IT Explanations

what is the cloud

Let’s Clarify “The Cloud”

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsHelpful Tech
It’s an inescapable buzz term of the tech industry these days, and most businesses are using the cloud in some way. (Unless you’re still working on typewriters. Then we can’t help you.) Yet despite its omnipresence, it’s one of those arbitrary terms that’s hard to describe. We’re going to try…
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backup archive

Backup and Archive

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsData Security
Tricky Computer Terms: Backup and Archive Alright kids, gather around the Smile IT campfire of knowledge. It’s time for the computer terminology equivalent of Kum Ba Yah, so dust off the thinking caps and prepare yourself for enlightenment. Today we’re focusing on two members of the IT vocabulary that we…
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data replication and why its important

Data Replication Explained

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsData Security
Data replication is the act of keeping exact copies of your data in multiple locations, such as cloud environments, different servers or data centres. It’s a powerful way of improving your organisational resilience.  Multiple copies of the data in different locations means if one copy can’t be used, another copy…
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Best Practice in IT

Why Best Practice Matters

By Peter Drummond0 CommentsIT Explanations
What is Best Practice? At Smile IT we know that our efficiency is the key to keeping your business running smoothly. We have a number of approaches that help streamline our operations, and one of the more effective is using ‘Best Practice’. This is a set of processes, standards and…
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