Category: IT

Backups are important and automated backups help reduce error by removing the human component. Of course it is always good to check in and make sure that everything is working properly, and audit your systems periodically to see if you need to add anything new to your backup. MentorMate uses a script with a few simple tools to get all important information in one place and make redundant onsite and offsite backups of it.

On November 19, 2009 Google announced their open source Chrome operating system built around the core tenets of speed, simplicity and security. The presentation started with a slide showing the increasing number of Chrome users – the browser that is used as a base in their OS. The slide also stated that Chrome has “39x faster JavaScript than Internet Explorer.” Is it really that much faster or faster at all? Will their built from scratch “V8 JavaScript Engine” outplay the latest version of the Microsoft browser and will it work almost 40 times faster?

Why make backups? There are many reasons, and it is important to keep them all in mind when you are creating your backup system. Different types of disasters require different methods of recovery.