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Check out this site for more info on how to keep things beyond Death. Lots of good links.
I came across this article today by By Suzanne Choney. The best part for me was reading why iForem was created.
"Storage expert Thomas Coughlin likens it to drowning in a sea of content "if we don't create ways to organize and find stuff," as well as to protect it by backing it up"..."Increasingly, it's becoming digital content from cradle to grave. That has its own challenges, which include how do you preserve and protect digital content for the future?
"We have more of the personal experience that we're conserving (digitally) for the next generation than ever before, but in a sense, in a more potentially fragile package than has ever existed in the history of mankind," he said.
"Almost everybody is doing storage of one sort or another. How well they're handling it, how well they're backing up, and will stuff that they keep be available later? That's a whole other problem."
iForem is really the only viable solution. We created the financial and technological solution to address this exact problem. With new products on the way to answer format and presentation issues for years to come, we are building the future today. Come see how iForem answers this statement.
"Storage expert Thomas Coughlin likens it to drowning in a sea of content "if we don't create ways to organize and find stuff," as well as to protect it by backing it up"..."Increasingly, it's becoming digital content from cradle to grave. That has its own challenges, which include how do you preserve and protect digital content for the future?
"We have more of the personal experience that we're conserving (digitally) for the next generation than ever before, but in a sense, in a more potentially fragile package than has ever existed in the history of mankind," he said.
"Almost everybody is doing storage of one sort or another. How well they're handling it, how well they're backing up, and will stuff that they keep be available later? That's a whole other problem."
iForem is really the only viable solution. We created the financial and technological solution to address this exact problem. With new products on the way to answer format and presentation issues for years to come, we are building the future today. Come see how iForem answers this statement.
View image Link to SiteIt will always come down to budget. What to spend where and when. iForem is the only one time expense you can count on. You will not have to fight out budget every year with iForem! Even if you did write it.
You should ask!
Ask for copies of your taxes!
Ask for copies of your medical records!
Insure a copy is safe in iForem.
Each folder you create in iForem has its own special email address. Get those important documents in a way you can preserve them - that is what iForem is for!
Buy our service for $20 and try it out. What do you have to lose?
Ask for copies of your taxes!
Ask for copies of your medical records!
Insure a copy is safe in iForem.
Each folder you create in iForem has its own special email address. Get those important documents in a way you can preserve them - that is what iForem is for!
Buy our service for $20 and try it out. What do you have to lose?
In order to ensure the most efficient collection
and distribution of large quantity donations for Southern California
fire victims, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a toll-free line
that businesses nationwide can use to make in-kind donations of goods.
"This hotline makes it easy for businesses to
donate the many things that displaced fire victims need,"
Schwarzenegger said. "By coordinating donations, we can help ensure
that the right supplies get to the people who need them most."
The toll free number is 1-800-750-2858. The line
will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. by the Governor's Office of
Emergency Services. Operators will match donations to local disaster
efforts across Southern California.
- Report your claim to your insurance company right away.
- Get a copy of your insurance policy and read it carefully.
- Start
to assemble a list of your contents. Where possible, track down
receipts and try to remember where you purchased each item and its cost.
- Keep receipts for every expense and cost you have incurred as a result of the evacuation and/or loss of your home.
- Try
to determine the replacement cost of each of the items in your home;
sometimes a department store catalogue is a quick method for standard
household items.
- Continue to make your mortgage payments, unless other arrangements are made with your lender.
- Keep copies of everything you give to your adjuster.
- Confirm
important discussions you have with your adjuster in writing (ie. by
email or by letter). This would include any extensions or time periods
within which replacement must be in effect, confirmations to proceed to
purchase certain replacement items, etc.
- Keep a log of
all telephone calls and correspondence, and make copies of all
correspondence you send to, or receive from, your insurance company.
- Prepare for all of your meetings with your adjuster. Determine, in advance, what is to be discussed at the meeting, and ensure that you are organized. For example, if you are meeting with your adjuster to determine the value of some of your house contents, it is a good idea to have all of the back-up documentation available for your meeting. The more organized you are, the quicker things will get done.
iForem is dedicated to be here when disaster strikes.
