Data Recovery Newsletters - March 2008

Computer Life-Cycle Management and Migration

Every IT professional can tell a horror story about an upgrade, roll-out, or migration gone awry. So many factors are involved; hardware, software, compatibility, timing, data, procedures, security protocols, and of course the well-meaning but imperfect human.

IT professionals realize that scheduled change is a pattern for the industry. Whether this change involves accommodating new users, replacing old servers, or upgrading staff to newer systems, there is always change within the computer organization.

As a goal, equipment life-cycle management should reduce failures and data-loss because computer equipment is replaced before it fails, and it should reduce the total cost of equipment management over its lifetime.

Even the best planning for any deployment can result in disaster for users and critical data. In order to be completely prepared, include data recovery planning within your plan. Being prepared for the worst ensures the greatest success. Think seriously about the disaster recovery side of the project and build in data safety processes so that data loss is minimized. Read the full article

SQL Server Data Loss and Recovery

Business systems are usually made up of several databases. There are databases for customers, for accounting and for product design. One of the more common database systems is Microsoft's SQL server. This robust and dynamic system provides a solution to a company's business system.

The data that is inside a business database is valuable and so is the database itself-it can take weeks or months to set one up completely. It is critical for IT professionals to be ready to respond When a SQL database cannot access the necessary data. Data recovery of SQL databases is possible and can be done quickly if you are prepared in advance. Read the full article

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