There is no substitute for planning and preparation. This is particularly true in the case of recovering from disasters of all types. Whether you have suffered the loss of your office and equipment or you have simply deleted the payroll data file planning and preparation are essential.

Tier 3 personnel are fully practiced in creating an environment from which businesses and individuals can relax in the knowledge that their data are safe from disaster. That is often overlooked by many people until after the disaster happens. When we first meet a prospective client our first priority is to perform whatever service we were called to do. Then we always ask about the client's data backup routine. We have often found that businesses and individuals have no data backup routine at all or they are woefully underperforming in this area. We will make a recommendation that will provide you with the ability to fully recover from every type of disaster in a minimum of time and with a minimum of inconvenience. For example, you don't want to have to reinstall your operating system and all of your applications if you find that you need to replace a broken computer. We can provide a routine that will enable you to restore your previous system onto a bare metal computer. If you find that you have to replace a hard drive the same recovery plan would apply to that situation. If you have deleted your payroll or personal financial records you will be able to restore those in a minimum of time. The goal of disaster recovery is to get you back in business as quickly as possible after misfortune has befallen your business or personal computer.

Once again we find that the open source community may be able to provide a software solution at no cost. We can use open source sofware in situations that others would recommend a very expensive proprietary commercial application. This approach will save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars while creating a reliable disaster recovery system.

We can help you to evaluate options that are available at very little cost to store your precious data off site or on site in a fire box. These are the kinds of details that people often overlook until it is too late. You can't recover your data from backups that you didn't create. We can help you to develop a routine that will protect your data. You will be fully aware of exactly what level of protection you have enabled because we will explain all of the options with their pros and cons. You can then make an informed decision about your disaster recovery preparations.

Our success is based on your success. We take a personal interest in our clients' ability to use their computer resources to their best advantage. Protecting your investment in data entry and your business or personal reliance on your computers is a critical part of our success servicing our clients