The Best Advice for Business Owners and IT Pros

Business owners and IT professionals often ask us for tips or recommendations to avoid the biggest and most common problems. And our answer always starts with the same piece of advice, the one thing that every systems admin must do. And this is especially true for new business owners or IT pros coming into a new position. As long as you successfully follow this piece of advice you can fail at nearly everything as a system administrator and still be okay.

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Virtualization: Building Blocks for BC and DR

Virtualization is the IT enterprise solution of the future. Virtual servers are more efficient than physical machines and they can be replicated as an integral part of business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans.

Virtual servers can be replicated as standby servers for BC and DR. The configuration of the standby can be optimized depending on the demands and available resources of a business. To give you a better understanding of the capabilities and requirements of virtual replication this article explains cold, warm, and hot standbys.

Keep reading for the strong points of each.

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5 Reasons to Go Virtual

Hosted virtual servers have many distinct advantages over physical servers including increased versatility, efficient use of resources, predictable costs, and enhanced disaster recovery options. So it’s no surprise that IT professionals are choosing hosted virtual servers over physical machines. Here are five reasons why Nexus customers have switched to hosted virtual servers.

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6 Reasons to Switch from Tape Backup to the Cloud

Traditionally tapes have been the most popular way for businesses to backup their data, but that technology has become outdated. If your business is still using tapes for data backup an online data backup solution is one of the best ways you can take advantage of the cloud. Here are six reasons for you to switch from tape backup to the cloud.

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IT Resolutions For 2012

Each year innovations in technology provide businesses the tools to achieve new levels of efficiency and production. This year is another great example. Adapt our five IT New Year Resolutions to make 2012 a truly great year.

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7 Steps to a Disaster Recovery Plan

Your business relies on its data and IT infrastructure, having that infrastructure go down for any amount of time and losing your data would be devastating. Disasters as common as flood and fire or as simple as a nearby gas leak can claim your data or freeze business instantly. A proper disaster recovery plan will minimize the amount of damage your business will suffer from a disaster, so you can assure your customers that you will always be there for them.

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