud backups and explain the features.We explain the 3-2-1 rule and why you need it.We will show you why cloud backup...
by technicalguy | Aug 19, 2016 | Cloud Backup, Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity, Laptop Desktop Backup, Online Backup, Online Cloud Backup |
You would automatically think you should backup everything, but should you? Just as you should think and plan what it is you want to backup, you also need to give thought to what you don’t need to backup. Backing up what you don’t need wastes time and...
by technicalguy | Aug 3, 2016 | Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity, Server Backup |
96% of US companies are not confident in their ability to remove ransomware. Eighty percent have suffered a cyber attack last year, over 1/3 lost revenue,and 20% had to stop business completely. Ransomware is scary and the chance of getting attacked is increasing....
by technicalguy | Jul 22, 2016 | Laptop Desktop Backup, Server Backup |
Life is busy, but backups need to occur, when is the best time to backup your systems?Morning? Lunchtime? Evening? Overnight? The best time to backup depends on what device you are backing up, whether it is part of the supporting infrastucture or an end user device,...
by technicalguy | Jun 22, 2016 | Cloud Backup, Online Cloud Backup |
Google Drive is a well known cloud drive service that allows you to store documents and data in the cloud. It is used more and more by small businesses as a way to collaborate and to share documents and data with people worldwide. For all its robustness though, it has...
by technicalguy | Jun 9, 2016 | Cloud Backup, Laptop Desktop Backup |
I got a message last week from a contact in LinkedIn anxiously asking for help. Their laptop had died. Well, not just died, it burned! They sent me a picture. You can see the battery at the top that has melted, and the white stuff – well that’s Fire Extinguisher power...
by technicalguy | May 12, 2016 | Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity |
A cautionary tale of disaster, backups, and recovery that comes from the recent wildfire disaster at Fort McMurray, Alberta. Fort McMurray Disaster The Fort McMurray wildfire started May 1st and was actually the ninth wildfire since the beginning of the year. This one...
by technicalguy | Nov 27, 2015 | Cloud Backup |
A VMWare backup will protect your new virtualized environment so that you can restore the server image as quickly as possible. As a Canadian business you probably also want to keep that backup in Canada, and you’ll want both an onsite and off-site recovery...
