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It’s once again the time of year when most of us make a New Year’s resolution. Some make personal resolutions to lose weight, spend more time with friends, or hold back on making those really funny but really inappropriate comments in public. But New Year’s resolutions can be professional ones too. If you’re a small or medium-sized business [...]

Many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) already take advantage of the cost savings and ease of backing up via the cloud. But others are still wary. Nearly three-fourths of survey respondents to a July 2011 InformationWeek Analytics study cited “security concerns” as the reason they haven’t used public cloud storage. I believe these concerns are [...]

Admit it, you’ve thought about being a superhero—what special power you might have, what kind of outfit you would wear, the special gadgets you would create, and even perhaps a sidekick or secret hideout. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) may not have special outfits, sidekicks, or hideouts, but they are certainly considered superheroes when they’re able [...]

Most small and medium-sized businesses have some type of backup system in place. Anyone who has extensively worked on a network realizes that it’s not a matter of if a server will fail but when. However, backup alone cannot address the problem of the lost work productivity a business faces during the period of time [...]

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs) have been using the cloud for the disaster recovery component of data storage solutions for years. Even before it was labeled the cloud, various Internet, networking, and remote access technologies worked together to make remote disaster recovery possible. Microsoft’s “To the Cloud” ads began to give [...]

Every small or medium sized business has a unique IT environment, and  each environment can present technical obstacles that may interfere with the smooth operation of data protection. While the Axcient backup, business continuity and disaster recovery service is designed for easy set up and use, it’s also equipped with tools that offer a little [...]

After recent events around the world, disaster recovery and business continuity are once again front-page news. These are not merely concepts employed only by Fortune 500 corporations. These are precautions that are necessary for all businesses, regardless of size. The difference is in the implementation. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are often used interchangeably. However, [...]

“I’m so glad that never happened to us.” “We’re really not big enough to have a disaster.” “There isn’t so much here that we couldn’t recreate it.” Does this sound familiar? Have you caught yourself thinking these thoughts in the back of your mind when debating the various ways you could and should protect your [...]

I’m proud to announce the launch of the Axcient blog. In the coming months we’ll be sharing our thoughts on industry news, technology trends, product updates, strategies for growing your business, managed services tips, sales and marketing tactics and much more. You’ll see posts from a variety of key executives and contributors at Axcient offering [...]