The first public beta releases of Windows 7 will be hitting the streets in the next couple of months. The first signs of this are visible as a new product in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), the security update mechanism from Microsoft, Windows 7 Client.
Windows 7 is the successor to both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Windows 7 Client is expected to appear on Microsoft Connect in November or December 2008.
Without a doubt the most popular email client used in a small business is Microsoft Outlook. As it plays a key role in our daily business tasks it becomes essential that regular backups are performed.
There are lots of different methods in making sure MS Outlook is regularly backed but with most tasks it’s a manual process. On this post I will discuss how to backup Microsoft Outlook using our internet backup solution, Connected.
SAP announced that their product range will now support being installed onto a Hyper-V virtualised platform. This support is available from version 6.40 and higher. This opens up the virtualised platform to another enterprise platform – and it opens up being hosted in an economic and managed online environment such as C Infinity’s virtual server solution.
There’s an interesting article on Silicon Republic about the potential of IT outsourcing and how it can help businesses. Phrases such as the below can be found in the article:
This all ties in with C Infinity’s cooperative approach with our clients. Why do something you’re not an expert in? Get in someone who is an expert, even someone who’s already deployed the infrastructure. Leverage their expertise. Build on their data centre.
Focus on what you do best and let us do what we do best: provide you with the solution your business needs to be competitive in an increasingly online world with a managed, agile, secure and highly available solution.
A recent study claims that Irish companies are selling products and services online for a staggering €12million per day!
Think about this for a few moments … this is proof that, if done correctly, the online presence is not a luxury but can be the primary method for interacting with customers and partners. It’s not just for the Dell’s and Amazon’s of the world, but also for the small to medium business that needs to be able to deal with a global market.
I’ll assume that if your business uses a database application that you perform daily/nightly backups of the core database to protect your business. For now I won’t assume how you perform those database backups but let me show you what I see on a regular basis.
As part of our data services we provide free on-site consultation and one common trend I’ve noticed is the hoops people need to jump through just to perform a nightly backup of their database.
There is yet another report of a laptop going missing with sensitive data on it. A laptop was stolen from the home of a HSE employee. Recent reports include the Bank of Ireland and other HSE incidents where personal data of their customers has been compromised. This damages the reputation of these organisations, their credibility when it comes to security, gets the Data Protection Commissioner very interested in their operations and damages their customers.
