Update Prospects' Calendars Without Breaking And Entering

Written by Robert Plank


Ever scheduled an event like a teleseminar or product launch? Hopefully they'll copy down allrepparttar details correctly, adjustrepparttar 107154 time to match their time zone, AND actually remember to attend. Luckily there's an easy way to do all this by marking your visitor's calendar with just a couple of clicks using Microsoft Outlook.

This works because programs like Outlook can read different types of files. The file we're going to be creating is called a vCalendar file -- be aware this will only work if your visitor has Outlook 97 and above (Outlook Express is no good here).

What we'll be doing here is creatingrepparttar 107155 event on our computer inrepparttar 107156 form of an appointment onrepparttar 107157 Outlook calendar. Then, we'll export it to a file our visitors can click on, and when they do, it'll import allrepparttar 107158 info about repparttar 107159 meeting right into their Outlook calendar.

Let's get started. Open Outlook, go to your calendar and findrepparttar 107160 correct date, and double click.

Type in a subject, this will be your event's title. Forrepparttar 107161 location put in something likerepparttar 107162 URL if this is an Internet thing or a phone number with a passcode if this is a phone-based teleseminar.

Then choose a start time and end time, in your time zone. The COOL thing about this is whenrepparttar 107163 user adds this appointment, it will appear adjusted to their own time zone.

Then inrepparttar 107164 body type in any other detailsrepparttar 107165 user needs to know about your event. That's all you need to set, things likerepparttar 107166 reminder time won't export so don't bother setting it. Any formatting you do (setting fonts, making things bold or colorized, etc.) will not save either.

Can RAID Systems Fail?

Written by Alexandria Haber


Technology, how we love it until something goes wrong and we end up yelling at our computer screens. If you’ve ever lost data, you know how much time, money, and headaches it can cost you to retrieve it, especially if you are a company. Data recovery doesn’t have to be worrisome.

The acronym RAID, first used in 1988, stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks. RAID is an assembly of disk drives, also known as ‘disk array’, which operates as one storage unit. In general,repparttar drives could be any storage system with random data access such as magnetic hard drives, optical storage, magnetic tapes, etc. RAID has several functions which include providing a way of accessing multiple disks grouped together to appear as a single device, spreading data access out over these disks which reducesrepparttar 107153 risk of losing data if one drive should fail, and improving access time.

Can RAID fail?

RAID undoubtedly offers more data protection than non-RAID disk systems. However,repparttar 107154 management ofrepparttar 107155 disks andrepparttar 107156 data distribution across them can be complex. Complex redundant systems can suffer failure, most often not a fault ofrepparttar 107157 technology used orrepparttar 107158 design ofrepparttar 107159 array, but most likely because of its failure to correctly apply these systems which leads to a single point of failure causing disastrous data loss.

No matter how well designed or implementedrepparttar 107160 RAID system is, there is still a factor that can cause RAID data array problems,repparttar 107161 human factor. The more complexrepparttar 107162 system,repparttar 107163 higherrepparttar 107164 likelihood for mistakes to occur. Noterepparttar 107165 following:

  • Multiple drives can fail in an array.
  • Arrays are normally boxed in a single case, so physical damage can affect multiple drives andrepparttar 107166 control electronics.
  • Many people don't back up RAID systems because they're 'fault tolerant' - however they're not 'fault proof'.
Think of a RAID system as an insurance policy for your data protecting you against drive failure. Drive failure entails employee downtime, lost sales, customer costs, lost opportunities, data restoration and re-entry costs, and intangible costs due in part to work day disruptions not to mentionrepparttar 107167 cost of RAID data recovery.

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