By Squidoo Lenses by Date on August 11, 2010
Backup and Disaster Recovery. Not long ago while I was in an assignment in east Africa, on a contract for a Electrical and telecommunication company, we had seen one of the biggest disasters of our times happen in a banking institution. A contract we had taken for the bank on Telecommunications had not stated that we would handle backup and recovery services but the IT department thought that it was our duty and it was on the contract. During an installation of a new server on their premises, we had asked for the data to be transferred from the old server to the new one. Disaster happened there and no one knew what hit. The old server did indeed copy all the data to the new one but on complete copy we found that the old server was not accessible after that. Something terrible had happened and we knew that the blame was to go to us at some point. Words were exchanged and some were bad, Most were blames. Slowly we all realized that its time to get the system back to normal at the earliest as we had very little time (6 hours or so for day break). We worked ourselves out and did our best to get all the data on the new server while another team was working on recovering the data on the old one, for we felt it was our responsibility. We saved the data and not to say that we saved the IT department day too. We later found out that they did not have a backup and the server was running out of space and was on full capacity. In another scenario, we had one of our own team, format a PC of a client. With over 20 PC’s to get ready with, Most of them fresh installs, the Staff put in a regular routine of format and install fresh Windows Software on all PC’s. It ran well. The client was delivered the PC and then came the whole mess at my boss’s table. There was data of god knows what worth on that PC which was formatted and there were clear instructions to not mess with it. Well we screwed up big time. Data recovery is delicate process. Losing data happens every other day. Some people lose their emails while some get their pc formatted. Recovering the data of the normal PC may sound complicated and its indeed professional game. But when it comes to recovering big data from servers and other drives, you have a completely different ball game. Look at some of the Backup and Data recovery services on your area and you will find that they have a team which will work 18 hours straight without a breath because thats what they are trained for. This is like working for a Post Mortem service in a real ER. Its hard and its fun, But that’s the best part in the whole game. If you save the data, your clients are happy, if you dont, you have proved yourself an inefficient, incompetent organization. And guess what, every time you send in your pc for recovery to someone who is inefficient, you stand a chance of not recovering at all as they will mess it a bit more and also waste a lot of time.
Posted in computers | Tagged banking institution, format a pc, old server, running out of space, telecommunication company
By diruk on July 5, 2010
ipad software developers : The new Ipad has had everyone asking about it. The Kindle, by amazon actually saw little or no competition in front of the Ipad, Apples new Ebook reader,. Though it looks like an ebook reader, the New ipad has a load of features, including internet connectivity and a bluetooth integrated [...]
Posted in computers | Tagged application developers, ebook reader, internet connectivity, new challenge, software developers
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on July 5, 2010
Ipad Software Developers : The apple ipod is a great creation and comes with a load of features. Not to say that this is one of the best selling products online since the launch of the product. the Ipad comes with a builtin internet ability apart from Blue tooth and the other technologies which comes with a normal computer. for various reasons, there is discomfort in typing on an ipad and there are accessories available for you now to avoid the touch screen completely. The ipad compatible blootooth keypad / keyboard is a great addition to the ipad and now you can get various vendors supplying keyboards for an ipad. You can get one straight from apple or go for a third party vendor too.
Posted in computers | Tagged apple ipod, best selling products, blootooth, internet ability, party vendor
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on June 22, 2010
advertising design agency :As a web designer, I have to go through a different scenario of web design every single time. Every client is different and their needs depend from person to person, industry to industry. What we get to learn is a lot and this industry is so lucrative that we never really get tired. But some times we really get engrossed on what the client wants rather than what the End user expects. Most web designers are happy to keep their clients and nod to each and every word of their client. Not many would suggest for a new thing when it comes to design and the feel of the website. The client is always right when it comes to the look and feel of the website while the designer is more concerned at getting it put across the way the client wants. Does anyone ask “Are the website VISITORS getting what they want?” . Its obvious that the client is spending a lot of money on his website, but lets accept the fact that the money he spends is to get more visitors to his website and keep them happy and keep them visiting the site. Is he succeeding on keeping his visitors once they come into the website or do they run away after the first visit or even before that? Here i try to do a run down on what exactly most visitors expect when it comes to a website, not just in terms of design but in terms of every other aspect, including trust .
