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Back Up Day!

Posted June 6th, 2007 by Shawn


Today is the first Wednesday of the month so back up all your important data!

Here's why we bug you guys about it...backup disasters can happen to *anyone*...

Business 2.0, the technology-aware magazine published by Time, periodically reminds readers of the importance of backing up computer files. A 2003 article likened backups to flossing - everyone knows it's important, but few devote enough thought or energy to it.

Last week, Business 2.0 got caught forgetting to floss.

On the night of Monday, April 23, the magazine's editorial system crashed, wiping out all the work that had been done for its June issue. The backup server failed to back up.

Until the night of the crash, the magazine had never had to rely on its backup server, Quittner said, so no one had noticed that its programming was either obsolete or dysfunctional, or both.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/01/news/magazine.php