In last week’s edition of the DatCom Business Briefing, we explained how the tech skills gap is one of the greatest cybersecurity threats. If a business lacks people who understand the technology they use, it makes your business more susceptible to malware attacks and data breaches. This week, we will discuss the high costs of technology complexity in operating a... Read More
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 06 May 2020

In uncertain times, one of the most important things for any business to do is to stay the course—albeit in an adjusted fashion. To help, we’ve put together a few key practices to work positively to achieve this end.
Posted in Blog, Tip of the Week
Tagged Business, Disaster Recovery, Tip of the week
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 04 May 2020

While managed services have made more sense for businesses to utilize for some time now, current events have made it even more apparent that this model of IT support is the only feasible option for businesses going forward. However, it has also never been clearer that you need to be selective in who you choose
Posted in Blog, Business
Tagged Disaster Recovery, it support, Managed Services
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 01 May 2020

Much is made about business continuity planning, but there is a knowledge deficit about what exactly business continuity planning entails. Today, we will talk about the basics of the business continuity plan (BCP) and how today’s most successful businesses go about reading their contingency plans.
Posted in Blog, Business
Tagged Bacup, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 03 Apr 2020

Everyone from Wall Street to Main Street is feeling the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result, many businesses have had to enact their disaster recovery strategy to ensure that their business remains on solid footing during this dark time.
Posted in Blog, Business
Tagged Business Continuity, Data Backup, Disaster Recovery
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 30 Mar 2020

Each March 31st, we like to observe World Backup Day, where we educate people about the benefits of having a comprehensive backup plan in place. This year, with tens of thousands of people being affected by Coronavirus, business has ground to a halt in large portions of the world. Today, we are going to look
Posted in Blog, Technology
Tagged Business Continuity, Data Backup, Disaster Recovery
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 09 Mar 2020

COVID-19, or coronavirus, has been a major global health concern over the past couple of months. At this point, it is clear that this disease could have serious impacts on the workplace. We wanted to provide a brief rundown of good workplace and network health practices, as well as a few pointers on how you
Posted in Alerts, Blog
Tagged Best practices, Disaster Recovery, Workplace Tips
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 16 Jan 2019

While it would be nice, not all troubles concerning your data are resolved once a disaster has passed – even if you have a strategy in place. There’s still the matter of having the right strategy, and having it configured correctly. Here, we’ve listed a few considerations you should take regarding your backup (preferably before
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 10 Sep 2018

As headlines shout about Hurricane Florence approaching the East Coast later this week, with Helene and Isaac also stirring in the Atlantic Ocean, it seems as good a time as any to discuss preparing your business for hurricane season; and, really any adverse weather effects that could negatively influence your business. Preparing your business for
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 27 Nov 2017

Does your business have a dedicated data backup and disaster recovery system? It’s one of the most critical parts of managing a business, yet some don’t have a plan in the event of the worst. If your organization were to suddenly lose a significant portion of its data, would it be able to continue functioning
- Written by Tom Baum
- Published: 16 Nov 2016

Is your organization still relying on antiquated tape backup to keep your data safe? A more reliable, less time-consuming alternative known as image-based, or “snapshot” backup, could change the way that you look at disaster recovery. In fact, image-based backup has the potential to optimize your business’s data continuity.