Workstation Backup

Workstations may be a blind spot in your backup strategy. It’s easy to focus on servers when we talk about backup and disaster recovery solutions, but what about the individual workstations you have in your office?

With more people using mobile devices for work, and working remotely, it’s not uncommon to have limited access to files in the office. Traditional backup strategies often rely on a server to store the files. In the today's landscape, a lot of work is done from home or other locations out of the office. Just routine backups of your server is not enough especially if files are residing on your employees devices harddrives. It's a good possibility that files stored on their devices have not made it to the server just yet, therefore the traditional backup strategy can break down without consistent access to the server where the files reside.

Think about the employee's role in the company. Most employees may be working in the office, or have no need to save files to their local computer, but the reality of today's environment where so many people are working remotely they may have to save items to their local computers because they are using the computers differently than everyone else.

Important questions to ask

Does your backup strategy consider and account for the various ways that different employees interact with your company data?

Do you know if employees are saving important data onto their local computers?

Every computer fails at some point. It's not a question of "if," but rather "when." Whether its demise comes from human error such as a dropped laptop or a virus or a natural disaster such as an electricity surge or flood, no computer system will last forever.

This is why backup is critical. With important client data and sensitive financial information at stake, it can be devastating to lose this irreplaceable data. Not knowing how to perform a system backup leads to such devastation.

Yet many people don't have a plan in place for system backup. Some people think they don't have the time to research and install the best system backup. Some are intimidated by the technology and worry they will mess things up. But the fact is, a workstation backup can be fast, easy, and complete when you follow these simple tips.

Three Simple Tips to quickly and efficiently backup and protect the contents of your workstation.

1. Find the Right Backup System

* Different backup software packages provide different functionality. Make sure the backup solution you use has these features:

* The product backs up your entire computer, not just your files. For a complete workstation backup and restore, you need a program that captures applications, data, drivers, and patches — essentially taking a snapshot of your entire system at a given point in time. This is called “full-image backup”.

* The backup software runs in the background while you continue working on files, browsing the Internet, and doing whatever else it is you do on your computer. You should not have to close applications or suffer sluggish performance while system backup is in progress.

* It protects your backup data by encrypting it with government-grade security tools.

* It allows you to store backup data numerous ways: a protected partition on your laptop, USB drive, CD or DVD, or in secure cloud backup storage.

Compare features, such as the ability to customizable schedules and data compression and incremental backup functionality. Incremental backup only backs up changes since the last backup, allowing for faster backups that take up less storage space.

navitend offers workstation backup solutions that are fast and easy.

2. Make Sure the Computer Backup System has “Set it and Forget it” Ease-of-use

With the right backup product, you configure it once and system backups are performed automatically. You can also elect whether and how often to schedule a complete backup with disk imaging as opposed to backing up individual files, folders or file categories.

navitend offers a powerful scheduler to run backups at a preset time or after a designated period has elapsed. You can choose to schedule backups when the user is idle, on user log-in or log-out, on system start-up or shut-down, and more. You can also suspend and enable tasks, and specify dates to run certain tasks.

3. Restore Your System Backup Fast

In the event a disaster strikes, you need to restore your entire system as quickly as possible to minimize downtime.

With a complete workstation backup and restore offered by navitend, you can rest easy knowing your computer will be back up and running quickly and save even more time when instead of other solutions that merely back up data files and folders. You won't need to reinstall your operating system, individual applications, drivers, and other components — all of which take time and effort. Instead, workstation backup captures all those elements and restores your computer to its pre-disaster state with the click of a mouse.

Best of all, you can restore your data anywhere. Has your laptop been stolen or is your desktop fried? No problem. Workstation backup restores your systems without having to search for original hardware and software.

Don’t forget mobile phones and tablet backups, we can help with those too.

If you have been guilty of putting off implementing a backup system for your workstations don't delay.

navitend can help save hours or even weeks of lost productivity when— not if — your computer fails.

Make your life easier …….

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Best costumer service!! They are the nicest and most patient people. I highly highly recommend!!!!

Stephanie

This company provides IT service for my firm. They respond quickly and have always helped me navigate and fix whatever issue I am having. Corey, Jay and others - and others - all are excellent. Highly recommend.

Nancy

This company is the best! I feel for the guys that have to help us who are not so tech savvy! Never have I been disappointed at the great service navitend provides! Corey was especially helpful and I highly recommend Navitend for all your IT needs! You will be extremely satisfied!

Kathleen

Bryan

The staff at Navitend is very professional and strives to meet the needs of their clients. As a Small Business owner trust and professionalism are keys to conducting business. navitend sets a high standard of ensuring their clients trust their decisions are for the interest of their business.

