Theft is another cause of data loss. Theft manifests itself either via a “data spill” in which data isn’t lost but instead made available to third-parties for whom the data wasn’t intended or in outright destruction. For the purposes of this blog, we’re going to limit our discussion to outright destruction of data. The […]
Shortcut to Losing Your Data Software corruption is the third leading cause of data loss. Anyone who has lived through a BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) in Windows understands the concept. Of course, software corruption is caused not only by software defects but through the chaining of errors in systems as well. It’s important to […]
Human Error is a Shortcut to Losing Your Data Human error is the second leading cause of data loss. Human error ranges from accidental deletion of files and records to ignoring policies regarding data to rebooting systems without proper shutdown procedures. Blind belief and trust in your fellow coworkers to not only follow policy but […]
Google announced recently that it will be integrating Google Drive into Gmail, a move that will make it possible to send files up to a massive 10GB in size over your email. A new button in the Gmail compose window will give users the ability to attach a file from their Google Drive account […]
Hardware failure is the leading cause of data loss; so ignoring hardware failure is the fastest shortcut to losing data. Because you don’t want to lose your data, do not ignore the hardware failure and backup your systems and data. If you use tape as your backup medium, you could also lose your data. With […]
In order to understand shortcuts to losing your data, the first thing we need to do is understand the most common reasons that data is lost. The primary causes of data loss are: Human failure Human error Software corruption Theft Computer viruses Hardware destruction The results of the two best studies regarding data loss in […]
No one wants to lose data. The consequences of data loss are dire; below is a sampling of just a few statistics related to the impact of data loss on business. Did you know? 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster, filed for bankruptcy within […]
The following article was of great interest to me. I only wish I wrote it: Would you locate your datacenter in a coastal flood zone? I’m sure there are many fine people working in the Northeast that are no doubt tirelessly scrambling after Hurricane Sandy led to severe flooding and power outages on Monday and […]
Office 365 has a lot of potential. It is Microsoft’s second try at dedicated cloud-based email. Office 365 is Microsoft’s answer to the growing threat Google Apps poses to Exchange. Microsoft is still developing a wide range of Server and Exchange revisions. They are innately a traditional software company, but business is moving to the […]
In our managed support relationships with clients, we often find the need to provide clients with the ability to work on their documents, anywhere. Consequently, we go through great effort to provide remote access to local file servers. Recently, Google started unrolling an enhanced variation on their Google Docs platform, called Google Drive. If you […]