Here is some food for thought.  Computer data has become an indispensable part of today's organizations.  How many years has your organization spent gathering and compiling the data that resides on your computers?  How important is that data to the organization?  What would happen to your organization if that data suddenly disappeared, or was compromised in some way?  Could your organization face legal issues if the data was lost or corrupted?

As mentioned in the previous newsletter (http://vistech-it.com/Fact-Sheet-Aug-2007-Hard-Drive-Failures.php), computer data has become an indispensable asset in today's organizations.  Since this is the case, it would make sense to implement measures that would help protect that valuable asset.  What are some ways the goal of data protection could be accomplished?

One day I was thinking about the number of routers and switches I have in my network. The thought came to mind, “If one of these devices quit working, how quickly could I obtain a new device, and how easily could I rebuild the device's configuration?”

In reference to my previous blog entry Backups, not just for computers anymore..., I thought I would provide a glimpse "under the hood" and explain the specific programs that I used to create a system that automatically back up the configurations of my routers and switches.