{"id":9752,"date":"2008-10-14T23:17:30","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T03:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewm.com\/internalblog\/?p=9752"},"modified":"2008-10-14T23:17:30","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T03:17:30","slug":"90-day-challenge-day-8-tools-you-can-use-new-email-and-back-up-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=9752","title":{"rendered":"90 Day Challenge – Day 8 – Tools you Can Use – New Email and Back up Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

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….We interrupt this 90 Day Challenge with breaking news<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

Your email service will be upgraded this Monday, October 20, 2008.<\/strong><\/em> Yes, that’s right we will be upgrading our current email service to a fully functioning version of Microsoft Exchange.<\/p>\n

Our current email system has served us well for many years, but as you may have noticed, we have just outgrown it.\u00a0 Microsoft Exchange is the industry standard for email, contact management and calendar functions.\u00a0 The EWM staff has been using it for a few years and it has been awesome.\u00a0 Exchange will continue to work with your smart phones and will be accessible over the internet as well as on your personal computers that have Outlook or Outlook Exchange.<\/p>\n

I will continue to interrupt the Challenge lessons with anything you need to know, so stay tuned.\u00a0 Meanwhile, back to our regularly scheduled programming.\u00a0 All about Back up Devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From saving a contract to take with you on the road to backing up your entire computer for safekeeping, everyone has a need for back up.\u00a0 Here are a few suggestions for you to consider.<\/p>\n

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Flash Drives<\/strong> – a great solution when you need something small, cheap and portable.\u00a0 Flash drives can be put on a keychain or dropped into your pocket.\u00a0 Although you can buy flash drives that hold up to 64 Gigabytes<\/a> (basically that will back up my entire laptop computer)\u00a0 any 16 GB drive will hold all of your pictures, contracts and scanned files for quite a while. 4 GB drives start from as low as $10.\u00a0 See more choices online at Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n

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External Hard Drives<\/strong> – a great solution for backing up your entire computer.\u00a0 Have you ever had the hard drive in your computer crash and all of your information is lost?\u00a0 It is not pretty and is oh so avoidable.\u00a0 Plug in that back up drive and never worry about it again!\u00a0 Hurricane coming?\u00a0 No problem – take that drive with you to your safe place and you will be able to plug in anywhere and get started again.\u00a0 You can also use an external hard drive to store your pictures, music and other large files so that they don’t clog up your hard drive.\u00a0 Check the size of the hard drive in your computer and make sure the drive is at least twice the size of the drive.\u00a0 You can now buy drives by the Terrabyte (1000 GB).\u00a0 Since the drives are plug and play, you can use one drive to back up more that one computer.\u00a0 Also worth noting are the new wireless drives where you are able to back up through your wireless network without having to plug anything in.\u00a0 I just upgraded to the Apple Time Capsule<\/a> and it is amazing!\u00a0 Shop Amazon here for ideas and prices.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Online Backup Storage<\/strong> – The latest craze in back up devices is to back up to what is termed “cloud” storage on the net.\u00a0 The advantages here are flexibility and accessibility.\u00a0 You only pay for the space you use.\u00a0 Since you are actually backing up to a space accessed through the internet, you will be able to retrieve files from any computer anywhere.\u00a0 Curious?\u00a0 iDrive offers a free 2GB trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Your homework<\/strong>: Learn to use the back up drive.\u00a0 Your current email box may not fully port over to the new system, so there is no time like the present.\u00a0 If you currently use Outlook on your personal computer, the video below will show you how to archive your mailbox to your hard drive or you can use anyone of the above storage options.\u00a0 Good luck and don’t get caught without a backup.<\/p>\n

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