The National Hurricane Center at NOAA has predicted an “average” hurricane season for the Western Hemisphere, with the first named storm already here. Your Online Backup Hot Site is available through the Partner’s Portal. RBS Emergency Hot Site Servers are available at no charge for RBS Partners with active Maintenance Subscriptions whenever a natural […]
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I’ve been studying Social Media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) to see how we can use it in our business here at RBS. Studies I’ve read seem to indicate that MSPs use LinedIn, but they are not clear on exactly how you use it. Personally, I don’t interact much on LinkedIn. If someone asks me to connect, […]
Read MoreVersion 11.16 is ready to download! We’ve made MAJOR improvements across the board in speed, accuracy, reliability, robustness, and capacity. We’ve improved virtually every program in the suite, concentrating on “hardening” everything.
Read MoreYou can’t compete with unlimited backup plans. … and you shouldn’t try, because neither can anyone else. Unlimited data backup plans, priced at some minimal fee of just a couple of dollars a month or around $50 per year, have been “a thing” for a while. The advent of cloud storage and the relatively low […]
Read MoreYou know what, I love new gadgets that solve pesky problems, and this thing could save you a lot of time and travel to customer sites, the data center, and your mom’s house. But go see your mom anyway… When Your Internet Goes Out, This Smart Plug Resets Your Router Until It Works Again via […]
Read MoreBy now everyone should have heard about Cryptolocker and other “ransomeware” that can infect computers, encrypting files and then demanding a ransom in BitCoins to decrypt them. The news is full of articles about how corporate, personal, hospital and even police networks have been infected and held for ransom. This potential hack will use Microsoft's DevCon utility to disable and enable local backup drives at will, hopefully protecting them from ransomware.
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