Ignition offers two Blogs - the MSP Solutions Blog by Ignition staff featuring case studies, strategies and tactics for your success; and Risky Business, a Records Management Blog (by Sonya Sherman, our AIIM certified RM consultant).
Those of us living in the hurricane belt are well-aware of the potential hazards a storm can pose to paper records and digital data. The most likely concerns are water damage and communications failure, both of which are fairly easy to mitigate with proper storage and reliable backup/failover procedures.
But planning for business continuity and disaster recovery is about more than hurricanes. There are other natural disasters for which we can prepare – the recent earthquakes were a jarring reminder of the possibilities, however infrequent they may be. It’s human nature to hope for the best, but it’s good sense to plan for the worst. Full Article >
After a relatively quiet hurricane season in 2009, two recent earthquakes in Grand Cayman – in the wake of the tragedy in Haiti – were a timely reminder that we need to be prepared for the unexpected.The threat of severe weather is an annual occurrence in our region. Most organisations and individuals have a hurricane plan with strategies designed to protect both people and property. It’s important to review these plans regularly, and avoid becoming complacent during the good times.
Two important points are often overlooked during the development or review of a plan: Full Article >
Sonya Sherman, on Risk and Records Management – Cayman Financial Review Article, January 2010
Sonya Sherman, Ignition’s AIIM certified Records Management consultant, authored an article in the Q1 2010 issue of the Cayman Financial Review regarding the Risky Business of creating and maintaining multiple copies of records.
“You’re working electronically; yet somehow you’re still accumulating paper. There’s a warehouse (or two) full of the stuff and no one is really sure what’s in there. Most of it has been digitised… and you’re keeping the paper Full Article >
Cloud computing is the provisioning and management of applications, information, and data as a service. Anyone using Gmail or Yahoo! Mail is already cloud computing, as are users of Flickr, salesforce.com, and so on.
Any given business might be using multiple cloud services storing information of various degrees of sensitivity with third parties. As these services become more prevalent, more and more data will be ‘in the cloud’. Why not store backups in the cloud? It makes sense to have your backup data at a remote site. File servers, even desktops, are candidates for cloud computing. And instead of purchasing large numbers of computers for statistical or Full Article >
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Are Your Vital Records at Risk?
Those of us living in the hurricane belt are well-aware of the potential hazards a storm can pose to paper records and digital data. The most likely concerns are water damage and communications failure, both of which are fairly easy to mitigate with proper storage and reliable backup/failover procedures.
But planning for business continuity and disaster recovery is about more than hurricanes. There are other natural disasters for which we can prepare – the recent earthquakes were a jarring reminder of the possibilities, however infrequent they may be. It’s human nature to hope for the best, but it’s good sense to plan for the worst. Full Article >
Disaster Preparedness – Are Your Records Ready?
After a relatively quiet hurricane season in 2009, two recent earthquakes in Grand Cayman – in the wake of the tragedy in Haiti – were a timely reminder that we need to be prepared for the unexpected.The threat of severe weather is an annual occurrence in our region. Most organisations and individuals have a hurricane plan with strategies designed to protect both people and property. It’s important to review these plans regularly, and avoid becoming complacent during the good times.
Two important points are often overlooked during the development or review of a plan: Full Article >
Sherman Addresses the Risks of Duplicate Records in Financial Review
Sonya Sherman, on Risk and Records Management – Cayman Financial Review Article, January 2010
Sonya Sherman, Ignition’s AIIM certified Records Management consultant, authored an article in the Q1 2010 issue of the Cayman Financial Review regarding the Risky Business of creating and maintaining multiple copies of records.
“You’re working electronically; yet somehow you’re still accumulating paper. There’s a warehouse (or two) full of the stuff and no one is really sure what’s in there. Most of it has been digitised… and you’re keeping the paper Full Article >
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Managed IT Services is Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the provisioning and management of applications, information, and data as a service. Anyone using Gmail or Yahoo! Mail is already cloud computing, as are users of Flickr, salesforce.com, and so on.
Any given business might be using multiple cloud services storing information of various degrees of sensitivity with third parties. As these services become more prevalent, more and more data will be ‘in the cloud’. Why not store backups in the cloud? It makes sense to have your backup data at a remote site. File servers, even desktops, are candidates for cloud computing. And instead of purchasing large numbers of computers for statistical or Full Article >
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