Integrate is a Brentwood-based company which provides support for businesses and home offices with 1 to 150 Computers. Operating for over 10 years, we have clients throughout South Essex, from every type of business sector: accountants to solicitors, builders to estate agents. We supply and support most types of I.T. hardware; from computers and laptops to servers, printers and network cabling.
 

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Top 10 Small Business Backup Best Practices: Protecting your computer system and your data is just as important today as it has ever been. Use of antivirus and antispyware applications is commonplace, yet equally important is maintaining timely backups of your data. The following list of best practices is recommended for full system protection. Read on ...

1. Keep antivirus, antispyware, and other forms of malware defenses up to date. Automatic updates are highly recommended.
2. Keep some form of firewall application enabled unless there is a specific need to disable this defense.
3. Back up your data to protect from hard disk drive failure and other forms of data loss.
4. Back up the backup for disaster recovery planning by rotating the backup media offsite or utilizing a cloud backup service.
5. Choose a backup application with automatic and continuous backup or implement foolproof systems to maintain timely file copies.
6. Create rescue disks periodically or utilize a backup application that does this automatically.
7. Test the backup periodically by recovering an important file and testing its validity. Additional preparedness is achieved by performing a full-system recovery to an alternate hard disk drive.
8. Reduce the cost of backup media by utilizing data storage reduction features like compression and data de-duplication.
9. Separate the computer from the backup media when travelling or leaving the office to prevent loss of both in the event of fire, flood, or theft.
10. Have routine maintenance performed on your computer to ensure optimal performance and minimize the risk of preventable failures.

Integrate have many backup solutions to suit your business and your data. Contact Us