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Best Practices for Categorizing Data for Online Backup

April 14th, 2011 Comments off

Let’s have a look at a typical small Server that contains a mix of critical data (Exchange Server, System State and Active Directory), important data, and archival data.

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Best Practices for Identifying Data for Online Backup

April 12th, 2011 Comments off

Data can be categorized into three tiers: critical (integral to ongoing operations), important (valuable but not mission critical) and archival (required but not typically retrieved).

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Accepting Credit Cards for Online Backup Services

April 11th, 2011 Comments off

This section is not intended to be a FULL explanation of exactly how credit cards work. What it does instead is give you an overview of how they work from the merchant’s (your) perspective.

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Delivering Online Backup Services – Best Practices

April 8th, 2011 Comments off

To activate service you will need to deliver the Client or Agent to your customer and open an account for him on the server. This can be done as two separate actions, one manual and one automatic, or it can be done with full automation.

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Operating an Online Backup Company

April 7th, 2011 Comments off

You might start out with just a few clients and have ambitions to grow to thousands. My advice is geared toward companies who start out servicing fewer than one hundred end users, and who would like to scale up to thousands.

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How to Sell Online Backup Services (part 4)

April 6th, 2011 Comments off

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs. This article is Part 4 of the chapter, “How to Sell Online Backup.”

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How to Sell Online Backup Services (part 3)

April 5th, 2011 Comments off

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs. This article is Part 3 of the chapter, “How to Sell Online Backup.”

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How to Sell Online Backup Services (part 2)

April 4th, 2011 Comments off

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs. This article is Part 2 of the chapter, “How to Sell Online Backup.”

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How to Sell Online Backup (part 1)

April 1st, 2011 Comments off

The Online Backup business is booming. Independent Service Providers like most of us are benefiting from a rising tide of public awareness in Online Backup as an inexpensive and better alternative to tapes and CDs.

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How to Set Prices & Storage Plans and Calculate Profits for an Online Backup Service

March 31st, 2011 Comments off

Two of the most common questions I am asked by new Online Backup Service Providers are, “How much should I charge,” and “How much storage space should I offer?” The answers have huge impact on profitability and marketability, and have been among the most difficult to answer – until now.

Online Backup Guide for Service Providers – Chapter 12: What Makes a Successful Online Backup Company?

March 30th, 2011 Comments off

Having spent the past 23 years putting Online Backup Services in business I have seen thousands of them reach great success. I’ve seen thousands reach a comfortable level, and maybe more importantly, I’ve seen many fail.