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Don’t Be THAT Company!
Like it or not, the most important asset in your business is your data. I know, you may be thinking it could be your production equipment, your trucks, your employees, but believe it or not, data loss is costing companies…
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C-Level /IT Disconnect Is Huge Risk
For over a decade of navigating through the sales process with countless executives, I’ve noticed a similar, large disconnect throughout the layers of organizations. Yes, we can all probably agree that a successful CEO is one who surrounds his or…
Backups Are Not The Solution To Downtime
Do you need a backup, absolutely! Is backup enough to support your business, absolutely not! We all know that disasters happen, how you prepare can mean the difference between business as usual and costly down time. Without ThinkGard’s Intelligent Business…
Is IT Running Your Business?
When you ask your IT Person if he or she is confident that the business continuity, backup & disaster recovery plans that they have in place are sufficient, do they often reply with “Everything is okay”? Does this response give…
Free Tacos For Everyone!
Recently I was at a national fast-food taco restaurant with my son. We had purchased our food and sat down to eat. Like every 13 year old boy he was still hungry. So I went back to the counter to…
Incorrect Assumption #5: Data Disaster Won’t Happen To Me
Crippling data disasters begin with the misconception that a business is immune to data loss threats. This is because business owners mistake “Disaster” to mean fire, flood, or tornado. “I have lived in this town for thirty years and I’ve…
Incorrect Assumption #4: Utilizing Technologies Like Virtualization Or Replication Is Enough
Many companies believe that if they utilize highly fault tolerant configurations, such as virtualization, across multiple hosts that they are protected from downtime or data loss. What is virtualization? In computing terms, virtualization means creating a virtual copy of something.…
Incorrect Assumption #3: My IT Department / MSPs Are Disaster Recovery Experts
On an average day, any IT Professional could have the following To Do List: Manage help desk tickets Plan for aging equipment Teach Lunch-n-Learn on new software Test drive new software Maintain firewall and network routers Answer questions via online…
Incorrect Assumption #2: Tape Backups Are Sufficient
Magnetic tapes, although still used by businesses worldwide, rely on technology developed in the 1950’s. Even though the technology has improved, tapes cannot be counted upon as the primary method of Disaster Recovery. Tape systems are still more prevalent than…