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personal backup. Maybe you can get away
with using the lower-cost personal services,
but in general you want to use the business
class service if you can afford it.One feature
that the business class services typically pro-
vide is centralized administration, which
will allow you to be in control of backups
happening on the various computers that
everyone in your firm is using. You don’t
want to have to rely on going around to
each computer and physically checking to
see if backups are occurring, or to tweak
settings if that becomes necessary. And
with the business class services you can
even backup your local servers if you have
that need.
How Many Belts Go With Your Suspenders?
In conclusion, this is really the ultimate
question, even if it is worded colloqui-
ally. You have a set of data on your com-
puter and your computer network. You
understand that you need at least one
additional copy of the data, the proverbial
data is our experience that this
functions much better when done on auto-
mated, online process rather than relying
for an individual in a busy law firm to do
it manually. But then what? Just making
an image of your computer and save it
This article is but a taste of what awaits you at
the ABA TECHSHOW 2017, March 15-18 at the
Hilton Chicago. As a member of The Chicago
Bar Association, we want you to know that
you can get a discount on the ABA TECHSHOW
2017. This discount only applies to registrants
that qualify for the Standard registration. You
can register online at
and include this unique discount code: EP1704
to receive a discount. Reprintedwith Permission.
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