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4 Reasons Why Business Continuity in Healthcare is Critical
As more organizations make the transition to digital electronic medical records, business continuity in healthcare has become increasingly vital.
When disaster strikes, medical professionals must be able to regain access to critical patient data immediately. If the data is lost, stolen, corrupted or unrecoverable for an extended period of time, the consequences can be costly, both from a medical and a business standpoint.
Technology You Need to Avoid a HIPAA Violation
In August 2016, Illinois-based Advocate Health Care agreed to pay the largest-ever HIPAA violation fine: $5.55 million for three breaches of electronic health data that occurred over a three-month period in 2013.
Datto vs Zerto – these are the facts, you be the judge
There are a lot of business continuity and disaster recovery solutions on the market and as business continuity specialists, we need to know about them all. Lately, we’ve been hearing some rumblings about Zerto. That said, we wanted to do our homework and check out the competition as we’ve had little exposure with the solution to date.
The new Datto SIRIS 3 Specs are mind-blowing (updated)
The Datto SIRIS platform is truly the industry benchmark for business continuity and disaster recovery. Since it launched in 2011, Datto has committed to unveiling new technologies at each major release and the Datto SIRIS 3 specs will surely impress you.
3 Unknown Facts Re: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery—it seems like a very simple concept, but there are things you don’t realize. Learn three new things that can help save your business today.
Datto vs Asigra: find out which is better for your business?
If you are in the market for a new business continuity solution. There are many options out there and it can feel overwhelming. Today, we’re going to take a look at Datto vs Asigra. With anything, there are pros and cons to both solutions.
Moving Data to Cloud? Use 3 Tips to Lower Your Budget
Managing data within your company can be daunting, but left unmanaged as people and applications continue moving data to cloud, storage costs continue to rise, requiring more space and creating a reduced ability to identify and manage what is already there.
Top 8 Business Continuity Threats That Thwart Productivity
We live in an uncertain world, and there are many threats out there that might disrupt your companies ability to do business. To help mitigate these threats, companies create business continuity plans. According to MIR3 Intelligent Notification, a business continuity plan is a strategy to get a business up and running as soon as possible in the event of some type of disruption. The first step of creating a business continuity plan is conducting a risk assessment. In a risk assessment, you try to think of every possible business continuity threat and attempt to devise a plan to get the business up and running again as soon as possible should one of these threats occur.
Keep slashing your company’s cloud budget with 3 more tips
It’s logical to clean up unnecessary files after completing a project or task, right? Of course. But some people don’t think like this. Corporate storage space can seem endless to the employee. And many people are afraid of deleting something that they will need. This means your cloud budget goes up and up as your space is filled with redundancy and unneeded files. You develop retention and archive policies, but these are only part of the solution. Educating employees who have write access about what is expected is important. To truly keep the cloud budget down, you must foster a sense of personal responsibility for company resources and understanding of best practices at the user level. Here are 3 tips to do this.
How to survive a Ransomware attack in 3 simple steps
We all hear about the basic rules of Ransomware prevention. However, there is nothing about how to survive a ransomware attack.
The big takeaway from XChange 2016 (it’s a bit frightening)
I always look forward to their conferences. It’s full of industry experts, sharing their thought-provoking insights. And, they also know how to throw a party (but this is a serious post, so we won’t focus on that today). Well, XChange 2016 was no different. In fact, this may have been my best experience to date. There were lots of hot topics covered (and I’m not just saying that because we were in San Antonio) and I was given the opportunity to lead one of the groups at the event.
Slash Your Company’s Cloud Storage Pricing With These 3 Tips
With cloud storage pricing on the rise, your company relies on you to keep data organized, secure, properly retained and maintained. This is no easy feat. Cloud storage can very quickly get out of control, cluttered, seeming to grow exponentially month after month. Fear of removing documents critical to your company can paralyze you, afraid to act, but failure to act can mean gigs of redundancy, obsolete files and general chaos. Enough is enough. Let’s discuss 3 tips to managing cloud data storage to keep costs low.
Managing cloud storage with 6 tips will guarantee success
For almost every business there is a real value of cloud migration. However, sometimes there are concerns with taking the step. Managing cloud storage can be made a lot less stressful if you follow a few simple rules.
How to master backing up NAS to the Cloud. It’s easy.
Backing up data from a network attached storage (NAS) system poses special challenges. It holds a lot of data, and the backup has to have enough capacity for it.
You may be able to back up to a very large disk drive. If not, tape can handle even the largest storage systems. The drawback is that the backup is local. If a disaster strikes the office, will the backup survive? If malware hits, will attached disk drives be safe?
