Backup Outlook Express Mails and Address Book by Rupesh Kumar
Email loss causes majority of business loss, to overcome the common problem the backup of Outlook Express mails can be taken regularly and this article is aimed at explaining you how you can backup your Outlook Express mails (Since, Outlook Express lacks a backup option). ... One can easily save and backup the emails, attachments, address book and other important data from within the email client to a CDRW or DVD; otherwise in case of a computer problem the user will find himself in the impossibility to get them back, and this can be a really unwanted situation especially for web community...

IT Audits: A Checklist by Joshua Feinberg
IT audits need to be as comprehensive as possible. To ensure you hit every area you need to during your IT audits, review this checklist. • IT Audits - Physical Security: To ensure that appropriate physical controls are in place to secure technology assets (servers, networking and... • IT Audits - Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Procedures: To ensure that data backups are being made and tested on a scheduled basis, sufficient to recover in the event of a systems failure, data loss, or other disaster.

Tech Buzz Today! A Look Inside The Mind Of Pop Culture And The Internet by Greg Richburg
Today’s pop-culture spouts hip-hop, camera phones, 50” Plasma HDTVs, high speed Internet access, web cams and integrated global espionage right there in your living room, office PC or PDA. I have access to more information today than I could have ever dreamed!! ... And these days, my life is busy helping people fend off advertisers, hackers, and malicious “malware” programmers that live their meager live just for the sake of twisting society. ... A simple RAID installation, a hard drive mirror, a backup tape drive, and a professional firewall are all fundamental when planning to secure...

Offsite Backups by James Walsh
The moment it happens, the primary concern for the user is to get the data back so that the work continues uninterrupted. Sensing this need, a multi-million-dollar data-recovery industry has cropped up that specialises in recovering lost data from a damaged storage device. ... It keeps track of date and time and when the next backup is due. ... Advantages of Offsite Backup Offsite backup offers significant advantages over regular backup methods. ... Offsite Backup In offsite backup, also called remote backup, the user data is sent long distance via the Internet or some other network to...

Five Steps to Assuring Successful Recovery of Data by Jason Perry
According to the National Archives & Records Administration in Washington, D.C., 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 or more days due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year. Whether your business data is in the form of a customer electronic database, office documents... If you conclude your data is essential, stop what you're doing and turn off the system and follow the remaining steps. ... In an Ontrack report entitled 2001 Cost of Downtime Survey Results, 28% of respondents said that data loss would cost them between $51,000 and $250,000 per hour and 25% said...

58% Of Businesses Expect An IT Security Breach in the Next 12 Months by Lee Smith
A recent government survey of over 500 small businesses covering London and Surrey regions revealed that 58% of company owners expect a security breach in their IT system in the next year. 24% of those surveyed had already been subjected to a security breach and this is worrying as there are... Disaster Recovery and IT security are crucial factors for any business and with proper precautions, support and systems you can be safe in the knowledge that you, your business and your data are covered for any security, virus and spam threats.

Bare Metal Hard Drive Recovery - What's Best- Ghost, True Image, Image for Windows? by Don Watkins
Complete disaster recovery (restore from "bare metal"; formatting and restoring) has been a thorn since Windows XP. In fact it's been downright weird which reminds me of:When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S. hompson It's fair to say that a Hunter S. ... Thompson quote about bare metal recovery and backup and restore has been as weird as my quest and I'm not sure why I thought of the relationship but perhaps thinking about "what a long strange trip it's been" kicked in some random brain cells still firing from the 70's.

How to Prepare a "Bug Out" Laptop Kit by TJ Smith
Can you imagine being away from your computer for an extended period of time? No internet, no email, no funny jokes, no games to play? Many people have found themselves in this position when the unexpected happens. In the event of a natural disaster, terrorist event or a bird flu pandemic,... Modem and network cables, you need to be able to plug and play. ... Any other or vital documents that would be hard to replace and are essential to recovery after any type of emergency should be backed up. ... You may want to build a cd reference library of information that could help you survive a...

Data Backup and Storage Compliance, How Do Smaller Companies Achieve This? by Lee Morrell
Companies must account and deal for new legislation governing how information is stored on IT systems. The EU is shortly to adopt many of the recommendations on corporate governance set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US, UK firms are to be expected to deal with and manage explicit... No doubt your data is growing quickly; recently enforced legislations makes sure of this, so why not employ a backup and archival solution which has no upfront cost, is fully automated, secure and regardless of disaster will ensure your data is always available, Offsite Backup.

How to Backup Your Computer Files by Christian Carvajal
As I write this, it’s early December, and try as I might, I can’t remember what my new year’s resolution was last time around. One thing I can say with near hundred percent certainty is that whatever it was, I failed to keep it. Maybe you’re the same. ... WHEREAS our data is important, and disaster can befall even the most noble and undeserving of us, BE IT RESOLVED that you and I shall back up our computer files forthwith. ... Other options for “disaster recovery” include BackUp MyPC from Stomp ( http://www.StompInc.com , $79) and Norton Ghost 9.0 from Symantec ( http://www.Norton.com ,...