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Before choosing an online data backup service provider, weigh the following technology and cost considerations and do not be shy about asking the tough questions. If they are to be your trusted partner, you need to be sure of their capabilities and cost structure.

IT directors have to re-evaluate how they deliver IT services and question whether doing everything in-house is really the best way forward. IT budgets are tight, teams are small and yet demands from the business are ever increasing. If done successfully, Cloud Computing will make a significant impact on enterprise IT in four fundamental ways.

Unified Communications is the integration of different existing IT and phone systems to make them simpler and easier to use. So, how is this different to what we have today?

Exponential data growth brings with it many tough challenges for modern business. IT teams are struggling to ensure data availability under tight fiscal constraints.

Data backup is required by all businesses. With legal requirements tightening and data volumes growing out of control, traditional tape backup is no longer a reliable or cost effective means of meeting compliance levels. These tips will guide you through choosing the service and supplier that best fits your business.

Look beyond the software development and server consolidation benefits of Virtualization and you'll discover their suitability for one of the most critical disciplines within any modern day organisation – business continuity.

Telephony services are perhaps the most important service to any business. What would happen to your business if the telephone system stopped working? This makes selecting a reliable telephony service provider one of the most important IT decisions. As with any IT purchase, it is important to wade through the marketing information and dig down to the get the answer to questions that matter.

With traditional site based telephony, a PBX is required at each and every site from the headquarters to the smallest satellite office. This will be of significant cost to the organisation in terms of the hardware purchase, the installation and ongoing maintenance. This estate of PBXs across the country will then need to managed and administered (for example carrying out moves/adds/changes) requiring either a 3rd party resource or an in-house specialist, again at a cost to the business.

Another chapter in the email archiving story was written with the arrival of two new laws onto the UK statute book. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) and the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”)

Given the rate of data growth along with the increasing importance of business information, a cost effective, offsite data archiving service can deliver significant business benefits. A good Data Archiving strategy will allow you to regain control of your Microsoft Exchange and Windows file servers as well as to protect your data for compliance reasons. The following are tips on what to consider when thinking about a Data Archiving strategy.