Have you ever thought about how current events might affect your business connectivity and bandwidth needs? I was reading an article on CNN’s website about the untimely death of Michael Jackson and the effects it had on Internet traffic. CNN claimed to have had a fivefold increase in traffic after Jackson’s passing. They reported 20 MILLION page views the HOUR the story broke. 20 million, in one hour. It made me think how an unforeseen news event could impact a business’ bandwidth needs.

Google, which has one of the largest infrastructures on the Internet, reported that news.google.com users were complaining that the service was unavailable for a length of time after Jackson’s death as well. Google news was down; something that I didn’t even know was possible. Twitter also crashed.

What will happen to your business connectivity if your cousin is on the news and mentions your website? Do you have enough bandwidth to take advantage in a giant spike of your web traffic? Would you even know what to do? How quickly can you react to avert a problem?

Planning after the fact means you missed an opportunity, or worse, let your customers down. My point is: are you prepared for an unplanned event, good or bad?

Most customers that I speak with daily at Engine Networks ask about how we plan for the worst case scenario. They rarely ask about the best case scenario. What happens to your business connectivity if there is a stampede to your server?

Will you be ready?

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Here’s a little advice from your colocation experts: Don’t be caught without a safety net. The effects of data loss can range from being mildly annoying to financially devastating. Although it can arise from outside sources such as natural disasters, the large majority of data loss results from human error. To avoid losing valuable company data, we recommend that companies implement several important practices.

Protect the physical safety and performance of your computers by housing them in areas that are clean, dry and away from locations where accidents could easily occur. Electrical surges can also damage computers. Having an un-interrupted power supply may prevent this type of damage, but you’ll also want to account for the possibility of static electricity with surge protectors.

You have probably heard that you should back up your data. This is more difficult to manage when multiple people have access to company files. Administering effective company-wide procedures and conducting regular trainings on computer virus protection can help mitigate unintentional and costly errors.

All of these measures can help prevent data loss, but nothing replaces backing up your company files with the assistance of Engine Networks’ data center services, such as co-location, managed hosting, and disaster recovery through different datacentres. Engine Networks’ Data Centers are state of the art.

Our security, reliability and expertise are world-class. Plus, our Technical Support ensures that you are covered at every level and every step of the way. Since Engine Networks fully builds, deploys and manages IT operations, we have all of the tools, materials and devices you might need in our data center.

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