The common misconception is that if you work within the IT world, that you don't have any IT problems... Not true at all. I was having a conference with clients this week and pulled out my laptop, which is only 2 months old, in order to present a proposal and presentation. Laptop booted up, hard drive crashed, system dead...
Now, this is where I practice what I preach to our clients. Have a data recovery plan in action at all times! When my hard drive died, it was an inconvenience at the meeting, but ultimately, I was not worried at all. Here is why:
T-Tech Solutions offers an online backup solution called SOS Online Backup. We have installed this solution at many of our clients and including at our own office. We backup our server as well as each individual laptop for our travelling consultants. The data is backed up off-site, secure, and encrypted. In addition to that, I create a "snapshot" image of my hard drive on a weekly/monthly basis, basically giving me an identical image of my entire system at that standpoint. I backup this image off-site to our SOS Online Backup Account.
So, in this scenario, I have a backup of all of my files, as well as an image of my entire system. Opened a new hard drive out of the bag, downloaded the image onto the new hard drive, and was back up and running in less than 30 minutes.
Imagine the disappointment that I would have experienced had I not had a backup routine set up for my system. Data is extremely important in our business, as it is in many of our clients. We take this matter very seriously and highly recommend that a data protection and disaster recovery plan is in order!
If you have not checked out our online backup system, I definetely recommend it. Visit our hosted solutions page to take a look at the prices. For $1.62/gb you really cannot go wrong. We have a 70GB account for our office which accomodates for our servers, workstations, desktops, and mobile units. Each unit backs up into its own section of the online backup server and is easily accessible in the event that data recovery is needed.
If you have any questions on how this works, or what plans should be put in place for your business, please don't hesitate to call us at 248.616.9600
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Social Networking Class For August
Topic: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn - What's it all about?
Date: August 28, 2009 (Tentative date)
Tony Haddad will be teaching another course for the month of August, based on demand, for Social Networking. The date is tentatively scheduled for Wed, August 28, however, may change to be 2 days during that week based on class size.
The course is $35.00 per student and is for beginner to basic level users of these social networking sites. The course will discuss all three social networking platforms as well as what the advantages, statistics, and benefits of using these are for growing your personal career or business.
Please email or call to sign up.
Contact Information:
Tony Haddad
248.616.9600
Email: tony@ttechsolutions.net
Date: August 28, 2009 (Tentative date)
Tony Haddad will be teaching another course for the month of August, based on demand, for Social Networking. The date is tentatively scheduled for Wed, August 28, however, may change to be 2 days during that week based on class size.
The course is $35.00 per student and is for beginner to basic level users of these social networking sites. The course will discuss all three social networking platforms as well as what the advantages, statistics, and benefits of using these are for growing your personal career or business.
Please email or call to sign up.
Contact Information:
Tony Haddad
248.616.9600
Email: tony@ttechsolutions.net
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Review of Lenovo Ideapad U330 Laptop
If you have taken a look at some of the new Lenovo laptops lately, they are starting to become more and more sleak and eye-catching. IBM typically in the past, as I have to agree, had the typical "boring" and "expensive" laptop. However, things have definetely changed.
Some of these new Lenovo laptops have finally started to look nice and come down to an affordable price. For example, the new line of Lenovo IdeaPad's are very nice.
I just picked up the Lenovo IdeaPad U330 for business after selling a few of them to clients and have to say that I am very impressed. The laptop is extremely light with a 13.3" Anti-Glare Backlit LED display and built in 1.3M pixel camera. Very slim-line laptop perfect for both business and personal usage.
The U300 series comes with numerous different spec options, however, this particular build includes a T4400 Dual Core CPU, 13.3" LCD, 3GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, DVDRW, WebCAM, and wireless. Resolution of 1280x800 and 256mb graphics card. Not bad for a laptop within the $600-$750.00 range.
If you are interested in trying out a new Lenovo laptop today, or have some questions about which model might be more suitable for you, please don't hesitate to give us a call.
Some of these new Lenovo laptops have finally started to look nice and come down to an affordable price. For example, the new line of Lenovo IdeaPad's are very nice.
I just picked up the Lenovo IdeaPad U330 for business after selling a few of them to clients and have to say that I am very impressed. The laptop is extremely light with a 13.3" Anti-Glare Backlit LED display and built in 1.3M pixel camera. Very slim-line laptop perfect for both business and personal usage.
The U300 series comes with numerous different spec options, however, this particular build includes a T4400 Dual Core CPU, 13.3" LCD, 3GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, DVDRW, WebCAM, and wireless. Resolution of 1280x800 and 256mb graphics card. Not bad for a laptop within the $600-$750.00 range.
If you are interested in trying out a new Lenovo laptop today, or have some questions about which model might be more suitable for you, please don't hesitate to give us a call.
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