If your data is important to your business and you cannot afford to have your operations halted for days – even weeks – due to data loss or corruption, then you need to read this report and act on the information inside.
This report will outline the most commonly made, costly mistakes that most small business owners make with their data backups, as well as important questions you should ask any offsite backup provider before giving them access to your data.
Over the past few years, Microsoft released a new service called Office 365, which is the cloud computing alternative to purchasing, installing and maintaining Microsoft Office on your own in-house server and computers. Instead of paying $300+ per license, you can get access to all the applications via the Internet for only $6 to $24 per month (like paying for a utility) through this cloud computing service.
The evolution of personal mobile devices and the rise of how necessary they are to business success these days are forcing many small business owners to make a choice – “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) vs. “Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled” (COPE).
The Typical Solution – BYOD.
According to the CDW 2012 Small Business Mobility Report, 89% of small-business employees use their personal mobile devices for work.
It’s Monday morning and one of your employees notifies you that they lost their laptop at a Starbucks over the weekend, apologizing profusely. Aside from the cost and inconvenience of buying a new laptop, could you be on the hook for bigger costs, and should you notify all your clients?
Maybe, depending on where you live and what type of data you had stored on that laptop.
Although many businesses have been getting rid of Windows XP for at least the last 3 years, the fact remains that as of early this year, around 500 million business computers were still running Windows XP. While the witching hour for Windows XP is still a few months away (April 9, 2014), here are 7 of the top reasons running Windows XP should scare any business owner right now:
1. Tons Of Viruses.
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we decided to offer a Disaster Prevention Planning Kit – A $397 Value – absolutely FREE to all of our neighbors and friends!
Why are we doing this? Because we want to give it to you as a way of showing our gratitude for the great year we’ve had.
Most business owners know that it is important for their server(s) to be backed up. But what about your computers (desktops, laptops, Macs)? Though it’s true that quite a bit of your data is stored on your servers and backed up on your network, your computer itself (your icons, your background, all of your settings, your local files, music and pictures you have stored, and all of your software applications) is most likely NOT being backed up.
If your organization is currently running either Windows XP or Office 2003 on one or more computers in your office, you need to know about a dangerous security threat to your organization that must be addressed within the next 3 months.
Finally, a Valentine’s Day gift that won’t make you fat or give you cavities! During the entire month of February, we’re having a special event for all of our clients (new and old) to show them a little love and appreciation.
Spring begins on March 20th! It’s not too late to prepare for those pop-up storms that occur randomly at this time of year often resulting in everything from ice damage to lightening fires. During this time of year the threat of fire, flood, severe storms, water damage from office sprinklers, and even theft is very real.