Image via Wikipedia One of the things I frequently work with clients on is making sure that their data will be safe in the event of an emergency. Just imagine what would happen in your business or your life if you lost all your data and your key documents. Unless you’re confident that you could re-create everything from scratch, it’s essential to have a strategy for data and information backup and restoration. Here are some ideas for how to do it: Snap it. For insurance and recordkeeping purposes, you need to have a record of all of your belongings. Start by taking your camcorder or digital camera and going through every space in your office or home, and take...
Read MoreImage by DrewOtt via Flickr I was sitting in my office contemplating the present state of the economy, while sorting through a variety of spam-emails promising financial wealth, greater virility and scantily clad women, when suddenly, my computer stopped responding. Despite anti-virus software, a worm had slipped through and was chewing up all the available memory on my hard drive. As divine intervention did not seem to be forthcoming, I called a tech savvy friend to beg for help,. “It’s okay, when’s the last time you backed up?” he calmly asked. Now, I have an external drive connected to the computer and a plethora of re-writable...
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