Are you leaking confidential data?
September 27th, 2011
A program on Australian television has highlighted the importance of thorough data destruction. The report, on SBS’s Dateline, revealed that countries in the western world, including the UK and US, have been dumping up to 500 containers a month of e-waste in Ghana, including TVs, monitors and computers. The programme revealed that many of the computers contained [...]
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Computers will eventually break down…
September 19th, 2011
6% do every year. Ensuring that your systems are backed up is often the last thing on a small businesses mind, but with financial figures, competitor information and customer data all resting on PCs, YouGov, estimate 40 per cent of SMEs would suffer severe impairment to business operations in the case of a system failure. [...]
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10 reasons to remotely back up
September 12th, 2011
If your company permanently lost all data, it would have a 60 per cent chance of going under. On average, it takes 21 days and £12,000 to recreate just 20MB of lost data! What is remote data back up? It’s essentially an insurance policy for your company’s day-to-day and organisational information. We all hate [...]
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Data Security Risks Grow
September 5th, 2011
Data security is the biggest risk for businesses for the second consecutive year, according to Symantec’s 2011 State of Security survey. Data security was considered to be a bigger risk than traditional crime, natural disasters and even terrorism. In fact, IT-related risks made up the top three with cyber attacks in first place, followed by IT [...]
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The Cloud and Security
August 24th, 2011
Introducing a well-planned cloud computing policy will provide businesses with greater efficiency in data management, it has been claimed. Andy Horn, of Easynet Connect, said that many companies can reap rewards from the correct implementation of cloud computing. “The biggest anticipated benefits of moving to the cloud are greater financial control and access to applications [...]
Tags: Cloud, DATA-FRAME
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Sticky tape Solutions Still in Demand
July 26th, 2011
Even though a unit can cost £3500.00 over 3 years, plus time & media costs; tape storage is still a key part of IT Business Strategy and is used widely by most UK businesses according to a survey published today by Overland Storage. The key finding from the survey of 1000 UK businesses conducted by [...]
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Backup to the future
July 15th, 2011
A Cornish data management company showcased its new brand to business leaders at the Pool Innovation Centre yesterday. Data-Frame, formally known as Forward-ITC, was the first company to launch a fully-managed online backup service for businesses and it remains at the cutting edge of data management systems and legislation. The company has rebranded following a [...]
Tags: Forward ITC, Rebrand, Rojer Isaacson, Wendy Isaacson
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Data-Frame Launch
July 4th, 2011
Data management business, Forward ITC is relaunching and rebranding as Data-Frame as it launches a national service alongside its established local business offering in Cornwall. The Mount Hawke-based business, which is managed by Rojer and Wendy Isaacson, has experienced substantial growth since launching five years ago. It now offers national data management services and support [...]
Tags: Forward ITC, Rebrand, Rojer Isaacson, Wendy Isaacson
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