Business Data Backup Press Release

Press Release

GAD Group Technologies, Inc. Partners with Carbonite to deliver Business Data Backup Solution to Business Community.

BOLINGBROOK, IL - January 10, 2013

Carbonite - CARB (NASDAQ), provider of data backup software solutions to small and medium sized business, and GAD Group Technology, Inc., a leading provider of managed IT and professional services, today solidified a reseller partnership that will result in the delivery of Business Data Backup Solutions.

Our Business Data Backup Solution will enable businesses of all sizes to protect the most critical asset - Data.  While hardware come and go and software applications undergo many lifecycle changes, the data that reside on these platforms remains the most important asset that a business cannot afford to lose.  Business will have a choice to backup their data to both a local device or to a device located off premise (i.e. The Cloud).

The Business Data Backup Solution features:

• Easy Setup - Start backing up all computers in just minutes
• Automatic Backup - Business data automatically backed up nightly
• Encrypted, Offsite Storage - Rest easy knowing files are encrypted and stored offsite at highly secure data centers.
• Easy Restore - Get your files back - and get back to business quickly!
• U.S. Based Customer Support - Count on GAD Group to manage solution and provide responsive customer support.
• Unlimited computers - Backup your entire office for one flat, annual fee.
• Windows Server Backup - Protect the content saved on your Windows Server safely to the cloud.
• Protects Windows 7, XP, Server 2003 & Server 2008
• Live Backup of Databases and Mail Servers
• Fully customizable backup policies
• User defined backup retention.
• Data stored in SAS 70 Type II certified data centers
• HIPAA security compliant
• Peace of Mind - Carbonite protect more than 1 million systems

About GAD Group Technologies, Inc.

GAD GROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC. was established to meet the demand for cutting edge technology and sophisticated software applications by small and medium sized businesses, government municipalities and not-for-profit organizations with limited budgets for full time “IT Resources.”  We have over 50 years of combined experience in the area of Information Technology, Project Management, Office Automation, and Web Application Services. By conducting software research and development, network engineering, project management, technology security, as well as a host of other technology services,we can serve small to medium sized businesses, large corporation, and government municipalities.

Contact:
Sales Team
GAD Group Technology, Inc.
630-226-1013, sales@gadgroup.com

Dual NIC Traffic Prioritization

Scenario:  You have two network cards installed on your computer that's running Windows 7.  One is connected to a High Speed Internet Connection.  The other is connected to your corporate LAN.  You want all Internet traffic to go through the high speed Internet connection.  You want corporate email, business applications and access to corporate file servers to use the corporate LAN connection.

The best way to accomplish this is by configuring metrics on the network cards.  In a nutshell the operating system sends all traffic out through the network card that has the lowest metric setting.  Since I want my computer to use the Wireless Connection for High Speed Internet browsing, I'm going to configure this NIC with the lowest Metric.  Then I'll set the other LAN NIC to have a metric setting that is higher than the Wireless NIC.  See Screen shots below...

Screen 1 - Select Internet Protocol Version 4 then click properties

Screen 2 - Click on Advanced button

Screen 3 - Uncheck the Automatic metric box then enter your metric setting

Perform the above action on both NIC cards; setting the metric for the highest priority NIC with the lowest metric number.  Windows routing will take care to route your corporate LAN traffic based on the IP Address and Default Gateway Settings.

Enjoy...

Encrypted Storage Devices

A federal court has ruled that a man under investigation isn't required to unlock his computer hard drives for the federal government, because it would violate his right against self-incrimination.

In this case a man had encrypted his hard drive and would not turn over the encryption key to authorities so that they could decrypt the hard drive.

Do you know how to encrypt your hard drive?  And more importantly, do you know how to decrypt it?  If not,  open a service request here http://gadweb.gadgroup.com/scripts/ttx.cgi?cmd=newticket&sid=&style= and we'll show you how.

Upgrading to Microsoft Exchange 2010

Background
Organizations are ready to move to upgrade from Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2007 to Microsoft Exchange 2010.  The benefits of upgrading to Microsoft Exchange 2010 include:

• Security
• Automatic encryption at both the channel and message levels to help control access to data and ensure trusted communications both inside and outside the network
• Multi-layered anti-spam filtering comes with continuous updates to help guard against increasingly sophisticated spam and phishing threats
• To protect against malware, leading anti-virus solutions can be integrated throughout the Exchange 2010 network

• Unified Messaging
• Voicemail and email messages consolidated into a universal inbox
• Voicemail preview that allows you to read your voicemail messages
• Customized greetings and call transfer options to reduce the likelihood of missing an important call
• Removes the need to purchase or manage a separate voicemail system

• Mobile Email
• A truly universal inbox on your mobile device that can includes email, voicemail, rights-protected messages, calendar requests, RSS feeds, saved instant message conversations, and more
• Over-the-air sync on hundreds of compatible devices so email, contacts, and calendar are always up to date
• Greater control over device access with policy support and allow/block/quarantine lists, including exceptions down to the individual user level
• No need to purchase or manage a separate system or buy additional licenses for mobile access — it's all included with Exchange 2010

• Email Archiving
• Users can easily access their own email archives within their Inbox
• Automatic archiving eliminates the need to monitor user archiving
• Easy to search across multiple end-user mailboxes at once
• No need to purchase and maintain a separate email archiving product
• Mailbox Recovery
• Microsoft Exchange Server includes a new, unified solution for high availability, disaster recovery, and backup with fast, automatic, database-level recovery from database, server, and network failures.

Planning

Where to Start?

I.  Assess your current Messaging Environment.  

The Exchange Pre-deployment Analyzer is the best place to start.

You can use the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer to perform an overall topology readiness scan of your environment. When you run the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer, it provides a detailed report that will alert you if there are any issues within your organization, which could prevent you from deploying Exchange 2010. For example, the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer will notify you if you haven't deployed the minimum required Exchange service pack on all your existing Exchange servers.

II.  Create Deployment Plan

The Exchange Deployment Assistant will guide you through the process of developing your deployment plan.  Carefully complete the Deployment Assistant by answering questions presented by the Deployment Wizard.

III.  Create Documentation

Nothing beats good documentation.  Document every decision that’s made during the Deployment Assistant phase above.  

We’re a big advocate for design before build, or in this case, design before deploy.  With that said, open up your favorite diagramming tool and draw your current messaging platform.  Be as detailed as possible.  Then use a different color and place the new objects on your diagram.  This includes hardware, software tools, etc.

!!DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER UNTIL YOU COMPLETE the Messaging Diagram!!

IV.  Construct New Environment

At this point you should have a good deployment plan and messaging platform diagram.  You are now ready to prepare your new messaging platform.

A.  Provision Hardware

B.  Provision all components of the new messaging platform based on deployment plan

C.  Run Exchange Best Practice Analyzer against new messaging platform

D.  Move mailboxes to new platform

E.  Decommission old messaging objects that’s no longer in use