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 Hello 2009!!!  
  

Hello from DOMICO! We had a great 2008, and we look forward to an even better 2009. Highlights for the year included our first webinar: Auditing Self Storage, and a major release for our eDOMICO web based software.

 

Looking forward, we plan a significant new upgrade to our PC product in the first quarter, as well as another webinar!

In this issue, we have an article written by one of our Client Support Technician's, Tim Shores, about backing up DOMICO Software. DOMICO will also be attending the ISS Expo in Las Vegas Jan. 27-28. Come by our booth and say hello to us, as we'd love to show you guys more about what DOMICO has been up to. 

  

 

  Webinar 

Thank you to Tom Litton for that wonderful webinar that was held on December 10, 2008 about Auditing Self Storage. There were many insightful tips about auditing, as well as managing your facility. If you missed the webinar, you can still view it at www.domico.com.  

With the big success of the webinar, Tom Litton and Glenn Hunter will be holding another webinar soon. If there is a topic that you would love to hear about, please email clientrelations@domico.com with suggestions. 

                          
             
 
DOMICO Customers
If you have a new computer, or will be receiving a new computer that will need to be set up, please contact DOMICO ahead of time to schedule an appointment so that we can assist you.

Upcoming Trade Shows 

Come join Glenn Hunter, President; Rodney Vernon, VP of Business Development; Angelica Chan, Marketing Coordinator; Rob Ainscough, Director of Development; and Leslie Ainscough, Director of Technical Support in Las Vegas for the annual ISS Expo held at The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino. We will be stationed at booths 1457/1459 in the Sands Expo and Convention Center. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Please Note:

  • Feb. 16: Our office will be closed in observance of President's Day.

     

    Emergency support will be available via email at support@domico.com  8am-5pm PST. 

                                

Daily Backup Made Simple

By Tim Shores, Client Support Technician

 

The success of any storage facility depends on the day to day reliability of its account data and financial information. We all recognize the risk of such undesirable incidents as theft, fire, hardware failure or malware infection. Incidents such as these can set a facility back by weeks or worse. The impact is compounded when your data is lost forever. Taking time to plan a sound data backup strategy is the critical step to protecting your business from data loss.

As most of our clients are aware, DOMICO Software backs up at the beginning of every Close Day. By default, the backup is saved to the local hard disk, but this is not a safe backup solution. The local hard disk is internal media. To backup safely, you must save your data to external media. DOMICO has always recommended that managers store daily backups in a secure location out of office. 

 

There are hundreds of ways to meet this recommendation, from external hard disks, to web-based backup services, to centralized corporate servers. For DOMICO clients, rewritable CDs were the backup media of choice for many years, but even this simple solution requires ROXIO or equivalent media software. As any IT professional can tell you, the more complicated the backup strategy, the less likely it will be put to use. 

 

The recent cheapness and abundance of USB Flash Drives means an external backup has never been simpler.
For more on this article, please go to
http://www.domico.com/daily_backup_made_simple.htm
  
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