I sleep better at night knowing my data is safe and secure.

Have you backed up your data recently?  Too many people and companies do not back up their data on a regular basis, the same goes for having multiple levels of security with anti-virus and anti-spam/malware software.  Your network access keys on your modems and routers should be long and strong and changed often.    I use two levels of back up of data - every night my data goes to the cloud through a paid backup service while I am sleeping and I also have a local backup drive that is running all the time. 

When it comes to backups and security, I am "paranoid".  Every night, every changed file on  my work server and home computers automatically uploads changed files to the cloud for safe keeping and there are multiple versions to restore from.  I have a continuous backup of data during the day to the backup drive. 

I have had the instance of having a hard disk failure, and fortunately, it was painless and inexpensive to restore from the cloud.  For a small amount of money, the cloud provider sent me a jump drive overnight mail and I was backup and running quickly, without losing a single bit of data.

Just food for thought, I also use a paid service that monitors all of my credit cards, bank accounts, credit reports, etc. for suspicious activity.  This saved me a lot of time and effort as I was one of the millions of people whose identity was stolen.  I was notified immediately that someone using my credentials of SSN, name, address, etc. had opened up an account at a "big box" electronics store.  A squash was put on this immediately.  Unfortunately, the actors were able to open up a number of accounts for high dollar items at furniture stores, jewelry stores, etc.  These stores didn't bother to subscribe to credit reporting agencies, so they had no idea that there were stops on my credit, it was being monitored, etc.  One jewelry store was out over $3,000.  Of course, the culprits were never apprehended.  All I had to do was file a police report and the "service" took over the rest.

 So, before you go to bed at night, lay in bed stare at the ceiling and think about what all you would lose if your computer data vanished over night.  All of those pictures, documents, videos, financial information, open orders, customer information, AR, AP, etc. 

Have a good night.  Sleep well.  No nightmares about data loss!

Until next time, see you on down the road...

Shane Allen
Head of Synchro ERP North American Operations