Are you ready to lose your data if there is a fire or a is hit by a malicious ransomware attack? In this day in age losing this type of data may mean the end of a business. How to protect ourselves and where to do it? Having a regular backup is one of the components we can insure that nothing happens to our precious data. There are at least three places of backups that we recommend, local, external and LAN. Local backups are those that use, for example, windows backup to

We’ve just recovered from one of the most intrusive viruses to date with minimal damage to the client’s network. It’s been two days since the incident and with the client’s network up and running as usual, I’ve found some time to write a post about it. I’ll go over what the virus is, how it affected the network, and what we did to contain and then eliminate the threat, as well as prevention measures. It started with a firewall detection of a suspicious file being downloaded t

We want to emphasize the importance of having a working backup. Current industry pushes for 3-2-1 backup. A catchy phrase but at Ivcomputer, we have our own backup phrase called "4 Backups" 1 - Local backup - shadow copy and locally attached storage unit. 2 - LAN Backup - backup to non-attached storage on local network. 3 - Off site backup - third party or data backup on off site location. 4 - Production data synchronized to NAS unit. - providing same copy of your production

Who checks the backup for your company? These days, backup has become an essential component to your day to day business. Have you imagined what you will do if you loose your company data? It is possible to loose entire data if you get ransom virus, theft or natural disaster. To prevent the data loss we have come up with backup solutions that will work for your business. First, we recommend that you have local backup enabled, such as shadow copy, windows history backup and or