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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

Do your customers really understand the cloud?

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It’s difficult to admit to not knowing how something works, and it’s easy in the technology world to assume that others understand what you’re talking about. The word “cloud” is thrown around often, but a person might have trouble admitting that he or she doesn’t understand what it really is.

StorageCraft’s Own Shawn Massey Interviewed for ChannelNext

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Shawn Massey shares all about StorageCraft in this brief ChannelNext interview.

The Current State of the Command Line Interface

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Is the command line dying? Is it growing more powerful? Here’s a quick look at the current state of the command line interface.

Hurricane season emphasizes effective disaster preparedness

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Companies can experience disruptions at any time, negatively impacting productivity and forcing some firms to close their offices for an extended period of time.

How to Drive Your Cloud Business Forward

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CEO of VDI Space, Mike Fraser, explains how your MSP business can move your cloud service offerings forward.

Backup and Disaster Recovery Planning: Don’t Overlook These Simple Elements

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If your small or midsize business has already implemented a backup and disaster recovery plan, congratulations. Planning your course of action in the…

Six Tips for Securing Your Android Phone

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Since it’s so important to secure your computer, and since your phone is a computer, it’s important to make your phone as secure as you would any other computer. Here are six tips to get your Android phone secured.

Words of Wisdom from Aaron, the Failed Pest-Control Salesman

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When selling a product, it’s important to believe in it. Here’s the story of a time I was charged with selling something that wasn’t always necessary.

What is the Internet of Things and what does it mean for Backup and Disaster Recovery?

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The internet is very much its own entity, and is in many ways a virtual world. Although it was once a contained network used exclusively for data…

Few businesses have effective data strategies

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Data management has changed significantly in recent years, due to the influx of information businesses are creating, storing and receiving on a daily basis.

BI and analytics greatly influencing data management

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Corporate data management has never been more critical than it is today. Businesses are creating, receiving and storing more information than ever.

Level Platforms MSP Community Summit – See You There!

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Level Platforms MSP Community Summit next week with the announcement of AVG acquiring the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) vendor. We’re looking forward to hearing what AVG will have to say to both the MSPs and exhibitors in attendance at the first, completely sold out, Level Platforms MSP Community Summit.

StorageCraft Cloud Services Best Practices

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StorageCraft Cloud Services is quickly meeting the needs of StorageCraft Partners. These tips help accommodate good offsite data protection practices.

Small businesses enjoying fruits of cloud-based solutions

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Economic hardships have had a profound influence on many small businesses that have struggled to keep up with larger companies with more exhaustible resources.

Cloud, virtualization top priorities among telecoms

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Cloud computing and virtualization are critical technologies for many types of businesses in today’s highly competitive corporate arena, especially those operating in the telecommunications industry.

Is Backup and Disaster Recovery a Natural Fit for MSPs?

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Managed services broadly describes the various services IT solutions providers offer to their clients. The exact menu depends on the vendor and its…

StorageCraft Extends Deadline for Free Data Backup, Disaster Recovery Software to Businesses Impacted by Texas, Oklahoma Tornadoes

StorageCraft Technology Corporation has extended the deadline to access a free three-day version of its backup and disaster recovery software, StorageCraft® ShadowProtect® IT Edition. The new deadline is June 19, 2013.

Five Things about Server Failure Every MSP Should Consider

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When is it really time to send your servers out to pasture? Three years? Five years? Ten? As an IT provider, you want servers to last as long as possible so you and your clients get more bang for their buck. The problem is that you can’t risk downtime—a server failure can turn the bang into a pathetic “whiff” in no time.

Making a Case for Image-based Backup Software

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Most businesses understand the importance of backing up their systems. I would say all, but you never know these days. When it comes to data protection,…

Disaster recovery capabilities receive boost from cloud computing

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Modern disaster recovery includes much more than just typical on-site data backups like tapes, disks and hard drives.

A Look At Backup and Disaster Recovery Technology Through the Years

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Backup and disaster recovery isn’t new by any means, but the concept has come a mighty long way since the early days of golden age of computing. The…

Kepler Space Telescope Undergoes Serious Hardware Failure

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Hardware failure and disaster recovery are two terms that are closely associated with running a small business, and nothing more. However, this…

Firms must be ready for all types of disasters

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Natural disasters can strike at any time, placing businesses without effective recovery solutions in a precarious position.

Keys to Disaster Recovery: Fast, easy, transparent and complete

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What good are backups without recovery? Ensure your backup offering gets clients up and running quickly after disaster strikes with the StorageCraft Recover-Ability solution.

What Will Really Destroy the World?

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If we don’t destroy ourselves, and Mother Nature eases up on the natural disasters, what will really destroy the earth? What’s the real apocalypse? Here’s what science has to say.