Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Business Impact Analysis

Business impact analysis is a critical part of the business continuity planning process. This step quantifies data and gets into the real world issue of potential losses that can negatively impact yo...

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - A Business Not a Technology Issue

Hackers, hurricanes, fires, flooding, power outages, denial of service attacks, application failures, employee error, sabotage and now terrorism are helping companies to focus on the necessity of a b...

How To Limit Hard Drive Data Recovery Costs

With the value on information rising day by day, one of the greatest threats to businesses of any size is data loss. If the data centers in your business have ever experienced a hard drive disaster, you quicky realized just how valuable the information lost is. Here are some basic tips for avoiding such a situation.

Backup Schmackup: I'm Afraid, Very Afraid!

Ever had your computer crash unexpectedly? Ever had that grip of fear as invisible fingers squeezed your heart when you couldn't access your files, or your backup didn't work? Join the club. Now read on and do that backup ... *today*!!!

5 Simple Tips to Prevent MS Access Database Corruption

Having spent many hours fixing Access databases during the past 10 years of my life, I've put together this short list of 5 Simple Tips to Prevent MS Access Database Corruption. While the potential causes are numerous, I've found that the majority of actual cases can be prevented by following these 5 simple tips.

What Can You Learn From These Business Owners In the Shadow Of Hurricane Katrina?

Here is a Case study of how Online Business owners affected by Hurricane Katrina got through the crisis. We can all learn from their stories.

Hey Folks We Need Backup Here - Quickly

You know that you should back your data up. But you still don't because you don't know what to get. Here is the overview of four budget backup solutions that I've personally used and can vouch for.

Online Backup: The Simple Value

There are many reasons to use online backup. The simple fact is that your computer could get invaded or destroyed in minutes and it can happen completely suddenly as well. The fact is that more and more people are falling victim to this type of occurrence every day. What happens is that it leaves you without all that you know and need and leaves you without anyway of fixing it. Online backup is the perfect solution though because it allows you the ability to save whatever it is that you need to without thought or worry about anything happening to it.

Data Recovery And Data Loss - A Costly Proposition

Many companies are not able to survive a major data crash. For that reason it is critical you do everything possible to prevent significant data loss when working from a PC. There are a number of precautions you can take to limit your risk of data loss or the nee for data recovery.

Data Recovery - The Best Method Is Prevention

The best way to protect your data is to prevent problems from happening. Data recovery usually isn't necessary or at least not complicated at all if you properly back your system up religiously.

Backing Up Your Files

Sooner or later, something terrible will happen to your hard drive. That's not a very happy thought, but the good news is you can survive a hard drive failure with only minimal inconvenience -- if you back up your files.

Novell Operating System - Recovery of Compressed Data

Data stored in a working Novell server is automatically compressed to save space, and is obviously decompressed before it is displayed to a user. Phoenix Novell recovers lost data exactly as it was stored in the hard disk, and the recovered data may be compressed. This gives rise to the problem of recovered data being unusable (because it is in a compressed format).

Novell Data Recovery - Recovery of Formatted Volumes

Formatting a volume effectively means erasing it in its entirety. Formatting is usually done to remove sensitive data on a volume, or it may be done to prepare a volume for fresh usage (usually done after corruption), or it may just be the result of plain human error. Whatever the reason, the end result is that the user cannot access data. Phoenix Novell’s advanced software engine can recover data from formatted volumes.

Back Up Your Email Box Before It is Too Late

When so many of us rely so much on our email to operate our businesses or our personal lives, it is important to take preventative measures to avoid the ultimate disaster of unrecoverable email...