Your disaster recovery plan depends on backups, so it’s important to make sure your backup process works. Don’t let these backup problems cause your disaster recovery strategy to fail: Problem: corrupted backup. Backups can be corrupt for several reasons. Old media...
When your managed services contract is up for renewal, you shouldn’t just sign on for another year because it’s convenient. Take a moment to consider whether your managed services provider is still meeting your needs or whether it’s time to break up and switch to...
Could your IT help desk use a helping hand? Outsourcing help desk services can give your employees better service and make them more productive. Here are some other good reasons to consider outsourcing your help desk: 1. You can reduce your expenses. Outsourcing...
Cloud offers high availability, but it isn’t infallible. A recent Microsoft Azure outage impacted several cloud services and the businesses that relied on them. That doesn’t mean you should take cloud out of your technology strategy, but it does mean you still need a...
The IT help desk is where your employees turn to get answers to their IT problems, but the help desk has problems of its own. It’s very common for employees to complain it takes too long to get good information and solve problems when they reach out to the help...