Backup your business

As well as our technology works these days it's easy to take your data for granted. After all, you're pretty sure that you have backups right? According to a recent survey by Forrester Research nearly two-thirds of businesses have no disaster recovery plan. Simply put, if an essential server or computer dies, or they lose their office to a fire, 66% of companies surveyed could be out of business for good. 

One option is easy for our clients who use Google Apps. By taking advantage of the free Google Cloud Connect tool and your 25GB of storage per person you can seamlessly back up the documents your business can't live without. But what if a computer crashes, is lost or stolen? How long will it take your company to be up and running again after a disaster? Read on to see our experiences with an inexpensive solution involving off the shelf components and some really inventive free software.

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Increase your Google Apps Storage for cheap

Announced this morning by the Google Enterprise Blog enterprises which subscribe to Google Apps can now leverage the massive cloud storage capabilities of Google for very little money.  Starting at only $5 per month for 20GB and ranging up to 1TB of storage it's now feasible for an organisation to back up all their documents to a secure cloud, integrated with all of the other services included in Google Apps.  This announcement comes right on the heels of Google Cloud Connect which can automatically back up your documents to Google Docs.  The combination of these two services displays a concentrated effort by Google to innovate and get ahead of the Microsoft Office 365 launch later this year.