Christopher

Corey came to my rescue by getting Quick Books working for me. He is excellent at what he does. Very knowledgeable in the Tech field. I don't know what we at Equity Environmental would ever do without him. Thank you Corey!!!!

Lucille

I highly recommend navitend for their professionalism, integrity, down-to-earth advice and thoughtful recommendations. Every solution that they offer is unique and the most appropriate to their customers' needs.

Paula

navitend has gone above and beyond my highest expectations. Anthony was great! He was able to coordinate with an Adobe Rep and resolve issues that I had just put too much time into. Thank you again - It was a real pleasure working with you!

Forrest

Great experience with this IT company! The team was professional, efficient, and easy to work with. A special shoutout to Corey—he was especially helpful and went above and beyond to make sure everything ran smoothly. Highly recommend!

Jordan

Our company uses Navitend for all its IT needs and every time I've had to ask them for help, they've fixed the issue within hours. Thank you so much!

Chase

I look forward to working with you again in the future. Once again, thanks to your organization for your prompt response.

Luke

Corey and the group at navitend are always so helpful and do everything they can to help. Thanks for your professionalism and continued help.

Robin

We have used Navitend for many years. They are always very responsive and helpful. If you are frustrated with your current provided, you should definitely contact Navitend.

Robert

These folks are spectacular! They're contracted by my work to provide IT support, and they are SO responsive that my mind is blown every time! Just a quick email to request help, and I immediately get a response for a patient and friendly person to call me and walk me through the solutions.

Hannah

navitend has been a life-saver many times for me! They are diligent in troubleshooting problems - until they resolve it. I've worked many times with Corey and he is fantastic - I can count on him to fix all my Outlook and computer problems. Overall, I highly recommend navitend.

Bob

Everyone at navitend I have worked with has offered some of the best customer service I have had. They are patient, knowledgeable and somehow remember my and my colleagues' names. After working with other IT support, I am thrilled my organization is using their services.

Robyn

I wanted to personally thank Corey for always helping me with any concerns I have about my software inquiry issues. He is quick with his responses and I am always up to date with all my connectivity. Always a great experience! Thank you!

Blerina

I have been working with navitend for 10+ years. Great group of talented professionals!

Anne

Jacqueline

Corey is the best there is at his job! He fixes everything with no problem. It's amazing to have someone to trust. GO COREY 😊

Grace

Their support staff is beyond good. They sorted out our company email server migration problem yesterday in record time. It's great to work with a team that has expertise in depth. There are so many one-man-bands out there. It was a good decision to go with the pros.

Steve

Rick dedicated 2+ days of helping my facility with the install of new printers. This team is fantastic!

Lori

navitend has been a great IT partner for our company. Their helpdesk response time is the best I have experienced in my 30 year career. navitend has helped me to have great IT services without the need to have a full time, in house, technician at significant savings to our company.

Bob

De'Ana gave great insight on billing issues. I recommend navitend for all IT services.

Christian

Corey helped me with what I thought would be a minor problem that snowballed in to some complex computer world wizardly stuff and he was so smooth and calming and had it fixed in 15 minutes!! YES!!!! Tuesday crisis averted!!

Kari

Kathy

navitend’s approach to customer service is greatly appreciated here. Ensuring that we are well protected from a technology standpoint provides us with peace of mind to continue our day to day operations and that they are looking out for our company's best interest.

Debbie

Anthony was very helpful and solved all my issues promptly. I appreciate all his hard work. Thank you navitend and Anthony.

Kyle

We've dedicated our lives to growing our retail and ecommerce business and it's a relief to have found a company like navitend who treats our business likes it's their own. navitend's personal approach to project management and problem solving are top-notch.

Stamatis, Co-owner Twisted Lily, Fragrance Boutique and Apothecary

navitend is always providing prompt response, strong technical skills and excellent customer service. Corey, Jeffrey and the other technical support team members are very helpful and user-friendly. Thank you all very much for your fabulous work!

Chenghan

navitend has consistently offered timely, professional, and courteous solutions to our business needs ranging from troubleshooting, purchase and setup of new computers and other advice. They are my 'go-to team' and continue to be a trusted support in our time of need.

Laurie

Thanks so much! You are a class act! You and your team have really done an excellent job on this!

Steve The C12 Group in Houston, Texas

Cheryl

Andrea always goes above and beyond with meeting expectations and customer satisfaction! navitend provides great IT services.

George

Stephanie

I am truly impressed by the focus the team places on the requests from our company. Truly an excellent team!!

Josefina

Denise

100% of all expectations met. Don't just consider navitend, choose them and get back to YOUR mission!

Thanks so much! You are a class act!
You and your team have really done an excellent job on this!