Aug 12, 2008 | backup, business, Internet, web_services
Take a look at Jungle Disk, a service for online backups with a good reputation. I’m testing it now and finding a lot of things to like. The idea is simple – back up folders to a secure place online at regular intervals, and retrieve them any time but...
Aug 5, 2008 | backup, computers, hardware, network, SBS
Let me tell you a scary story. When we plan our backups, the idea is to have a duplicate copy of our data on something separate from where it is normally stored and used. In theory, it is unlikely that both sources will fail simultaneously. Even very small businesses...
Jul 30, 2008 | audio, backup, broadband, bruceb, computers, file_sharing, hardware, mobile, phone, photos, printers, SBS, security, software, video, web_services
On the assumption that my choices are endlessly fascinating to an ever-growing number of people – really, really bored people – I’ve added a page with details about the hardware and software that I use here at the high-tech headquarters of bruceb...
Apr 9, 2008 | backup, computers, domains, hardware, network, SBS
Network Attached Storage devices (“NAS”) are starting to appear regularly at small businesses. An NAS device is a small box with one or more hard drives and a simple operating system that can add huge amounts of storage space on a network just by plugging...
Mar 16, 2008 | backup, computers, hardware, Home_Server, Microsoft, network, remote
The products developed using Microsoft’s Windows Home Server software do a number of extremely useful things – backups, remote access, file and photo sharing, and file storage – using a very smart mixture of new and old technology. Here are...
Jan 24, 2008 | backup, Home_Server, photos
I’ve been involved in the setup of two HP MediaSmart EX475 Windows Home Servers recently. The Windows Home Server software is simply elegant, and HP has enhanced it to make setup go remarkably smoothly. At a couple of points I marveled at the technology that...
