JungleDisk recently released their iPhone app. It allows you to directly access your cloud backup storage – which is really cool for several reasons. First, I can access my backup files (sent to the cloud every 24 hours) and attach files to an email if necessary. There have been several times that I’ve needed to send a file to a …
Cloud Backupify
As most of you know, I’m very much into backups. For my local information, I use and recommend JungleDisk. What do you do about “cloud” information though? What if Facebook lost your account? Think that can’t happen? Right. I put a lot of trust in services such as Google; however, ultimately I’m into personal responsibility. That means that you and …
Verizon and ATT Broadband Access – Data Limits
This information is not anything really new – but most of my customers are not aware of what these limits mean. For instance, I have a business client (training company) who purchased about 20 of the AT&T Connect cards. Several of the student laptops were later infected with malware and ended up downloading 10x the limits on the cards. Her …
Carbonite versus Jungle Disk
Well, it seems that I now have another reason to NOT recommend Carbonite for backup services. As most of you know, I have been using and recommending JungleDisk as my backup service of choice. So far, I’ve been very pleased with its performance, features, and support. It makes recovering from disaster very easy. I can also use it for version …
Network Data and Security
Recently, I’ve been consulting with a client on network improvements. Following is an email correspondence sent to them in preface to some upgrades – such as migrating to a Novell SUSE Linux network. ============From Email============ As a reminder, security is relative. You have to weigh the cost vs usability vs convenience. If security practices are too complicated, end users will …
The Importance of Backups
Originally published 7-9-2008. All too often, I have clients whose computers crash. Fortunately, I can recover the data most of the time, but there are times when the hard drive physically fails. In those cases recovering the data becomes nearly impossible and very very expensive. Recently, I created a document for my clients on “The Importance of Backups”. Here is …
Backing up your System
Recently a client (and friend) asked me about backing up her computer prior to installing XP SP3. That’s a smart idea considering all the SP3 issues that are occurring. Most people don’t think about data backup, but it is very important even for home computer users. Think of all the information that we store – pictures, email, documents, tax files …