Importance of backup systems for small businesses is in no way less, as compared to big companies. Small businesses also rely heavily on the computers for the data management. There are several examples of small businesses that lost all their valuable data because of computer failure and never returned to the scene again.

Businesses are relying more and more on computers, storing vital data in them and thereby becoming vulnerable trying to protect the data from being destroyed or lost forever. There are horror stories of companies closing due to critical, irreplaceable data loss due to various reasons.

Recently my hard drive crashed, hey I don’t mean that windows decided to be bitchy and make me reinstall it – Anyways it’s really been a long time since I’ve been idiot enough to run Microsoft programs, thanks very much!

Here was a real life situation I was in. I worked as a IT support staff and one day a laptop that crashed was handed to me. After some diagnostics, I found bad sectors on the hard disk and a lot of clunking sounds whenever I turned on the laptop. Unfortunately, the user have some crucial data on the hard disk and need to have it in 24 hours.

It is no wonder that people go after a data recovery company for recovering the data that is lost. There are some important things that you should look for in such a company when you ask them to recover the lost data for you. Some of the points that you should look after are dealt with in this article.

All file recovery solutions are not created equally. But, choosing one specific software or service company can be overwhelming from the sheer numbers available. For starters, why do some file recovery software cost as low as $29.99, while others range as much as $400? Before addressing these details, and how to choose the best file recovery solution for your situation, let’s make sure your files have the best chance to be recovered.

Back up data restoration processes are much easier than dealing with a computer that has never been backed up. This is so for a number of reasons.

In Simple English, How to Back Up All Your Computer Data.

The act was formulated to strengthen accounting oversight and corporate accountability. It did this by increasing accounting and auditor regulations, enhancing disclosure requirements, creating new federal laws and increasing penalties under existing federal laws The Sarbanes-Oxley Act includes three provisions that deal with electronic documents, such as those communicated through emails. They include document alteration or destruction, mandatory document retention and obstruction of justice.

This is the second article in a series about backing up your data. This article focuses on using external hard drives for backing up, and using specialized backup software.

There are many methods you can employ to ensure your corporate data is safe and secure, for example, offsite or online backup, tape backup, disk to disk backup to name a few, so which way offers the best protection.

Clients ask me that question everyday. I wish there was a one-size fits all answer. Unfortunately, data retention policies are not that simple. They are directly dependent upon the specific data and applications. Add in the complications of regulatory requirements, and data retention becomes a problem, which needs a custom solution.