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TriCounty Mechanical Completes Dr.Backup Online Backup Job 3 Million

Congratulations to Perry Friz of TriCounty Mechnical in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. On Friday, May 13th, at 10:07 pm, TriCounty’s server successfully completed Dr.Backup‘s 3 millionth online backup job. Our thanks go out to Perry and his technology consultant Don Christman of Computer Troubleshooters. To mark this milestone, both Perry and Don will receive a VISA Gift... Read More

Friday the 13th = 3,000,000 Online Backups

Since 2001, Dr.Backup has been protecting the critical data files of businesses in the US, Canada and select international locations. We are proud to announce that sometime today, on lucky Friday the 13th, we will successfully complete our 3 millionth customer backup job. We track completed backup jobs on our website with a dynamic graphic... Read More

The “Hidden” Cost of In-House Backups

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in June 2009 a typical worker earned $18.41 per hour (average across all non-farm industries EXCLUDING benefits.) If we assume it takes about 15 minutes per day for a staff person to run and verify that an inhouse backup successfully completed, the “hidden” labor cost to perform... Read More

RAID vs. Online Backup

If you know a business that uses RAID (see below) as their only method of avoiding data loss protection, you definitely need to help them better understand the risk they are taking. Not only is RAID not enough – it doesn’t even protect against the most common data loss threats! The table below makes a... Read More

Online Backup Nabs Crooked Bookkeeper

What happens when a critical computer file/folder is deleted…and the missing data is not discovered for several months?  This recently happened to a Dr.Backup client. The bookkeeper of a small shipping company had been systematically embezzling funds from the company she worked at for almost 2 years. When the boss began suspecting foul play, the... Read More