Disaster Recovery by Prabir Sen
In today's world, businesses are beginning to demand more from their information systems. At the same time, the outer limit of technology is being stretched to its limit to meet this demand. This in turn puts a greater responsibility on the service Organisation, with the kind of daunting... This may include a hard disk mirroring device, implementation of a back-up and recovery plan and stocking of enough spare parts to service your hardware when necessary. ... For quite some years, professionals in Information and Technology took disaster recovery to be the simple data recovery process of...

DRM Defending You by Mila Levkovsky
We’ve heard the diagnosis: viruses are rampant and hackers are on the loose. Get your firewall ready, activate your spam filter and turn on those email anti-theft controls. That’s right. Using Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology you can send personal information, original artwork and... How harmful can unsecured email be to your business? ... The 2006 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey found that 68% of businesses use encryption for data in transit, which provides protection from snooping eyes while the message is sent.

Tips For Finding The Right Piece Of Software to Fit Your Needs by Gabriel J. Adams
There is so much software out there that you can definitely find one or more to suit your needs no matter what you need it for. Software is usually inexpensive, easy to get, easy to download and install, and can help you a great deal. You can even find some software for free or use a free trial... Some examples are: Calendars Planners Reminders Notes Accounting Software And more Software for Fun – Games – Alone games, RPG games, games you can play online with anyone all over the world such as World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and more Puzzles Quizzes And more Software for...

CPA Software by Max Bellamy
CPAs or Certified Public Accountants are accountants who carry out accounting, business and financial paperwork, as well as documentation for companies, organizations, small businesses and individuals. CPAs are trusted business advisors to their clients and the software that they use to document... CPA software collections help a CPA build steady, yearlong revenue sources by performing business assessments, payroll services, advanced financial statement scrutiny, as well as business planning. ... There is a lot of computer software available designed for CPA use and accounting purposes.

Will The Way The World Functions Change With Microsoft Windows Vista? by Aaron Brooks
The world waits with bated breath for the final version of Windows Vista to be in the market. Speculation is rife whether the release will be end December 2006 or end January 2007 and whether Microsoft will keep all its promises. While Windows supporters feel that the next OS will be Windows... According to an in depth review in Computer World by Scott Finnie Windows Vista has security as its first objective and security can be had without paying for an expensive operating system. ... As far as business users are concerned they will have lot less to worry about security and loss of data...

Microsoft Great Plains: If You are Orphan Client – What to Do and FAQ by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, former Great Plains Software eEnterprise, Dynamics and Dynamics C/S+ is very popular ERP and since 1994 has been successfully implemented for mid-size and mid-size to large companies in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and... This means that you need to pick up Microsoft Business Solutions partner you like and have them reenroll you into annual maintenance program. ... If you have strong IT group in-house – have them login to MBS customer source and get hardware and OS requirement for Great Plains version you plan on...

Computer Training; Your Gateway to the Competitive IT World! by Thomas DeReyna
Computers have been long since introduced among mankind; and it was not so long after people adopted it and became iconic as they are now. Most residence, nowadays, own a set or two of computers; varying from desktops, laptops, notebooks and the sophisticated palm versions. ... It is advantageous to have systematic business processes like staffing, accounting, filing and other transactions made possible with computers; thus, if you’re planning to start-up a business or wants to establish your business, it will help you a lot if you’re aiding your daily business routines with computers.

How Much is Small Software Business Worth? by Yuri Nachitov
One colleague of mine asked me a question – "I have a selling software product. How much is this software business worth?" I think I can give an advice. A small software business can be owned and operated by one person: a developer, salesman, manager, and holder – all in one. ... Let us strike a balance: Month net income = ($4000 income – 20% tax rate - $250 month expenses – $0) = $2950 per month Business cost = ($2950 * 3 planning months) – $0 = $8850.00 Now, you have the justification for your price.

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men, or, how I Learned to Stop Worrying and use Surge Protection by Mike Bryant
'The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry...' Thus the paraphrase goes of the words of the great Scottish poet Robert Burns. These words ring very true to me this morning. You see, my software company has leased a server for almost three years now, at a hefty monthly fee. ... So, I got some office space, a phone line, and a business-class DSL line that would provide more than enough bandwidth to serve what I needed. ... A direct hit can wreak havoc on any computer system. ... It only means that it will take a little longer to get it going, and it will take a little more money to...

What are the Facts about Data Loss? by Lee Morrell
I have been in the data recovery business for many years and have read and heard many “facts” covering the causes, costs and trends of data loss recovery. I have also heard of all the best ways to backup data ensuring total loss of data never happens. ... I don’t know, and I feel most business owners would not know either until data loss actually happened, but please bear with me, more “at what point does data loss threaten survival of my business facts” follow: - 40% of companies in the Cost of Downtime Survey said 72 hours, 21% said 48 hours, 15% said 24 hours, 8% said 8 hours,...