Got Backup? Turns out Cloud Storage Fails Sometimes-Carbonite

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I often write about the importance of backing up all your files. Why? Because it’s important duh! I am actually shocked at the number of people with websites that don’t even know you are supposed to back up the data let alone have a backup! The same goes for any of your personal data. Think of it as a safe with all your most valuable child hood possessions. If you don’t keep them safe they are but a memory. Why take chances?

That’s why I recommend that you have more than one backup solution. If a backup fails then you are just as out of luck as not having a backup. There is no one safe method and the key is redundancy, having many backups. You really can’t have too many. That’s why I recommend trying cloud storage as well because it’s convenient and for the most part safe. But accidents happen and when big companies lose a lot of data really bad things happen like in the case of backup company Carbonite where apparently they lost 7500 customers data. I really hope that wasn’t you and that wasn’t your only backup. It does seem crazy that they wouldn’t have some sort of backup backup and another backup of that but I guess not. From the looks of the updates they deny this happening but then someone says it did. Who knows what the truth is, the point is never rely on one system because you are doomed to failure. Having a backup decreases those odds but not by much especially if time can degrade the source.

Here is a story of a company out of business because of not having a backup. Imagine that.

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The Twitter Effect: A Model to Follow—Check out Jive.ly a More Mobile Twitter

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It was just announced over at Tech Crunch that there is a new social network in town that works a bit like Twitter. Of course a lot of people are trying to work on things similar to Twitter because if it worked for Twitter why wouldn’t it work for me? Duh! Well that’s not always how things work. You can’t just copy something and expect it to work. That’s why they tried to make Jive.ly a bit different and offer more. That’s the thing that might make this thing take off. The review didn’t seem to put much thought into Jive.ly taking off but who knows. I am sure not many thought Twitter would be where it is today in only 3 years and the same could be said about a lot of networks and sites.

So what’s different about this one? Well you can check it out yourself. They seemed to have sorted out most of the issues with a server overload. It wasn’t too hard to send a message there as you can see from the picture. I think trying it out and seeing if it can work for you is important. The difference is that this lets you work with video and other media formats whereas Twitter really doesn’t let you do that. Jive.ly has a real big emphasis on mobile which with how fast the mobile market is moving you just never know anymore.

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Tags: Jive.ly, Twitter