Bizniz Packs 2011

Hi there,

We are going to spend this year focusing on four key areas of bizniz systems that small bizniz's should have.

1. Security of information
2. Backing up valuable data
3. Disaster recovery planning.
4. Reducing Overheads

I know that we are all thinking about whats is happening in Christchurch and thinking that it could happen to us at any stage. None of us want to be in that situation and we are all thinking about them.

Unfortunately not only has there been loss of life, there will also be a loss for all , loss of work, housing, infrastructure and business information etc.

When I studied 15 years ago at EIT my computer lecturer talked to us about the importance of backing up data especially as the y2k bug was just around the corner, remember that? We were all going to loose power and chaos would set in as all the worlds pc's were going to crash? Well it didnt happen but we did prepare for it none the less.

Since then even I have been naughty and not done regularly back ups , but who has? The only real thing I have done to protect all my email and calenders (this is my most valuable data) is used Google Apps Premier for all things email, contacts, calenders. even my quotes are on with Google, cost only US$50 per year per user. Damn good value for what it does, I was so impressed I now resell and Install Google Apps. This is such a great product more business should be using it.

Well what about those guys that have large files stored on there own server or pc in house, what do they do?

do they burn multiple dvd's each night, or a tape drive, or copy to a removable harddrive? or do they have a flash and expensive cloud based back up service? and does this use more data? They probabaly do and pay a pretty penny for it. They also have a recovery plan for those times when all things go seriously wrong, how do you replace all that lost knowledge and information?

What happens to the phone lines when they go down? How do we keep in contact with our clients with no phone cause we cant get to work or the office? How do we invoice from a computer when its burnt in a fire? I have even lost my cell phone and all my contacts are gone? 

Ill try and answer these questions with our BizNiz Packs for 2011...

Keep watching,,,,

Ben