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Disaster Preparedness Tips for Businesses in Paths of Tropical Storms
1. Create an employee communication plan.
Create a phone and e-mail tree for all employees and their spouses or closest relatives, including personal e-mail addresses and phone numbers at potential employee evacuation sites. Make sure employees know ahead of time how to exchange or obtain information should standard lines of communication fail.
2. Assess your critical business functions.
Evaluate and document company functions and determine what processes, employees, equipment and materials are critical for your daily operations. Prioritize these functions and determine a process for restoring them.
3. Plan for an alternate location.
Devise a plan for recovery if your office is inaccessible. Where would you go to continue basic operations? Alternate site options include your home, a branch or second location, the site of a similar business or a vendor that provides mobile office recovery.
4. Back up your data and plan to restore your technology.
Make sure to store your data in an off-site, safe and secure location, preferably 50 miles or more from your site. Verify that you are able to retrieve your data. Outline a plan to replace PCs, software, servers, printers and fax machines should your office be affected.
5. Assemble an emergency disaster recovery kit.
An emergency kit should contain items such as fresh water, non-perishable food, flashlights, extra batteries, battery-powered radio, first aid kit and copies of important documents and records.
SOURCE: Agility Recovery Solutions
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Introducing Windows Vista Small Business Assurance
Windows Vista Small Business Assurance is an offer designed to help small businesses move to Windows Vista. The offer is for small business customers who purchase PCs with Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate before September 30, 2008. It provides free support, compatibility assistance, and one-on-one coaching to help them get the most out of their PCs. Windows Vista Small Business Assurance support will be available through October 31, 2008.
Why is Microsoft offering Windows Vista Small Business Assurance?
Taking risks is a part of every small business, but making the move to Windows Vista isn't one of them. The goal of Windows Vista Small Business Assurance is to offer additional support and one-on-one coaching that helps make it easier for small business customers to implement technology that fits their budget and meets the needs of their business.
Why is the offer only available to small businesses?
Small businesses have unique needs when transitioning to new technology versions. The goal of Windows Vista Small Business Assurance is to help small business customers move to Windows Vista quickly, easily, and affordably. Providing our additional support and one-on-one coaching helps small businesses with their need for technology that fits within their budget, their existing organization, and their limited time to implement.
Small businesses can make the move to Windows Vista knowing that Microsoft will assist them with issues they may encounter.
Call 866-613-0270
Free coaching and support for Windows Vista is available for small business customers. Our specially-trained agents are available from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.
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Computer Recycling Drive Sponsored by TOMAR
Come to our Recycling Drive and Donate used or unwanted computer electronics to The Arc's Planet e-Recycling which helps support jobs for people with disabilities.
Saturday, October 18th
Where:
TOMAR Computer Integration 5241 Cleveland Street, Ste.101
Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (757) 499-6761
What:
For a $5 donation to The Arc drop off as many computer electronics as you like!
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Plan Ahead, order your computers with XP Pro until Jan 09
If your business relies on Microsoft XP & your not ready to upgrade to Vista, read important message below!
Microsoft is allowing certain computer manufactures to install XP Pro on new pcs until January 2009. Now is the time to plan ahead and make computer purchases if you are not ready to upgrade to Vista.
To learn more about the business workstations TOMAR provides, read full article HERE. | |
