Business is unpredictable. Sometimes things happen that will blindside you. It’s inevitable. At the same time, it’s important to do what you can to minimize the risk of a disaster occurring.
Over the past weekend, my computer hard-drive failed. And yes, there was no recent back-up. I had not realized, until I spoke to a few drive doctors, how often this occurs in the business world. The on-line version of ER docs often have to go to extraordinary measures to bring back not only computers, but entire businesses back from the dead.
We are living in the information age. This weekend I was reminded that my business IS information and that perhaps I should protect it just a bit more.
What I learned is simple. Now let’s work on the execution part of it.
- Have a system for regular back-up of all of your computer information.
- Make sure that you have back-up in a remote location in case, there is a fire or a burglary of your office.
- It’s good to not only have a back-up of files, but also of the entire hard-drive so that you can get back to business much faster
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