New Year – New Cloud Budget
With all the hype about the benefits of cloud computing and storage, it’s not surprising that many companies are jumping in before completing their due diligence research. Unfortunately, too many of them take on big cloud contracts and then are shocked at the costs they’ve incurred when the first bill arrives. Fortunately, your company can… Continue reading New Year – New Cloud Budget
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Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
Protecting your data from threats requires the same level of advanced thinking and planning as any other aspect of your business. However, too many companies continue to rely on old-style programming and systems as ‘protections’ against today’s advanced techno cybercriminals who specifically target data stores and bases. Worse, environmental concerns are now also presenting equally… Continue reading Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
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Cloud Backups 101: Why Cloud Backups Are the #1 Cybersecurity Tool
Introduction “The cloud” is no longer a tech buzzword—it’s an established best practice for businesses large and small. According to RightScale’s 2019 State of the Cloud report, 94 percent of organizations now use cloud computing in some form or fashion. By migrating their computing resources to remote servers, companies who use cloud computing free themselves… Continue reading Cloud Backups 101: Why Cloud Backups Are the #1 Cybersecurity Tool
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Cloud Backups Reduce Ransomware Damage
Cyber crime continues to plague global industries, and ‘ransomware’ is proving to be an ever-growing criminal threat. Both large and small businesses are targets, and attacks cause unexpected productivity disruptions as well as millions of dollars of losses. Maintaining a sound and reliable backup – preferably in the cloud – is both your best defense… Continue reading Cloud Backups Reduce Ransomware Damage
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The Case for Raid
As a datacenter operators of 1,000’s of servers at NETdepot and previously the owner of a mid-sized shared hosting provider, I know directly the benefits of using Raid as opposed to be going cheap and not using Raid. I am all for being cheap, however the benefits of using Raid vs using a single drive… Continue reading The Case for Raid
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