Our worst nightmare came true! Our server crashed (thanks to the storms on Sat. night) and our back-up system doesn’t appear to have worked like we planned. We thought we had our bases covered (nightly backups, surge protectors, external hard drives, etc.) but with all the glory technology bestows on us; it is the biggest ordeal when it doesn’t work. We are all hard at work to recreate the files and to ensure little to no downtime for our clients. We are rebuilding our library - file by file - thanks to e-mail attachments. In the meantime, let’s hope the miracle workers at Data Recovery Specialists in California can deliver on their mission. As for a long-term plan, Trio is going to have a security and data management system tighter than Fort Knox. For other small businesses out there, here’s a good article about data recovery planning. I highly recommend you set your plan in place before you experience the pain.

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