Posted in computers | Tagged advertising design, person to person, web designer, web designers, website visitors
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on October 23, 2009
Discount price batteries are all over the place. There are genuine batteries which come with a guarantee and a warranty and there are those which you can buy over the counter , Use while it lasts and then throw it off. The Palm M500 UP383562A Battery comes with a full one year warranty and a 30 day money back guarantee. Its not the most expensive thing on the planet and surely not one of the things you would take hours to think about. BUT would you want to throw 18$ dollars down the drain for something that wouldnt work? I wouldnt and am sure you would choose wise. Batteryship products are genuine, Come with a one year warranty and a 30 day No question asked Money back Guarantee. The Palm M500 UP383562A Battery comes fully discharged and you are recommended to charge it before first use. The Palm M500 UP383562A Battery is 3.7 volts 850 mAh, Lithium Polymer battery.
Posted in computers | Tagged lithium, lithium polymer battery, mah lithium, palm m500, volts
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on June 26, 2009
The Canon HG10 AVCHD Camcorder can record 15 Hours of High Defenition Video to a 40 GB Hard Disk Drive. The compact Canon HG10 Camcorder is 3 inches High with 3.2 inches Width and 5.1 inches Depth and weighs 17.8 ounces. The LCD Display is 2.7 inches and comes with an Audio Microphone.
The CANON HG10 CAMCORDER is the First Advanced Video Codec High Definition (AVCHD) hard drive camcorder in the market. This technology allows you to capture more video time using less hard disk space for extended Video recording time. You can also Play The Recording directly from your camcorder to your HDTV or transfer it to your PC Easily for editing or sharing of your captured video. You can also Burn the Recording directly to a DVD to be played on any AVCHD Compatible Blue-ray disk player.
Posted in computers | Tagged blue ray disk, blue ray disk player, compact canon, hard disk drive, hard disk space
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on March 11, 2009
Directory UK Today the natural choice for webmasters with a tight budget obviously is a Free web directory. Not all the free directory listing needs any kind of a reciprocal link however, some of them do require the same. In order to resolve this problem a Free Directory listing works out to be a great method. When you use such free content there are all the chances that you get exposed to many more new consumers which in turn helps you get higher positions in searching engines ranks. Anyone who is related to these search engines are very well aware of how painful it is to get any website listed high in the search engine. There are many ways to make your products or services known to millions of prospective Internet customers. One of them happens to be internet advertising. No matter how much advantage we see in using these free services on the internet but there still remains a need to be very careful as some of them those who have no age could surely damage your sites reputation. At the same time there are even paid directory services. These services could help you list your website as well as have it indexed by most search engines in quite a less time compared to many other sources that you might be considering to use. Article Directory, Business Directory
UK, Directory UK, Link Directory, Web Directory UK
Posted in computers | Tagged article directory, business directory uk, free web directory, searching engines, tight budget
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on March 3, 2009
This is a Software that is easy to use,comprehensive and professional legal tools to help you create wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and all the estate planning documents you need at a fraction of an attorney’s cost.
Posted in computers | Tagged fraction, legal tools, powers of attorney, trusts, wills
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on February 23, 2009
Who doesnt have computer problems. Now you have disk copy a complete copy tool to copy entire hard disks for backup and Disk accelerator, a software to increase the speed of your hard disk read and write. The disk accelerator outperforms the Windows Defragmenter. With optional Settings to Defragment your PC while its idle, the Disc accelerator is a 0 Maintainence tool altogether. on the other hand, The Diskcopy software makes an exact replica of your hard disk efficiently that you just need to plugin the new hard drive and you are ready to run.
Posted in computers | Tagged copy tool, exact replica, hard disks, maintainence, optional settings
By Squidoo Lenses by Date on February 21, 2009
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