Hard Drive Clicking Fixes: How to Save Your Data
Here’s something you might not know about hard drives: Most are destined to fail. More than 5% of hard drives fail within the first year or so of operation, slightly under 80% of hard drives will survive to be four years of age, and only 50% will operate...
Avoid These 6 Common Business Accounting Problems
While technology and accounting software have made some aspects of accounting management for small businesses easier, many small businesses are still prone to some major, and minor accounting mistakes. Accounting problems can range from fraud and errors,...
Things to Consider Before Using a Document Scanning Service
With the costs and inconveniences of paper records storage, digital document storage has become a clear winner for businesses looking to make reduce costs and improve workflow. But, when they decide to begin relying on digital document storage they also...
Quickbooks Backup Tips to Keep Your Data Intact
When it comes to backing up your accounting data, you can never have too much redundancy. It only takes one wrong click to delete a file, create an error in your financial records, or contract a computer virus that corrupts or encrypts your data, rendering it...
The Bookkeeping Basics Businesses Should Never Ignore
The health of your business is only as strong as the health of its finances. Without proper tracking and monitoring, its easy to lose sight of how much money your business has coming in and how much it has going out. This information is imperative to...
Is Dropbox Safe for Backing Up Business Data?
Dropbox is a common platform used for file sharing - anyone can create an account, upload images or notes, and send them to their friends and family. For businesses, however, the more important the data, the more security measures needed to protect it....
Small Business Tax Preparation Tips for 2016
When it comes to filing your taxes and maximizing your deductions, preparation is key. From keeping an accurate running of all of your business’s taxable income, to selecting the right tax form, there are a few important tips you should keep in mind...
How to Recover Deleted Files Quickly
When it seems like important files have been deleted, an understandable panic tends to set in. While there are no guarantees when attempting to recover deleted files if you don’t have a reliable cloud backup solution in place, in some cases, you may be...
3 Incremental Backup Softwares that Disaster-Proof Data
Creating a full backup of your data daily can be timely and costly, which is why most businesses only run them once a week or even once a month. This backup schedule creates a clear risk -- the files being changed in the meantime can be deleted, thus losing the...
SQL Server Backup Database Best Practices and Recommendations
How you backup your database shouldn’t be a decision you make on a whim. Your database is the core of your company -- housing data your business needs to operate. If your SQL server backup database plan is an afterthought, the next time a data disaster happens you’ll...
