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Vendor management and looking beyond SMB firewalls, anti-virus, and data backups

IT Toolbox

I just had lunch with a long-time business colleague who specializes in IT consulting and network systems integration for small and medium-sized businesses. From servers to PBXs and everything in between, his company sells, installs, and manages entire network environments for its customers.

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The 5 best SMB storage clouds

Computerworld Vertical IT

Twenty years ago, I'd be saving this article to my local hard drive with a USB stick backup. Instead, most organizations need a way to store our documents and data so we, and our teammates, can easily get our information whether we're at home or sitting at a convention center in Valencia, Spain. As it happens, that's what I'm doing right now.

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Small Medium Business (SMB) IT continues to gain respect, what about SOHO?

Storage IO Blog

Blog post: Small Medium Business (SMB) IT continues to gain respect, what about SOHO? A […].

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World Backup Day Reminder Don’t Be an April Fool Test Your Data Recovery

Storage IO Blog

World Backup Day Reminder Don’t Be an April Fool Test Your Data Recovery World Backup Day Reminder Don’t Be an April Fool Test Your Data Recovery. March 31 is the annual world backup day to spotlight awareness around the importance of protecting your data and test your data recovery.

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Joint Cybersecurity Advisory: Watch Out for BlackMatter RaaS

SecureWorld News

“Using embedded, previously compromised credentials, BlackMatter leverages the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocol to access the Active Directory (AD) to discover all hosts on the network. Instead of encrypting backup data, BlackMatter instead wipes it clean in some cases.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Enable TimeMachine Backup for.

Sean Daniel

How to Enable TimeMachine Backup for your MAC to your Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials or Windows Home Server 2011. Once you have these installed, you can easily add your Windows based PC to the server and to the PC backup by simply going to [link] on your client PC. SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me.

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Preparing for the Worst: IT Disaster Recovery Best Practices

SecureWorld News

Ensuring tight RPOs means running more frequent backup workflows and increasing backup storage space. Regardless of whether an organization is an SMB or enterprise, investing too much in DR is unnecessary, while investing too little is risky. The tighter your recovery objectives are, the more investments you need to meet them.