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Managing Your Company Servers After A Large Expansion
When a small business or corporation begins to profit and consider expansion, there are many factors they must consider. Not only must finance managers budget for additional employees, they must also budget for additional office space and computer systems. Practically every business in the nation relies on computer systems to operate on a daily basis. While computers in a single location are seemingly easy to keep interconnected within a company network and server, when expansion to multiple locations occurs there is a need for an effective console management system, which allows network devices to, accessed from a remote location.
When you preparing for expansion, you will need to keep your company and customer data secure while still making it accessible to authorized personnel. With the right software and hardware components such as an LOM module and console switch, server content can be transferred amongst the network and performance can be managed by trained offsite IT professionals within the company.
A console switch also referred to as a terminal switch or serial port switch, will allow businesses to give their IT department access to several servers from a single source and a single network device. Used as a part of an out of band management system, companies choosing growth can overcome many common difficulties and have their computer systems up and running for an optimal level of productivity and efficiency.
Data Loss and Network Backup
Data Loss and Backup Taking a look at the causes of data loss, and implementing solutions
Far too often, computer users assume that they are immune to data loss. For those who do consider it a possibility, far too few take the effort to put a backup plan into action. In this article, we want to share the facts and realities of data loss, as well as offer up some easy to implement solutions.
FACTS
25%of all PC users suffer from data loss each year. (1)
70% ofsmall firms that experience a major data loss go out of business within a year (5) 15% of all laptops are stolen or suffer hard drive failures (1)
Billion annual cost of data loss.
96% of all business workstations are not being backed up (3)
Billion in annual computer virus damages to U.S. businesses (4)
100% – the failure rate of disks and tape drives — all drives eventually fail.