Case Study 2: Internet Outage Our next backup and disaster recovery situation focuses on a situation that did not involve backup at all – in fact the company in question had a backup system that worked as expected throughout the disaster. As I previously mentioned, a sound backup infrastructure does not constitute a comprehensive disaster [...]
Computer Backup and Disaster Recovery
April 24th, 2012Computer Backup is NOT Disaster Recovery
April 17th, 2012During my initial conversation with a new client, one of the first questions I’ll ask pertains to a client’s disaster recovery plan. More often than not, the client usually responds that he or she has a backup solution in place. I certainly don’t want to discount the importance of backup in a comprehensive disaster recovery [...]
Cloud Services: Cloud Project Checklist
April 8th, 2012Moving to the cloud is all the rage these days – and business is moving to the cloud at an accelerating rate. Nearly 60% of businesses that have moved to the cloud report “significant productivity benefits from information technology” versus 30% of SMBs not in the cloud.1 The message is clear: failure to move to [...]
Computer Repair: Hard Drive Failure and Data Backup
March 31st, 2012Today, March 31, 2012, is World Backup Day. Go here to check out their website. Island Joe would like to help everyone celebrate by explaining the importance of backing up and helping with some solutions. Backing up your data is one of the single-most important things a business can do when it comes to technology [...]
Cloud Services: Strengths and Weaknesses for Small and Medium Business
March 26th, 2012If you’re thinking the cloud is just a fad, that ship has already sailed. Microsoft’s 2011 small and medium business (SMB) cloud adoption study found “that 39% of SMBs expect to be paying for one or more cloud services within three years.”1,2 The question isn’t whether to move to the cloud, but how can your [...]
Cloud Services: What does moving to the cloud mean?
March 16th, 2012Moving to the cloud is certainly a popular topic given the abundance of cloud-focused, pastel-hued advertising. One thing is clear: the forecast is definitely for more cloud. All this cloud talk can leave a small business owner scratching her or his head. Perhaps the most basic question is, what does it mean to move to [...]
Cloud Anti-virus: Island Joe’s Anti-virus Recommendation
March 7th, 2012A cloud solution for anti-virus leverages the real advantages of the cloud – scalability, reliability – all while helping you save money. Managing your security is as easy as logging into a web page that lets you add users and manage your anti-virus installations and policies in real time across your network from anywhere you [...]
Computer Security – Antivirus and Network Security
February 3rd, 2012I’m often asked which antivirus product we recommend. My standard answer? None of them, but you have to have one. I’ll cover our specific software recommendation in a subsequent blog post. For now, there are a few important things to remember about antivirus software and computer and network security in general. 1) Antivirus software, almost [...]
Cloud Services and Computing – An Introduction
January 30th, 2012At Island Joe we’re sure by now that you’ve heard of “the cloud.” Everyone is talking about it. What the cloud is… First and foremost, the cloud is not a technical term: it’s a marketing term. Ask any IT contractor, vendor, or consultant and you’ll get different answers. Most of us have cloud applications and [...]
Green IT – Virtualization
January 17th, 2012In our last green IT post we discussed how precious resources, such as gold, silver, or copper, can be extracted from electronics. This process of extracting metals and other usable materials from things such as discarded cell phones or old hard drives, is sometimes referred to as urban mining. It is not only environmentally friendly, [...]
