Archive for April, 2009
Revviewing Video Web Cam Chat For Your Business
The interface of audio and video, called web cam chat conferencing (formerly videoconferencing), allows people in different locations to come together. Whether it is a point-to-point conversation between two people in different locations, or a multi-point conversation between large groups in several locations, video web cam conferencing utilizes audio and video mediums to transmit meeting activities. Not only does it transmit meeting activities, it shares whiteboards, documents and computer-displayed information.
In the 1980s, digital telephony transmission networks assured a minimum bit rate for compressed video and audio transmission. As networks started to expand throughout the world, the first dedicated systems started to appear on the market. This evolution continued throughout the 1990s, when video teleconference systems went from being very expensive, privately held equipment, network requirements and software to technology available to the general public at an affordable cost.
Remote Data Backup Solutions – Does Your Business Have An Effective Plan
Starting a new business can cause the new business owners all sorts of worries a particular one of course is the threat of data loss caused by a server failure , or indeed loss of critical data caused by a virus attack despite onerous precautions being taken.
Even though the threat of data loss is quite apparent to many business owners sorting out a disaster recovery plan are often very low down on the list despite its importance. Sadly effective data backup protocols are often ignored even though at the lowest level important documents could be backed up onto a pen drive or USB memory stick.
Sure, even memory sticks fail but at least USB memory data recovery is a viable option as a simple form of data backup
Even burning files to CD or DVD and storing them in a separate location such as a managers or directors house or even just away for the computer you are backing up is better than no policy at all, but you then need to make sure that you stick to the routine.
Gadgets and their Development Over the Last 10 years
In today’s society gadgets are just about everywhere. As early as only 10 years previous, people had far fewer gadgets in their homes. Just how did people cope back then when you consider they did not have the amount of gadgets that they now have access to. As things have developed, the availability of the many gadgets has since increased.
So what are the examples of gadgets that we now have access to? Well, the main ‘gadget’ that many of us use is the mobile phone. We use this without thinking now and it is considered and essential tool that we carry with us everywhere we go. Many people actually feel naked without their trusty mobile phone and are heavily dependent upon it for work and home life.
Should You Dispose Of Your Data Safely?
Removing data from a hard drive, permanently, is something that sounds an awful lot simpler than it proves to be in reality. As we all know deleting a file does not remove the file or its content from the hard drive permanently, data recovery companies can normally aid in the recovery of such files, no doubt other less scrupulous individuals are equally capable of such recovery feats.
So if it is so hard to remove private data from an old hard drive what exactly should you be doing to ensure your data has no risk of getting into the wrong hands?
To put it simply there is no safe and easy way of ensuring that data is permantly eradicated from a hard disk or any other form of storage medium in reality. That doesn’t mean however that it can’t be done.
Data can only be considered completely erased when it has been overwritten several times, each time using a different method. The level of overwriting usually considered to guarantee that data has been successfully erased is a seven pass overwriting method using software or manual processes that adhere to the DoD 5220.22-M standard for data erasure.
Disaster Recover Plans
Many businesses risk grave losses due to failures and disasters yet continue to depend on un-validated tape backups should they need to recover from a major outage. Implementing a disaster recovery plan can be time consuming and daunting; to the point which many simply put it off.
Through some basic steps, businesses can better protect themselves against catastrophic data loss, these steps include:
- · Why do I need a Disaster Recovery Plan (DR) plan?
- · Defining and planning
- · Implementation
- · Testing
There are numerous disasters that could befall any business at any time in reality, and most of these will be unforeseen, the UK has in recent times suffered from unprecedented floods and in the US ice storms and power failures are the most recent issues, all the more reason for ensuring you have a disaster recovery plan of some description ready to roll out.
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