Does Your Current Backup System Meet Federal Regulations?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, mandates that all covered entities fulfill certain requirements for data backup, storage, and recovery; the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) holds many publicly held companies and all Registered Public Accounting Firms to a rigorous set of standards. These rules set guidelines for how data should be stored, accessed, and retrieved.

Online Data Storage Trumps Disaster Insurance

All responsible businesses today protect themselves from financial disasters via insurance policies structured to recoup loss of revenue should the unexpected occur. But an insurance policy can't restore lost customer and other business data, and that's often the most expensive loss of all.

Online Data Storage & Backup Eliminates Weather Worries

There are many uncontrollable weather factors that cause power outages, adversely affecting electronic equipment. Among those factors, a lightning strike is far and away the most damaging, but also dangerous are things like accidental contact with power lines by repair trucks and other vehicles or even by animals. When power to a computer is disrupted, there frequently is a surge of current that can, in a nanosecond, completely destroy a database.

Approaches To Data Recovery After Formatting

The first thing you need to do after a system crash has forced you to reformat your hard drive is to test your PC to make sure whatever caused the crash is still not around to destabilize your system. Once you know your PC is stable, you can begin the process of data recovery after formatting.

Identity Management

Protect and save information, enable business continuity and mitigate risks. Choose the right solution to identity management.

Power Blips - The Stuff of Data Loss Nightmares

On January 30, 2007 an oily capacitor bank at Hydro One's Richview transformer station in Toronto failed, shot a powerful arc of electricity to the ground, and then exploded. The result was a power dip of roughly 1,500 megawatts of capacity, and though it lasted for less than a second, this mysterious blip turned the stuff of nightmares widespread data loss into a frightening reality for business owners from here to the Quebec border and down into the U.S.

The Costs Of A Data Disaster

When a catastrophic failure hits a company's data, the costs begin mounting immediately. Employees who should be busy are idle while the work piles up.

Cisco Certification: Introduction To ISDN, Part III

Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, continues his five-part ISDN tutorial with a look at the major and minor differences between PAP and CHAP.

Cisco Certification: Building Your Own Home Lab, Part I

Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, knows it can be confusing to start building your first Cisco practice lab. In part I of his home lab tutorial, he explains some of the router choices you'll face, along with their pros and cons.

MCSE 70-290 Certification Primer

Microsoft Certifications are one of the most widely acclaimed, pursued, and achieved technical certifications in the IT industry. The demand for Microsoft Certified Professionals in the job market is...

Cisco CCNA Certification: Passwords, Passwords, Passwords!

CCNA candidates can quickly become overwhelmed with the different password options on a Cisco router. Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, clearly shows what each password does and does not do in a typical Cisco router configuration.

MCSE? CCNA? How To Choose The Best Computer Certification For You

Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, lists several questions computer certification candidates should ask themselves before choosing the cert they're going to pursue.

Passing The Cisco CCNA Exam: An Illustrated Guide To Router Modes

Keeping the many Cisco router modes straight is a real challenge for the CCNA candidate. Learn the five common router modes you'll need to know to pass the CCNA exam from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933.

Passing Cisco's CCNA and CCNP Exams: The 'VLAN.DAT' File

Many CCNA and CCNP candidates are confused about why their VTP and VLAN information is kept after a configuration erase. Learn why, and about the importance of the VLAN.DAT file, in this tutorial from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933.