TruItSupport Brisbane Queensland IT system support for Windows and Linux computer networks
TruItSupport Brisbane Queensland IT system support for Windows and Linux computer networks
›› Tru IT Support helps you avoid disaster
Tru IT Support always try to get our customers to follow best practice especially when it comes to protecting their data
Floods and disaster recovery
21/11/2008
The recent Brisbane Floods and storm damage brought to mind thoughts about adequate protection of valuable computer data. I was reminded of this when I heard a teacher from an affected school on the radio saying it was a good thing that some of the teachers had copies of the students results on their home computers. A lucky thing, more like it. Unfortunately for the students of that school not all the data will be there. Straight away I wondered what schools do for backup, and for that matter, what are other Brisbane businesses doing for backup and disaster recovery?
You should ask yourself "If all the business computers were taken out by a major flood what would happen?"
It's tempting to think "It won't happen to me", yet the Channel 7 studios, high on Mt Cootha suffered a catastrophic flood in the recent rains when their roof collapsed. Fortunately, Channel 7 had adequate backup, and they were able to go to air the same night, while staff were bailing out the hallways.
How would your business fair in the same situation?
How long would it take for your business to be up an running if you lost all of your computers due to flood, fire or theft?
The best way to insure yourself against such a calamity is through off-site backup. Off-site backup is an inexpensive way to guarantee that your business can continue to do business, even when disaster strikes.
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August-09 Wisdom
Are you wasting money and resources by having equipment that is too old?
Compact fluorescent performance decreases over time.
While a filament does exist in these lamps, the real work of making light is done by the gas discharge. The light bulb does not just “burn out,” but instead slowly degrades over time putting out less and less light. Because this decay is slow it often goes unnoticed by users until the performance is well below acceptable. The same thing applies to computer monitors. Staff are often staring a monitors that are several years old. This is not only a work place safety issue as it effects the well being of the user but it lowers efficiency of the workers as they strain to comprehend quickly and accurately exactly what they are reading. Given the relative low cost of these devices there is little excuse for not having you monitors less than three years old.
"Whilst it is not exactly the same thing you do get a similar loss of efficiency with windows based computers over time. As the computer gets used more and more and as programs are added and removed there is an apparent loss of performance."
This loss of performance also effects the output of the user so it is also a wise idea to keep the life of your computers relative low if you want to get the best out of your staff. Just as running old fluorescent lamps is a false economy so is running old computer equipment.
Microsoft Products
A large range of Microsoft Products are supported.
Microsoft XP/Family, Server 2003 & Vista
SQL Database
Remote Desktop
VNC - virtual network connection
VPN - virtual private network
Firewalls Office and various other products are catered for
We supply Microsoft Mice and Keyboards.
