Author: CTech
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When people think about data loss, they often picture dramatic events such as ransomware, a failed server, or a building damaged by fire. But some of the most common data-loss problems can happen during completely ordinary business activities. Someone can accidentally delete a file. An employee can overwrite the wrong version of a document. A…
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When a business backs up its data, it is natural to focus on whether the backup is running successfully. But there is another important question: how long should those backups be kept? This is known as backup retention. Retention determines how far back a business can potentially go when it needs to recover information. A…
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Most people think of a backup as another copy of a file. That is true, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Backup versioning allows a business to retain multiple versions of files over time rather than keeping only the most recent copy. This can be extremely valuable because the newest version of a file…
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When business owners think about backups, they often focus on whether their data is backed up rather than how often it is backed up. But those are two different questions. A business could have a perfectly functioning backup system and still lose a significant amount of work if the backup runs too infrequently. Backup frequency…
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A business backup can exist without being reliable. A backup program may be installed on a computer, a backup job may have been configured months ago, and there may even be a storage device sitting nearby with plenty of available space. But none of those things automatically mean the business can successfully recover its data…
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When a small business owner hears that they need to back up their data, one of the first questions is often, “How many backups do I actually need?” It is an important question because having one copy of your data is very different from having a backup strategy designed to withstand a real problem. A…
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Before a business can decide what it needs to protect, it needs to understand which information it actually depends on. That may sound simple, but business information can be spread across computers, employee laptops, cloud applications, email accounts, shared folders, and specialized software. Business-critical data is generally information that would be difficult to recreate, that…
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Employee laptops have changed the way many small businesses operate. Employees can work from home, visit customers, travel, and access company information from almost anywhere. At the same time, those laptops can become important storage locations for business information. Presentations, customer documents, spreadsheets, downloaded files, project materials, and email attachments may all remain on a…
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Every business has documents that are much more important than they may appear at first glance. Contracts, invoices, financial records, proposals, employee documents, project files, operating procedures, and customer records can all become important when employees need them. The exact list varies from company to company, but identifying business documents to back up is a…
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Email is one of the most important communication tools for many small businesses, yet it is often overlooked when owners think about backup. Employees may rely on email for customer requests, project decisions, approvals, estimates, invoices, contracts, and conversations with vendors. Those messages can contain information that would be difficult to recreate if it disappeared.…
