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Selecting
a Backup Solution for Your Critical Information
In a very real sense, your information is your company. How
you protect it, manage it, and put it to work is the key to business
success.
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A recent study
conducted by Insight Express showed that 30% of IT managers
estimated that their companies lose at least $10,000 in revenue and
productivity after a server failure. For 85% of the respondents,
recovering from a server failure takes two or more hours.
The same survey,
however, found that many businesses lack backup plans or recovery
measures. Thirty-five percent of those surveyed don't back up on a
regular basis. Insight Express also found that 54% don't see the
need to back up their entire systems more than once a month.
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And here's something
else to consider: Gartner Research has stated that two out of five
enterprises that experienced a disaster went out of business in five
years.
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7 Ways
Technology Saves Money
reprinted with permission from the
Microsoft
Small Business Center
By Jeff Wuorio
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Every small business owner
knows that new technology can be pricey.
But technology can also pay
in the form of significant savings-particularly over the long haul.
Savings from technology
isn't just a matter of plugging in a new gizmo and watching the cash
roll in. You have to evaluate your priorities and choose the right
technology that meets your operating and budgetary requirements.
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With that approach in mind,
here are seven ways that technology can save your small business money:
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Rid Your Business of
Software Piracy: 7 Tips
by Monte Enbysk
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business
Center
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Pirates still roam freely in the ocean of software out
there, but if your business is among the pirates, it could
end up costing you literally and figuratively.
You may very
well be a smart, community-minded business owner. But if
your company is using pirated software — and you condone it,
you aren't aware of it or you don't really give a rip —
you're not a responsible business owner. And you are taking
unnecessary risks.
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No, you're not
alone. In the United States, about one-fourth of the
software programs used today by businesses are illegal
copies, according to the statistics from the Business
Software Alliance (BSA), an active industry group. For U.S.
small businesses, those with 100 or fewer employees, the
piracy rate is even higher: about 40%. While those numbers
are bad enough, the piracy problem worldwide is worse —
although software piracy worldwide has decreased since 1994,
some $13.08 billion was still lost in 2002 due to pirated
software.
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Laptop or
Desktop: Which One is Right For You?
reprinted with permission from HP
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In the not-so-distant
past, the choice between a desktop and a laptop computer was simple: do
you want portability, or not? There were a few other clear-cut
differences, too. Desktop models offered more power and features and
were less expensive, while laptops were portable, but also more costly,
and less ergonomic.
While some of these
differences remain, advances in technology make many of them
insignificant. Laptop prices have fallen, and the machines now offer
even more power and features. Desktop models are less bulky than they
used to be, and with the proliferation of devices like USBs, portability
of data is not such a big issue. So how do you choose?
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Here are a few points
to consider.
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Selecting a Backup Solution |
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Ways Technology Saves Money |
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Software Piracy |
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Laptop or Desktop? |
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Client Spotlight |
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Client Spotlight
$$$ Saving
Opportunities with your Credit Card Processing
Sun State
Merchant Services
“The valleys #1 source for credit card processing”
There are a
number of things you “the merchant” can do to reduce your
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Make sure
you are processing with a reputable company that has a local
presence that you can build a relationship with. Remember, a
merchant service provider controls your $ from every product
you sell or service you provide when transacted with a
credit card. Shouldn’t you have a relationship with a
personal representative that can help you with any questions
and can show you how to keep your cost as low as
possible????
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Quote
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" Buy land.
They've stopped making it."
~ Mark Twain
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