Submitted by Tom Huntington on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 7:52am
I am Tom Huntington, Vice President of Technical Services at Help/Systems, Inc., and a 20-plus year veteran of the company. During that time, I have traveled almost 900,000 air miles via Northwest/Delta Airlines and visited more than 30 countries to talk to customers about computer automation, backups, security, business intelligence, development practices, quality, and family life.
Submitted by Tom Huntington on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 10:05am
This week, Tom (TH) interviews Ron Siven (RS), a Help/Systems Development Manager, to discuss the agile software development model that Help/Systems now uses.
TH: Ron, tell us a little bit about your background at Help/Systems.
RS: Well, I’ve been with Help/Systems for almost 16 years, and I’ve been a Software Development Manager for six years. When I first started, before I moved to Development, I maintained software. After that, I worked on the very first version of Robot/SPACE, and several versions of Robot/NETWORK, Robot/SCHEDULE, and others.
Submitted by Tom Huntington on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 10:11am
We’ve been talking about running independent checks of your data backup strategies to look for holes in your backup and restoration plan. First, we covered printing system information and save data areas. Then, we talked about history logs. Now, we’ll wrap things up by taking a look at the rest of your data backup and recovery information.
Submitted by Tom Huntington on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 3:03pm
Previously, we talked about your backup strategies and the importance of auditing your backups. We discussed how you should run independent checks quarterly of your backup strategies to look for holes and flaws in your plan, and to help guarantee that everything will run smoothly when you need it. Last week, we covered printing system information and save data areas. This week, we’ll look at history logs.
Submitted by Tom Huntington on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 10:37am
Does this sound familiar? Your limited budget contains no money for a “hot site”, so you’ve never tested your backup process to see if you can actually restore your system. You do know that if you must restore your system and can’t, you’ll be in trouble—all alone on an island because your system wasn’t backed up properly.
I am Tom Huntington, Vice President of Technical Services at Help/Systems, Inc., and a 20-plus year veteran of the company. During that time, I have traveled almost 900,000 air miles via Northwest/Delta Airlines and visited more than 30 countries to talk to customers about computer automation, backups, security, business intelligence, development practices, quality, and family life..jpg)
This week, Tom (TH) interviews Ron Siven (RS), a Help/Systems Development Manager, to discuss the agile software development model that Help/Systems now uses.
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Does this sound familiar? Your limited budget contains no money for a “hot site”, so you’ve never tested your backup process to see if you can actually restore your system. You do know that if you must restore your system and can’t, you’ll be in trouble—all alone on an island because your system wasn’t backed up properly.
