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Firefox 3.6 Brings Performance Improvements, a Few New Features
Nick Mediati, PCWorld
Earlier today, Mozilla released Firefox 3.6, the latest version of its popular browser. While it’s not as big of an update as the more ambitious Firefox 3.5….
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The new Microsoft windows 7 operating system is going to be released at months end. Before you jump in take inventory of your applications, peripherial devices and all other electronic toys that you have and verify that what you have will work with it. In many cases if your on the verge of needing a new pc it may be time to upgrade some of those old applications you have. As always BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP before you jump in. Of course if you are unsure of what to do ask a consultant such as myself for some advice.
As we add more documents, graphics, videos, pictures and music files everyday to our systems what can we do to make sure it doesn’t lost in case of a hardware failure?
There are a few ways to approach this. Companies like BuffaloTech (http://www.buffalotech.com/) make some great Raid Storage devices that can hold upto 4 TB of Data. (Yes that is a lot of space) The beauty here is that your data is stored over at least 3 hard drives so if one fails you simply slide it out and add a replacement so no lost or failure occurs. Prices vary for what size you purchase but reasonable none the less.
There are also online alternatives like mozy.com or idrive.com. Pay a monthly fee and your data is backed up over the internet to their systems. Initially your first backup to these services could take some time but after that it’s only changed and new files. The downside? Cost, speed and retention. If you delete something from your local system you typically have 30-90 days to recover it from your online backup before they remove it completely.
Then there is always using media such as cd, dvd, or blu-ray for storage. This can be time consuming and limiting if you have large amounts of data. There is a great benefit here that its a physical medium with no moving parts and the discs are approximately good for 50-70 years. Many times this works well for sets of data like family vacation photos, client data or project data. Not so good for music files. Might as well just buy the cd’s or dvd’s.
Most businesses utilize tape drives and external hard drives for the purposes of backup. Costly as it typically requires the tape drive, tape media, and some sort of backup software. Don’t skimp on your business. IF this is your solution be aware that most businesses that suffer a major crash or data loss with n a few years are no longer in business. The stats are staggering like 80%. It is very hard to recovery from a poor backup strategy.
There are a few options but ultimately it comes down to size of data, budget and your time. I do believe online backup is the future but it hasn’t quite got over speed, size and costs just yet.
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