Client X, blissfully unaware of how much trouble he was in, pointed to his computer and continued, "When I turn it on, it just makes this clicking noise."
His hard disk, still under warranty, was toast. Upon hearing that, he blanched. He had just paid $1,000 to have someone enter hundreds of contacts into his marketing database, and had recorded follow-up reminders worth thousands more.
Too late, they understood why we had been nagging them to let us set up an automated backup system.
To competent system managers, backups and virus protection are top priority. Not glamorous most of the time…but quite glamorous when you need it!
Think your system is too small to worry about this? Client X has 4 computers.
Client Y learned about virus scanners the same way. Only one of their computers had a virus scanner, and it was 4 years old. Virus scanners were proposed, but not yet authorized. We observed behavior suggesting infection, and installed current scanners. In their small system, 3 viruses had infected nearly 1,000 files!
Clients X and Y are not alone in disregarding data security, hence this newsletter. Proactive data security is part of responsible business management. Please contact JRVsystems to help your business survive data disaster.
And thanks to Clients X and Y for graciously allowing us to share their stories.
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