We see them everywhere. Public internet connections are even more common than Starbucks now. And they sure are handy, right? You can check your email, update your Facebook/Twitter, maybe do a little online banking to see how much you’ve spent at Starbucks this week.
However publicly available wifi is one case of where what you don’t know can hurt you. Read the rest of this entry »
What if one day all of your data was totally gone? Many places would simply go out of business. Backups are cheap insurance, but insurance won’t help you if you get the wrong policy!
What most people don’t realize, and too many computer technicians ignore, is that how you backup your data is a business decision and has very little to do with technology. The technology doesn’t factor in until the very end of the decision making process! There are five questions you must answer that will dictate how you backup, and you’ll notice that only the last question is a technology question. Read the rest of this entry »