Business continuity vs file and folder solutions: one doesn’t suck
Can small- and medium-sized businesses use modern technology to improve file and information storage and retrieval systems? Absolutely. In fact, with technology becoming more affordable, there is no reason not to take advantage. Let’s walk you through the benefits of business continuity vs file and folder solutions.
Datto vs Dropbox: there’s a clear winner
There are many storage services currently available. Since so much of the world has gone digital, people have more and more files on their computers and mobile devices that they need to store. As such, storage providers are competing with one-another to provide the best possible services to those who need to be able to store large volumes of files. One option that recently hit the market is the Datto Drive, and they are showing they have a great deal to offer. Let’s take a look at what Datto vs Dropbox (the incumbent) is doing for today’s post…
Manage cloud computing budget with 5 money-saving tips
Migrating to the cloud can come with a few headaches as well as some unexpected costs. Learn how to manage cloud computing costs with these five tips.
Who wins debate: Datto vs Axcient For business continuity
Datto vs Axcient: know which one is right for your business If you're searching for a new business continuity solution, you may be dealing with analysis paralysis as you review specifications and track down reviews to make the best choice. A look...
Datto vs Barracuda for BDR: only one can be the best
Commercial backup systems have come a long way from a reliance on tape decks and optical media. Today we require a lot from our backup systems. They maintain data continuity, provide multiple layers of redundancy, backup entire file systems and secure it all behind strong encryption. The Datto SIRIS 3 and Barracuda represent two of the leading backup solutions on the market today.
Here’s an example of a disaster recovery plan that works
Learn from those who have survived: an example of a disaster recovery plan We often blog about the importance of a business to develop continuity plans and have even been known for sharing an example of a disaster recovery plan or two. I'm sure as business owners and...
Datto vs StorageCraft: What is Best for Your Small Business?
Here is a comparison of Datto vs StorageCraft that will enable you to see what these popular systems have to offer and which one is right for your company.
Datto vs Veeam: A battle of the BCDR Giants (only one can win)
Datto vs Veeam? Which should you choose? Both the Datto SIRIS 3 and Veeam business continuity solutions were designed to keep your operations running when disaster hits your data network. Both give users competent data backup plans. However, that's where the...
Protect from Ransomware: 6 awesome tips to prevent an attack
How to protect from Ransomware: you, your business, your bottom line. Ransomware is malicious software that blocks access to your computer until you have paid a “ransom” to the hacker to unlock it. When your computer is infected, the ransomware can completely destroy...
Datto vs Intronis: the battle to be the legitimate # 1
Datto vs Intronis. Know the pros and cons. Datto vs Intronis: how do they compare? Datto represents a modern evolution in data protection, redundancy protection and recovery. Their unique two-layer approach advances the benefits and capabilities of business continuity...
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The new Datto Drive review is positive [update]
The reviews for the Datto Drive are in. —Datto Drive Overview Heard about the launch of Datto Drive? Curious to know how it stands up against others in the file sync and share market? Wonder no longer (just keep reading). Datto Drive offers easy to use, cloud-based,...
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Top 3 things to know about the new Datto SIRIS 3 X1 [update]
What we like about the SIRIS 3 X1 As you may have read, we received a SIRIS 3 X1 from Datto and we're really excited to take it for a test spin. In a nutshell, the X1 is Datto's first flash storage device for backup disaster recovery. It offers all of the...
CryptoLocker Virus is devoted to depriving you of sleep
Does news of the CryptoLocker virus have you on edge? What about one of the other 49 million new strains of malware? If you answered "yes", you are not alone. Can your business afford to be down for hours or days at a time—due to a vicious virus or merciless malware?...
Learn which online file sync and sharing platforms are superior
Some FSS products have limitations that make them inappropriate for business use. That’s why you need online file sync and sharing platforms for businesses.
Datto SIRIS Cloud Storage #1 in safety and ironclad security
It’s easy to forget about the importance of business continuity. When your IT systems are working fine, it’s difficult to envision a disaster that shuts everything down. Now, there are more ways than ever for a business to be severely impacted. There seems to be an endless supply of: cybercriminals, natural disasters, hackers, disgruntled former employees, equipment failure, and maybe even unethical competitors. Datto SIRIS Cloud Storage provides a business continuity solution that preempts any disaster that might affect your IT system. When your business is protected by Datto, you can rest easy knowing your business data is protected.
Recovered from Nashville and Fired Up for DattoCon 17
The bar was set high. Can DattoCon 17 in Denver top Nashville? Last September when I heard DattoCon2016 was being held in Nashville, I clicked my boots and did a giddy up around the office! Growing up in Ontario, Canada I absolutely hated country music. However, that...