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Plus International Bank Challenge: 

Plus International Bank was faced with the challenges of an archaic data backup solution, which involved tape rotation and offsite storage of those tapes. The overall procedures associated with tapes were impacting the end-user negatively as the backup solution was unreliable. Not only was the tape rotation troublesome due to human error, the tapes and maintenance was costly.  To reduce frustrations and costs related with their backups, Plus International Bank turned to Compuquip for their Cloud Backup solution.

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Last month we held our first CQ Game Night in our new headquarters. We definitely took advantage of our new technology and space. Multiple gaming systems were available and we raced cars, perfected our archery skills and had fierce Ping-Pong battles. Check out the video from our epic game night!

It would seem at first glance that most people say that their technology needs are a technical decision. The fact is, this couldn’t be further from the truth.  While technical proficiency is helpful further down the line, it will often hinder and postpone the process at the beginning.  Let me paint you a picture.  You are going out for a nice romantic meal for two and your budget is $100.  Upon arriving you are handed a menu with no prices.  The whole night you are treated royally, needs have been catered to, and whatever you have asked has been given.  The food and drink are amazing and it is simply the best time you have ever had.  You receive the check at the end and it is $1,000.  To me at least, as nice as this whole evening was, I am now left with a sour taste in my mouth.  This is the importance of making a financial decision first, so that at the end when you’re handed the bill, you haven’t wasted your time or money.  Let me show you how technology is no different from any other everyday life decision.

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Compuquip’s Chairman of the Board, Alberto Dosal was recently featured in the Business Monday section of the Miami Herald. The news article is a Q&A segment that includes important information regarding the upcoming South Florida Economic Summit, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and tech sector jobs.

To read the Q&A/Digital Debrief, please click Dosal sharpens focus of Economic Summit. or download the PDF version Alberto Dosal Digital Debrief.

The best data protection systems incorporate the ability to restore your most critical data first, then use a tiered approach to recovering less critical information. If you lose data or even an entire system, your solution should let you create strategies for recovering it in this manner, based on its business impact.

Today there are a variety of data protection options that help you recover quickly and potentially save you significant expense when restoring your business operations. Here are twelve best practices for managing your data backup and recovery.

1. Reliability. Up to 71% of restores from tape contain failures
Best Practice: Use disk-to-disk technology for backups

With disk-to-disk technology, your backup data resides on disk drives, proven to be far more reliable than tapes. When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. With tapes you never really know if your data is usable until you try to restore it, at which point it’s too late. Read more »