Business Health, Patient Health

Ebook: Five Prescriptions to Stop Healthcare Disasters

Healthcare is one of the most complex industries when it comes to IT support. Sprawling infrastructure, complicated and occasionally customized hardware and software, and a bevy of strict government restrictions make offering More »

hurricane-sandy

Ebook: Five Lessons about Disaster Recovery from Hurricane Sandy

If you’re looking for some doom and gloom from the hurricane, you won’t find it here. Don’t get us wrong. Hurricane Sandy was destructive and terrible and it’s hard to say that More »

citrus

CASE STUDY: Citrus Networking Solutions Group Avoids Disaster

If you run a business in Florida, “Hurricane Central, USA,” you’d better prepare for storms. But if you run a business that keeps other Florida businesses running, you either prepare or…you’re out More »

86898564_8450ac24a7_o

CASE STUDY: ITDRC and StorageCraft

Disaster recovery planning is sort of like flossing. One is a simple task that doesn’t take much time, and if you do it correctly, it’s an ongoing process. However, if you don’t More »

how-to-prepare-cover

Ebook: How to Prepare for Disaster

Joe, Teresa, and John have never met, but they have a lot in common. Each has used a backup and disaster recovery plan to recover from a disaster. And each of them More »

whybdr-lo

Ebook: Why You Need Backup and Disaster Recovery

We all know the statistics. We’ve all heard the horror stories. But when it comes right down to it, can you really explain to your clients (or to yourself) why you need More »

act-casestudy

CASE STUDY: ACT Network Solutions Flies Through Recovery

Looking to deploy a backup and disaster recovery solution to protect your company’s mission-critical data and employee productivity? Don’t overlook the biggest risks to business continuity. What would happen if one or More »

cobaltix

CASE STUDY: Cobaltix Unites Disaster Recovery Planning and Technology

There are really two components to disaster recovery: the technology and the plan. You need both to be successful, but they’re not independent pieces. For everything to work, the technology needs to More »

cloud-lo

WHITE PAPER: Cloud, Fog, or Smog

We recently announced the upcoming StorageCraft Cloud Services, which will be available this fall. This paper explores the current state of cloud computing and outlines our philosophy for what a good cloud computing More »

snc-squared

CASE STUDY: SNC Squared Recovers from a Deadly Tornado

It’s late afternoon on Sunday, May 22, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The world’s single deadliest tornado flattens your building. Pieces of your office—walls, computers, furniture, files, and more­—­­­scatter for miles, carried away More »

Breaking the Worst Tech Habits

3005591006_8b62706d43_m

PC World released a list of the twenty-one worst tech habits and how to break them. The list includes bad habits like using devices with dirty hands, sitting with bad posture, not taking breaks, and more. I’ll explore some of the better ones in a moment, but I’d like to point out that coming in at number eight, was taking backups. Number eight?

Backup Overload: Four Ways to Tell if Your Data Protection Plan is Out of Hand

CD contel

The average company relies so heavily on data that without it, servicing the needs of the customer would be difficult at best. For this reason, securing…

StorageCraft Offers Free Data Backup, Disaster Recovery Software to Businesses Impacted by Texas, Oklahoma Tornadoes

SC_LOGO_VERT_SQUARE_4C

In response to the recent devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas, StorageCraft Technology Corporation is offering a free three-day version of its backup and disaster recovery software, StorageCraft® ShadowProtect® IT Edition.

It’s Always Backup Season

United Systems logo

Professional sports seasons come and go and while in-season sports rule the airwaves and the Internet (especially during the play-offs), in certain parts of the U.S. weather “seasons” grab the headlines. Perhaps no one is more aware of hurricane season than managed service providers in Florida. Just ask David Spire, president of United Systems Computer

Apps to Help You Prepare for Disaster

6269237839_1664883b0c_m

It’s tornado season once again and time to prepare for what could come. In addition to backup and disaster recovery software, there are other really neat software tools you can use to track storms during the season.

The Perfect Sales Process

930660427_ab76c3de6a_m

Sales is a critical part of the growth and success of any MSP. However, just because someone’s job title has something about sales in it doesn’t mean that person has all of the skills necessary to actually sell.

In the Realm of Information Technology, What are SaaS, PaaS and other “as a Services”?

tom cloud

With Cloud Computing becoming a popular alternative to physical storage, this information technology trend is beginning to impact product development…

Businesses should stay on top of data backup testing

253412963_224c3e8248_m

Businesses that only update disaster protocols and test data backups infrequently may experience even longer periods of downtime should a major disruption impact their operations.

