Archive for August, 2009

Don’t Forget the Backup!

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Small businesses say they can talk about back-up, but more often than not, it is just that – talk.

Still surprises me what some companies are to be interpreted as a safe and reliable IT, which are not. Let me give an example. One of the most important aspects of the IT back-up – backing up your valuable data at the end of each and every day.

This will ensure that should the worst happen, you are secure in knowing that your case is still to be heard, your customer details will continue to be available, and, more importantly, that your practice can continue. We are all completely dependent on IT now, so those who keep us all’support”over the paper. If you do not believe me, take a moment to unplug your server, and turn off internet connection … It suddenly became very quiet there outside.

I would like to be able to report that most if not all, of the companies I visited have adequate back-up facilities in the city. Unfortunately, this is not so. Some of our customers (before listening to us, I encourage to add), is a sort of back-up in the city – something that has been assigned to do a once a week, often Friday afternoon when everyone is ready to go home for the weekend, and was is something that was almost always forgotten. This was usually the concept of Never mind, I can not remember what I updated the file, so if worst come worst, that would’t take long to redo it.

Do you have any idea how much time that would take? Should remember that everything you have done since your last back-up? Right up to the last e-mail sent, and the updated file? Certainly Sun

One of the most important, if not the most important thing you need to have good, solid information system is a complete and tested back-up system.

Computers and the Importance of Data Recovery

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Have you ever got in situations where you thought hard drive was damaged but it was actually still in the data that you may get away? Many are unaware of the fact that they can continue to access their data with multiple 3rd party tool on the market.

So long as the hard drive is not quite toasted, you should still be able to access that data. Even if you’ve accidentally reformatted your computer, you still shot to get the data back. If you are tech savvy, you may be able to try to deal with this yourself. You must physically remove the drive from the computer. There are also cable you can buy a turn IDE or SATA hard drive in a USB drive. They have interfaces that can be used to hook the drive up to another working computer.

I’ve seen these cables on the Internet . If You Don’t have access to one of these cables, you can try and slave the drive to another machine. If another machine is not available, you may need to take your computer in to a local repair shop to have it done. It may also be some software that will allow you to access your data from the Boot. This software can be a little expensive if you consider this option. You must do some looking around to see if you can find anything reasonable if this is the way you want to take. All in all, you should still have access to data easily by hooking the hard drive in another machine.

Computers become a normal part of everyday life. Chances are, you probably bought several computers over the past 10 years. I’m sure many have extra computer just sitting around somewhere in their house. Just remember that your data should still be salvageable if it would be a corruption of Mail Ware or a virus.

How to Evaluate Staffing Software

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

If you’re in the market for new staffing software, I suspect that one of the most difficult tasks is to sift through the many manufacturers who are now staffing services industry.

1st You know what you want.

Spend time with different players in your company and get their opinion on your new solution should contain. Develop a decision matrix, which can be used to evaluate different solutions staffing software. Understand that no solution will meet all the requirements, at some point you find that you need to make a decision to exclude some of the features for the overall solution.

2nd Evaluate the company.

They have a solid balance service industry? How long have they been around? They have large, established customers with companies that differ in size, which use their products? If at all possible, schedule a visit to their offices to see how their employees, to you and their environment. It will communicate volumes.

3rd Evaluate their services.

They gave their customers first? As shown, right? They ask for feedback on their products and services? They regularly communicate with their customers? They have an annual meeting of users? You have access to their top executives, if necessary?

4th Evaluate the technology.

Their products use solid and reliable technology, so concentrate on your staffing needs versus technology bleeding? They regularly improve their products? How many versions have been released, and how often? They are still on the original product platform released, or they use more modern technology, because we have available?