Failover and Disaster Recovery solutions have changed a lot in the last few years. It used to be that these solutions were too complicated and costly for small and medium businesses to implement. Today they are far more affordable and easy to implement than ever due to virtualization and cloud computing. Every business needs a Failover and Disaster Recovery solution. There is no longer any reason for any company, regardless of size, to risk not being protected.
Data backup and disaster recovery are an often overlooked aspect to a network. Often backups are not monitored and tested properly and are assumed to be working until a restoration is needed only to find out there was a backup failure when it is too late.
Datacenters can consume 10 to 30 times the energy of an average office building. They can also produce a whole lot of E-waste if end-of-life hardware is not recycled or reused. This can be scary to think about considering how much we hear about diminishing resources, rising energy costs, and the harmful effects of E-waste.
If you are still waiting for your technology to break before you call your computer support company to work on your technology, you probably believe that the entire cost of dealing with technology problems in listed on the bill that is sent to you after the problem is resolved. And while that clearly represents the cost of work done on your behalf, it is probably far from the total cost of your computer problem.
Gartner Group predicts that by 2013, 40% of professional PC’s will be managed under a hosted virtual desktop model of some kind. The next few years will be a time of monumental transition as companies of all sizes begin to deploy Desktop-as-a-Managed-Service to reduce equipment and labor costs.
I really wish I didn’t think about backup so much, I really do. But as I think about how many hard drives we have spinning, tape drives whirring, and the Terabytes of client data we manage on a daily basis, I’m really glad that I do.
If you are not testing your backup system regularly, you are not alone. Most small businesses do not test the ability to restore their backups, because it is often a time consuming and expensive procedure. Learn about a new backup system that is affordable and can be tested as often as once a month very easily.
Managed Services Providers are recommending virtualization more for small business computer networks. Why? Lower cost. Flexibility. Green IT. Read on to learn more.
Taking necessary action by recycling your end-of-life electronics is extremely important. There are a growing number of E-waste recycling companies that offer pickup services at a very low cost and, in many cases, free of charge. Read more to learn how to join in helping stop the improper disposal of E-waste and start looking towards a cleaner and greener future.
There are a lot of computer network support companies out there. Some are good, some are great and some are just plain bad for your company’s health. Learn how to separate the good and bad from the great.
