Disaster Prevention

• Recovery after the Storm

  Protecting one of your business' most critical assets -- data -- just in case disaster strikes doesn’t have to be difficult. Here are some steps to getting...

  Mike Gorsage

• SOS: Safely Outsource Storage

  Instead of buying or building on-site storage, backup, and recovery systems, many businesses are opting to outsource to manage storage service providers. Her...

  Jean Thilmany

• 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 disas...

  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. Th...

  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 befo...

  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

• 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 disast...

  Mary O. Foley

• 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

• 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

• 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 ...

  John Gartner

• 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

• 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

• 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 p...

  Bill Huber

• Why You Need a UPS

  What the tech experts say about whether all machines at a business should be networked.

  Caroline Waxler

• Inc. 500 Interview: How E-mail Storage Can Reduce Risks

  The CEO of Zantaz talks about how managing electronic document and messaging resources can help companies limit business and legal threats.

  John Gartner

• Is Online Backup Safe?

  For small business owners, online backup services offer protection from risks at a cost of around $15 per month.

  Janet Rae-Dupree

• Inc. 500 Interview: Arbor Networks on Security Threats

  Internet security threats have evolved and are more sophisticated and businesses need better protection.

  Maria Armoudian

• Small Businesses More Vulnerable to Tech Threats

  July 28, 2005 --Small businesses are increasingly vulnerable to information security threats due to a passive, complacent attitude toward ...

  Jena Wuu

• New Virus Goes After BlackBerries

  BlackBerries under attack!

  Lora Kolodny

• Safe in Cyberspace

  Malevolent hackers. Psychotic e-mailers. Vengeful ex-employees. What do these folks have in common? Your computers. Day and night they're relentlessly pro...

  Niles Howard

• Managing Information Security

  Protecting proprietary information is becoming evermore important, so many companies are looking beyond technology -- and their technology managers.

  Jim McCrory

• 8 Steps to Help You Develop a Disaster Plan

  If you' re thinking about creating a contingency or disaster plan for your business, you' re not alone. A contingency plan has always been something that ...

  Lisa Chadderdon

• Managing Sudden Sales Increases

  In the wake of the September 11 th attacks, many businesses are struggling with decreasing sales figures. On the other hand, some companies are ...

  Lisa Chadderdon

• Make Your Records Safe Now

  In the aftermath of the World Trade Center tragedy, state, federal, and city agencies are assisting affected businesses to recover as best they can. Most ...

  Rhonda Abrams

• A Soloist's Nightmare

  Independent contractors often can't diagnose their own computer ills. And a sick system can leave a soloist's business on life support.

  Lauren Gibbons Paul

• Laptop Insecurity

  Over 300,000 laptops were stolen in the U.S. in 1999. Here's the latest on laptop security.

  Anne Stuart

• Hostage Situation

  Get the benefits of an ASP without all the headaches.

  Jill Hecht Maxwell

• Upstarts: Energy Deregulation

  If you don't currently have a choice about where you buy your electricity, you will soon.

  Emily Barker

• My First Firewall

  I have this love-hate affair with firewalls. Sure, I recognize their need and utility and why they are important and all that stuff. I know how important ...

  David Strom

• The View from Brooklyn

  Change creates opportunity, and the Internet is producing both. But that doesn't mean the only opportunities are in the world of dot-coms.

  Norm Brodsky

• Monitor Your Web Site's Download Time

  The term "download time" is usually misapplied to the entire lapse between the time that you request a Web page and the time that you are...

  Lane McCulloch

• Monitor Your Web Site's Downtime

  Accessibility is the most critical measure of your Web site's performance. If customers can't access your site, they can't shop; and if they can't shop, t...

  Lane McCulloch

• Prepare for Effective Data Backup and Recovery

  To make sure you have an effective data backup and recovery system, you'll need to plan in detail for disaster recovery, make sure that all your employees...

  Michelle Radeke

• Troubleshoot Downtime Issues

  Whether you detect downtime on your own or are alerted to it with the help of a monitoring service, you must take immediate action to correct the problem....

  Lane McCulloch

• Understand How Downtime Is Measured

  Measuring whether your site is "up" or "down" seems like it would be pretty easy: Either it's available or it's not. However, effective monitoring for dow...

  Lane McCulloch

• Myth 1: Building a Web Site Is Easy

  Businesses making the jump to the Web should leave plenty of room for error. A look at the technical difficulties Hire Quality encountered when trying to bui...

  Emily Barker