Technology In Check

Not all the items I write are posted here, you know.

My Company also produces a bi-monthly newsletter called Technology Check. And every issue has at least one item in it that doesn’t make it to this blog until quite some time later, if at all. There’s also a section on quick shortcuts, some giveaway info, and other tidbits.

An excellent example of this is an article I wrote for the latest issue, discussing how much IT should cost. That is, what should you spend on your IT as a percentage of expenses (or is it revenues?)…

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You should sign up. Why don’t you go do that now?

If you’ve never had a system failure, count yourself lucky. Most business people have some tale of a colleague or co-worker who had their computer crash, only to realize too late that the last backup was done during the Bill Clinton administration.

And if you’re reviewing your own company’s backup strategy, then you’re probably encountering a litany of different types of information on ways to back up your data. Let’s look at the most common ones shall we? Because it’s almost guaranteed that a backup will save your bacon one day.

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Since it’s Christmas Eve, it seems wrong somehow to sit here proselytizing about computers, operating systems, and their uses. This is a time we all focus on our families, and I’m no exception. Computers can wait a while.

CPG Systems would like to take this chance to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season. May you experience the true love of family and friends.