Tech Tips with Steve Episode Twelve: Installing and Activating ShadowProtect

1_Backup_Recover-Ability_Icon

Tech Tips. In this episode, Steve shows you how to get started with StorageCraft ShadowProtect by installing and activating the software.

KC, Austin and Provo on Google Fiber. What? Provo? Really?

google-fiber

Have you heard the next city to be offered gigabit broadband internet from Google Fiber is Provo, Utah? As someone who lives in Provo, here’s my take…

Multiple Platforms Equal More Money, More Problems For MSPs

money contel

The ability to support multiple platforms is becoming a critical need as IT environments grow in diversity. But for a managed service provider,…

Yes, Tech Heads, StorageCraft will be at TechEd!

Exhibitor_250x250

StorageCraft will make its first appearance as a Microsoft TechED exhibitor this year in New Orleans, June 3 – 6 and we’ll be ready to get it on NOLA style!

How to Make Your Tradeshow Fun

5750960959_529a1a70b4_m

In a sea full of booths, how do you make your booth really stand out at an event? After being a part of tradeshows for many years, there are things you catch up to and StorageCraft wants to share some of our wisdom with you.

Smartphones becoming more prevalent in mobile device arena

3810777827_8555dc3d15_m

Smartphones have become the norm for consumers and employees alike, thanks to the devices’ immense functionality.

Cloud vendor selection shouldn’t be overlooked

There are plenty of uses for cloud computing, whether firms want to allow employees unprecedented access to work-related data, finally replace outdated IT systems or take advantage of the technology’s scalable storage capacity.

Friday’s Fact: ‘Bits’ of historical information

First Laptop in Space

We have been posting since early March a popular segment on Facebook and Twitter called Friday’s Fact, which provides historical and/or other information about various subjects. In this blog post, you will find an archive of Friday’s Facts that have appeared on Facebook to date. Also, the archive will be updated each Friday with a new Fact.

Tech Tips with Steve Episode Eleven: HeadStart Restore Using ImageManager

3_Manage_Recover-Ability_Icon

Tech tips. In this episode, Steve shows you how to set up a HeadStart Restore using StorageCraft ImageManager.

Virtualization and cloud leading new disaster recovery model

3533153558_d295dfdc71_m

Disaster preparedness is a necessity for any business, regardless of size or industry, because mission-critical data and applications must always be safe and accessible during major disruptions.

Three Must-Have Features in a Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution

Speros

As senior disaster recovery engineer at Speros, Van Heath looks for three simple requirements in a backup and disaster recovery solution. It must be flexible, fast, and foolproof. According to Van, here’s how StorageCraft ShadowProtect meets those requirements: Flexible. “A big plus for StorageCraft is that it’s vendor neutral. We can restore to dissimilar hardware,

Mobile technologies and cloud computing leading MCM charge

The relationship between mobile solutions and cloud computing is having a major influence on how businesses interact with their audiences.

Tech Tips with Steve Episode Ten: Hardware Independent Restore

4_Recover_Recover-Ability_Icon

Tech tips. In this episode, Steve shows you how to do a migration– physical or virtual– using Hardware Independent Restore.

Exciting Events Fill the Calendar for the Next Few Weeks

themed event pix

StorageCraft Technology is exhibiting at some pretty awesome events in the next few weeks– take a look.

Burgeoning technologies changing the data center landscape

4882451468_97a9994bf1_m

The data center has undergone many changes in the past decades and, looking ahead, such evolution will continue with the use of technologies like virtualization and software-defined networking (SDN).

StorageCraft Is Pinning! Join Us on Pinterest

pinterest_logo_red

We are active in the world of social media here at StorageCraft and enjoy interacting with our followers online. Today, we are launching our newest social media vehicle: a page on Pinterest. You can follow us at www.pinterest.com/storagecraft.

‘One Size Fits All’ Doesn’t Fit Healthcare Disaster Recovery

CompuTech City

In the healthcare field, all medical organizations—and their business associates—must abide by ever-changing federal and state regulations. From the largest hospital to the smallest private practice, patient health information must be protected and always accessible by authorized healthcare providers—even during a disaster. Most small practices can’t afford full hardware redundancy, or the bandwidth required for