Top Ten Reasons To Use Cloud Backup Ease of use – the simple set and forget features of the software mean that you simply choose what you want backed up and when. On demand or on a set schedule your data is automatically sent to our two data centres Cost – full data protection for […]
Cleaning up your computer In early December last year, I was contacted by one of my clients. I’ll call him Bob, to protect the innocent. Bob’s anti-virus software was reporting that he had a Trojan on his computer. Sensibly, he had run a full scan of his system, but no viruses or Trojans had shown […]
Which? recommends “Smash up your hard drive to avoid ID theft” Which? magazine as recently advised readers to physically destroy their hard disks with a hammer to prevent you becoming a victim of identity theft (full article). While this is good stress therapy, it’s not a method that we at Network Midlands recommend. We recommend […]
Data recovery – a brief case study Last week we had to recover the data off a NAS disk (a hard drive that connects to a network and is visible by all computers on a network). The disk had started dropping off the network and, eventually, no computer could access any of the files on […]
Backup Strategies Paul Taylor, in the Financial Times, 26th October 2007, stated “It’s never too early to call for back-up”, a sentiment that we, at Network Midlands, heartily support. If you are not protecting your business critical data in a timely and appropriate way, you are running the risk of losing your entire business should […]