Backup Direct BlogJanuary 2010
Around 75 Beacon businesses responded to a questionnaire aimed to test their levels of businesses optimism for 2010.
The sentiments of this group of companies are perhaps interesting in that Beacon companies comprise the best of the best. And as such, whatever this group feels and experiences talks to the future possibilities of business in Britain.
After weeks of great work from writer Mark Humphries, Illustrator Simon Spilsbury and Animator Simon Deshnon - the first Backup Direct animation is ready. Here is a sneak preview of the result before it's rendered and displayed properly on the website.
I read an article in the Telegraph recently that talked about the most commonly used internet passwords. The story was based around research conducted by data security firm, Imperva, who did an analysis of around 32 million passwords that were recently exposed during a hack on social networking website, RockYou.
When people first enquire with Backup Direct, it is common that they have recently suffered at the hands of tape backup. It could be unsuccessful data retrieval, a two week old backup or an incidence of data exposure but whatever it is it has come at a cost for the company.
It’s usually after this that they start to reassess their current backup strategy.
In our monthly update on the state of the UK economy, December showed a growth in consumer spending (probably thanks to the Christmas holidays), a gradual continuation in the pickup of housing market activity and a decrease in the decline of unemployment.
Phishing email scams have become increasingly popular over the past year. In 2008 alone there were allegedly 285 million personal records exposed as a result of phishing hackers. Early reports from 2009 show figures are only getting larger.
Here is an recent example that I received the other day - and I highlight the main things to look out for.
