Disaster Prevention

• Disaster Recovery: Is Your Company a Phoenix?

  While disaster recovery and business continuity are cited as a top priority and business initiative, many technologists find that obtaining funding for disaster recovery is easier said than done.
  Lisa Metcalfe

• Disaster Planning in Six Quick Steps

  In addition to the big events – such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 – there are fires, floods, earthquakes and blackouts that can impact your business. The fact is, however, that small businesses have been slow to prepare.
  Renee Oricchio

• What to Do Before Disaster Strikes

  Natural or manmade disasters can befall your business at any time. It's important to have a business continuity plan in place for IT and telecom systems before such events.
  Ramon Ray

• Time to Consolidate Your Data Center

  Old, overgrown dinosaurs of data centers may be costing your business more than you realize. Here’s what to know if you’re considering consolidating them.
  Caroline Waxler

• Locking Down the Network to Block Malware

  Small and mid-size businesses often don't have the resources to protect business computers from spyware and other malicious code. Here are tips to help.
  Mary O. Foley

• The Future of Business Data Storage

  RAID technology, external hard disk drives, and recordable DVDs are ways that small and mid-sized businesses need to be preserving their data.
  Andrea Peiro

• Email Recovery Services: For Disasters Large and Small

  Outages of email from such events as floods, fires, earthquakes, and even more minor disasters, such as virus attacks, are driving businesses to email disaster recovery solutions.
  Mary O. Foley

• Powering Technology When the Lights Go Out

  Five to seven days without power can spell the end for a small business. But adequate backup power systems are now available to keep the computers on during a crisis.
  John Gartner

• Small Businesses and Security: What, Me Worry?

  Whether a business is a one-person shop or the employer of hundreds, a small or mid-size firm still may become a target of hackers.
  Lisa Metcalfe

• Data Recovery: Can Your Files Be Saved?

  A quick guide for recovering data or finding data-recovery services in a crunch and what to do if your files are beyond repair -- besides cry.
  John Gartner

• Data Security: Focusing on the Wrong Things?

  Technology isn't the only problem that business leaders need to address to prevent data security breaches. They also need to tackle the underlying business problem.
  Bill Huber

• Backup Options

  From magnetic tapes to online services to portable “thumb drives,” there are more backup options for small business these days than ever.
  Janet Rae-Dupree