Backup vs Disaster Recovery: Understanding the Key Differences
You’ve worked hard to create your business and to keep that business safe: You need to back up files and have a disaster recovery plan in place. Remember, just backing files up is not enough to protect your business from catastrophe; a disaster recovery plan is also important. Many IT companies, like us, provide both…
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Disaster Recovery Solutions: How to Budget
Hurricane season is right around the corner and planning for a disaster can be stressful. Whether it’s a natural disaster, a pandemic or even a cybersecurity emergency, no one wants to face the fallout. But because you never know when your organization might run into a disaster in one form or another, you need to…
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What Is Backup? Data Backup and Recovery Explained
As a managed service provider in today’s digital business landscape, we know that data backup is more critical than ever. You never know when your organization might fall victim to cyberattacks, ransomware or data breaches that could expose your valuable information. Imagine losing crucial data and not being able to recover it. This is where…
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Hurricane Disaster Recovery Process: 2023 Tips
After the 2022 hurricane season featured 14 massive tropical storms, including eight hurricanes, with two major hurricanes (Fiona and Ian), it’s surprising that so many businesses are still not putting enough time and resources into a solid disaster recovery process, back up methods such as cloud, or business continuity planning. AccuWeather’s 2023 hurricane season predictions…
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Which Disaster Recovery Solution Is Better: Endpoint Backup or Shared System Data Backup?
Despite their epic name, disaster recovery services are not the most riveting of topics. But few IT subjects can match their impact on your business continuity. There are two basic types of backup solutions: Endpoint backup and shared system data backup. Each can be implemented with local servers or cloud computing (or both). We’ll take…
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Business Continuity: Create a Plan in 5 Steps
Leading a business, whether it’s small or gigantic, is a challenging job, especially in the current environment. As part of your overall disaster recovery plan, you need to know how to quickly respond and resolve any crisis, from hurricane damage to a cyber security breach. A business continuity plan (BCP) is the ideal leadership tool…
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Cloud Security Is NOT “Built In” to Cloud Services
Whether you’ve made the move to the cloud for your business or just considering it, there is one thing you need to know: Not all cloud services have built-in cloud security or cloud backups. Some do, some don’t. For your cloud safety, you not only need to make sure your cloud data is backed up,…
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The ABCs of DBR (Data Backup and Recovery): The First Step in Business Resilience
What many businesses don’t realize is that data backup and recovery is an important part of their cyber security and overall business resilience. Knowing these basics can help you talk to your managed IT provider or internal tech team about your disaster recovery plan. The ABCs of recovering your data after a natural disaster or…
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Miami: It’s Time To Refresh Your Hurricane Disaster Recovery Plan
After what we in the United States went through in the last year, it’s surprising that so many businesses are still not putting enough time and resources into proper disaster recovery and business continuity planning. In the Miami area, the start of hurricane season should be a wake-up call to make sure your disaster recovery…
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