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Remediation Costs Hit $66 Million in RSA SecurID Data Breach

August 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Disaster Recovery, Security

Remediation of the March security breach targeting RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication tokens has thus far cost parent company EMC $66 million during its second quarter, The Washington Post reported. During EMC’s Q2 earnings call, David Goluden, EMC executive vice president, said that the company shelled out $66 million for numerous reparations following the massive cyberattack, [...]

Eight Questions to Ask Yourself about Disaster Recovery

July 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Storage

One of the most dangerous yet common mistakes business owners make is assuming “it will never happen to me”. However, there are only two types of people: those who have had a data loss and those who are about to.
What would happen to your business if you had a major data loss? The possibility is [...]

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Have You Done a Test Restore Lately?

May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Storage

A lot of businesses make it a habit to back up their data, and leave it at that. But many do not realize that there is another half to an effective backup system – regularly testing it.
One of the most basic actions a company takes – big or small – with its data is back [...]

Lessons Learned from Japan

May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan was not a local event; it triggered a tsunami warning for Southern California, impacting many American companies—and reminding all of us just how important it is to have a Business Continuity Plan.
What Japan Can Teach Us about Business Continuity
When a powerful earthquake rocked northeast Japan [...]

Protecting Yourself After Sony’s Hacker Attacks

May 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security

On April 20th, Sony’s online gaming service – PlayStation Network, or PSN – abruptly went offline. After days of confusion, it was revealed that the service had been attacked by hackers, who had not only crashed the servers but had managed to gain access to the account information of the 77 million PSN subscribers. At [...]

Why It’s Impossible to Survive Without a Disaster Recovery Plan

March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services

Disasters of all kinds could inevitably hit your business at any time. Therefore, in addition to having a backup plan, you should also create and implement a disaster recovery plan to constantly provide you with business security, as well as avoid financial loss and going out of business.
Simply put, organizations that suffer data losses generally [...]

How to Assess Your Backup Solution

March 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security, Storage

Most backup solutions available these days certainly do a good job of backing up your data. However, all backup solutions are not the same, and careful assessment is needed to ensure your backup solution is suitable for your requirements.
It’s impossible to have a disaster recovery plan without first having an efficient backup solution. So, the [...]

Laptop Stolen? Get it Back!

March 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Disaster Recovery, Security

In the wrong hands, a stolen laptop can compromise your personal security and the security of your business, not to mention the actual loss of the data. This is why it’s paramount that you guard yourself against laptop theft and put measures in place that guard your data in the event that your laptop gets [...]

Has Your Email Account Been Hacked?

February 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security

Your email account contains much of your private information. If this vital info gets into the hands of email hackers they can do a lot of harm to you and all your email contacts.
Email hacking is becoming a common problem of web users. As more people have become dependent on the internet for almost everything [...]

The 11th Anniversary of the “Ticking Time Bomb” That Was Y2K

January 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery

So it occurred to me last night that it’s officially 2011. I wasn’t sure if that change had actually set in for you yet, but just remember, anything that you date moving forward (like your mortgage check) needs to be dated with the New Year. I hate the fact that I always forget for the [...]

The Top 5 Boot-CD Tools

December 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Security, Servers

Over the last year, one tool that I have consistently pulled from my belt is the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD). Details on how to create one can be found here. Whether it is virus/malware removal or drive recovery, no other tool I have gets the job done like my UBCD. Here are my top 5 UBCD tools.

Three Business Plan Essentials: Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity

November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security, Storage, Virtualization

Erratic by nature, disasters (natural or man-made) can happen anywhere at any time, and often with little or no warning at all. Planning ahead is imperative to ensure that your business can get back to normal operation as quickly as possible, with minimal loss and damage.
Small to medium-sized businesses usually think that disaster plans are [...]

Do you have a backup?

October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security, Servers, Uncategorized

How many articles, blogs and entire websites have been dedicated to backing up our data? The idea has been around for a long time, but we still dedicate a lot of resources to backups. Recently I had two experiences that really drove home not only the need for backups, but the right questions to ask [...]

Why Backing Up Your Data is Important

October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security, Uncategorized

Data is important to any business, and losing it can spell disaster, which is why it is important to always have backups of your files and information.
Let’s begin with a simple question: How important is your data to you? Think of all the information you have in your computers – all your databases, spreadsheets, documents, [...]

Network Security

September 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Managed Services, Security, Uncategorized

No matter what the size of your organization, securing your network should be one of your key initiatives. I’ve recently discussed the importance of Disaster Recovery Planning and having a Managed Audit Process, but ensuring network security is equally important. Plus, for all you techies out there, researching and implementing network security is a lot more [...]

Disaster Recovery and Documentation

September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services

These days, more than ever, maintaining your IT infrastructure is a must. We’ve become such an “E” driven society, that failure in your technology infrastructure could mean doom for your business. In my last post about disaster recovery, I shared some pretty interesting facts about what I found from an article by Paul Chilsom, “Ten [...]

Keeping Up With Your Disaster Recovery Documentation

September 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Security

Documentation…it should be a four letter word. No engineer wants to hear it. Give me firewalls to configure, servers to prep, virtual machines to spin up, even problems, anything but DOCUMENTATION. I don’t know what it is about this time of the year, but it seems like there is a lot of documentation going on [...]

Dallas Data Center Partners With The Planet to Deliver “Colo By The U”

September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Green IT, Linux, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage, Switches, Uncategorized, VMware, Virtualization

HOUSTON, September 7, 2010 – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Dallas Data Center (http://www.DallasDataCenter.com), a provider of Colo By The U, is the company’s newest referral partner, and joins its growing portfolio of referral agents within the Partner Plus program. Through the partnership, The Planet provides colocation services from its wholly [...]

Dallas Data Center has grown by 4 feet

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Colocation, Dallas Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization

What four legged 9 week old requires onsite management and 24×7 monitoring? Dallas Data Center’s newest team member! Meet Melville, a 16.5 lbs male, black lab who is a guide dog puppy in training from Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, California. I’m sure you are all wondering why our new team member [...]

Prepare Your Business for Hurricane Season: Part 3: Has your business planned ahead?

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery

In light of the beginning of this year’s hurricane season, we have written a three part series to keep you aware of the impact that such an unforeseen storm could have on your business.
The best time to respond to a disaster is before it even happens. As we stated in Part 1 of this series, [...]

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