Tag: cautionary tales

Get The Most Out Of Your LTO4

17 December 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Earlier this year, IBM debuted new LTO 4 hardware These units incorporate the latest generation of advanced Linear Tape-OpenTM (LTO) technology, and are suited for handling the backup, save and restore, and archival data storage needs of a wide range of small systems as single drives. Or when configured into libraries, LTO 4 can handle [...]

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Include Passwords When Selling Or Trading In Your Equipment

14 December 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Passwords are one of those things that are so easy to forget or misplace. But it’s really important you let us know your relevant passwords when we are buying equipment from you. Cautionary Tale Recently we purchased several IBM 2109 switches that customers were upgrading from (both F and S models). Some of the switches had [...]

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Is Your Air Conditioning An IT Risk?

19 December 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Have you had the air conditioning serviced lately? What happens if it fails? How will your insurance cover you? Cautionary Tale Recently while talking to a customer, I was told about a situation you never want to be in. The air conditioning system had failed in the IT room and yes, you guessed it, had [...]

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Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity

18 December 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Just like you, we rely on our IT systems to support our business objectives Without these systems we may as well turn off the lights and go home, as it is almost impossible for us to operate without them. In the mid 1990′s we decided that we needed to implement a Disaster Recovery plan. We [...]

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