Computer Data Services is a complex field. It covers multiple topics including, but not limited to: Backups, Databases, storage solutions, access speeds, permissions, and data security.
Data: Facts that become useful information when organized in a meaningful way or when entered into a computer. Marketing data on a customer include items like address and purchase history.
Backups
Our mission on backups is to charge you a one time consulting fee to find the right backup plan for you, and make sure that when the time comes that backup is available for you in your time of need.
Single backup: If you have your computer on site for any service, we suggest that you have us do a single backup to DVD of all of your data files and store that DVD in a secure location that is not your home. We will give you a sheet detailing which data files we automatically backup, and you can add any other file types you want backed up to that list. Our on site data backup price is $20.
Backup Solutions: We also suggest that you have a backup solution in your home or office. This can take many shapes:
DVD backup - Just burn a DVD every week or so. The problem with this is that nobody remembers to do it unless they are an employee of someone who demands it, and even then it's possible that it is not done on accident.
Scheduled backup to an External Hard Drive, or a mirrored second internal drive - This is a good solution to keep you from losing your data to a hard drive crash. The problem is that a catastrophe might destroy both of the drives.
Tape backup - We don't suggest tape backups because of the terribly failure rate happens when people try to get their data back from them after a disaster.
Online backup services - These are good because they protect your data from disasters, and some of them let you automatically back up anything new. The downside with them is that they charge a nominal monthly fee that ties you to them as long as you want your data back, and you need a high speed internet connection on every computer that uses them.
