Like clockwork, there are a few things we can all set our watches to this time of year: Halloween fades rapidly into the holiday “season” (trees are up and carols are playing in the mall before the trick-or-treat candy is finished), and Gartner is on hand to tell us what to look forward to in [...] [...more]
Data disaster recovery plans (DRPs) have always been controversial, at least when it comes down to the cost; upfront capital and resources must go into the system, and it’s never easy to convince a skeptical or hesitant manager to invest in a plan that may or may not ever have a return on investment, particularly [...] [...more]
ATLANTA, Georgia, September 12, 2011 – In keeping with its aggressive plan to enhance its comprehensive data backup systems, data recovery and disaster recovery software for IT service providers, VARs, and MSPs, BluPointe DRS today announced that it now supports ConnectWise Professional Services Automation (PSA) Software. The liaison between BluPointe and ConnectWise adds a new [...] [...more]
Cloud computing is more than just technology’s latest catch phrase; cloud technology is everywhere, being used directly and indirectly by enterprises, SMB’s government organizations, and other business with hosted . application platforms. In fact, it has been for some time now, and there will be no turning back. The latest.information on backup and disaster recovery [...] [...more]
BluPointe’s new replication and cross-replication features combined translate to unprecedented data protection and restoration, all but eliminating downtime. ATLANTA, Georgia, July 25, 2011 — BluPointe DRS has introduced two new features to its backup and disaster recovery ShadowProtect BDR product, offering BDR-to-BDR replication to two sites, as well as cross replication of multiple sites, [...] [...more]
Chris Stewart brings more than a decade of Internet technology, web development, virtual private server and open source experience to the BluPointe team. ATLANTA, Georgia, June 22, 2011 – BluPointe DRS founder and CEO Ron Roberts has named Chris Stewart Information Technology Director for the company’s Atlanta-based headquarters. Stewart is responsible for BluPointe’s internal and [...] [...more]
Not everyone in the IT industry is tossing their hat into the cloud ring just yet, but they should be. What was a vague and relatively unfamiliar term in the technology world just two years ago, cloud computing is fast becoming the go-to answer for small and midsized businesses (SMBs) for data backup, recovery, archiving [...] [...more]
Tips for evaluating and implementing cloud computing technologies. How in the world does a chief information officer or information technology professional cope with the challenge of delivering solutions for the second decade of the 21st century when they are saddled with 1980s technology? Add the issues surrounding reduced budgets and the ongoing knock on IT [...] [...more]
Some cloud backup and data recovery software is designed to please some businesses all the time, while others can please all businesses some times, but can one cloud please all businesses, all the time? To many companies, the sky seems to be the limit with cloud computing. However, they are bound to be disappointed if [...] [...more]
Businesses, especially those with limited budgets, are discovering the use of cloud computing for disaster recovery. This totally dispenses with the need for expensive hardware, as data stored in the cloud is on the servers of service providers. They in turn have their own system of servers at different locations, which constantly back up any [...] [...more]