These fires are close to home and personal. We have friends and family
who, like many, have been affected in this horrible natural disaster. We in California are used to natural
disaster but this is a truly devastating event. iForem wishes the families who have lost so much, peace of
mind, and the hope you can rebuild soon.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sought help from other states as wind-fueled fires burned 356,000 acres (142,400 hectares) across Southern California, consuming hundreds of houses, killing two people and uprooting more than a quarter- million more.
About 68,500 homes and 2,200 businesses are threatened by fires, and 321,000 residents have fled, Rochelle Jenkins, a spokeswoman for the state's emergency response team, said in an interview today.
``I'm heartbroken to see those things,'' Schwarzenegger said in a news conference after touring burned houses in San Diego. ``These are people that have saved all their lives to pay for those homes. We have to do everything we can to help these people.''
This is how data is managed to keep costs down in the world today - would have been allot safer with iForem.
olumbus (OH) - The man responsible for the biggest data theft in the state of Ohio has received his official punishment - five days of lost vacation.
This summer, a tape containing tens of thousands of government data records was stolen from the car of an Ohio intern. According to reports following the incident, it was common practice to send sensitive discs home with employees as a "safety measure" to ensure critical government data was not left entirely in the state offices overnight. The practice was put to an end after the July incident following an executive order from Governor Ted Strickland.
Jerry Miller, Ohio Department of Administrative Services payroll team leader, was deemed responsible for the data theft. He was ordered to surrender a week of paid vacation for his role in the data breach.
Social security numbers and other sensitive data of over 120,000 Ohio taxpayers and state employees were on the tape, according to computer forensics research. The cost of replacing the data and providing free credit monitoring to all those affected, along with other costs, will total around $3 million.
A spokesperson for the state's Department of Administrative Services called Miller a "stellar longtime DAS employee", saying he was forthcoming about the incident. The punishment was recommended by a state board that investigated the incident.
The government spokesperson went on to say, "One lesson that the state learned is that we need to throw more resources at security and privacy when we have an issue like that."
olumbus (OH) - The man responsible for the biggest data theft in the state of Ohio has received his official punishment - five days of lost vacation.
This summer, a tape containing tens of thousands of government data records was stolen from the car of an Ohio intern. According to reports following the incident, it was common practice to send sensitive discs home with employees as a "safety measure" to ensure critical government data was not left entirely in the state offices overnight. The practice was put to an end after the July incident following an executive order from Governor Ted Strickland.
Jerry Miller, Ohio Department of Administrative Services payroll team leader, was deemed responsible for the data theft. He was ordered to surrender a week of paid vacation for his role in the data breach.
Social security numbers and other sensitive data of over 120,000 Ohio taxpayers and state employees were on the tape, according to computer forensics research. The cost of replacing the data and providing free credit monitoring to all those affected, along with other costs, will total around $3 million.
A spokesperson for the state's Department of Administrative Services called Miller a "stellar longtime DAS employee", saying he was forthcoming about the incident. The punishment was recommended by a state board that investigated the incident.
The government spokesperson went on to say, "One lesson that the state learned is that we need to throw more resources at security and privacy when we have an issue like that."
Question: What are the average industry standards for the length of time data/tape are stored off site? Do we keep a quarter, a month, etc. I understand it's different based on your business but just as a general guideline...
he minimum records retention requirements regulations vary by state and by data type, but typically they range from three years to permanent. Legally, most businesses need to keep records long term. Broadly speaking, state and federal regulation require:
Business records: 7 years to permanent
Contracts: 7 years to permanent
Employee records: 3 years
Payroll records: 3 to 7 years
Permanent - Looks like iForem is the only real solution here.
he minimum records retention requirements regulations vary by state and by data type, but typically they range from three years to permanent. Legally, most businesses need to keep records long term. Broadly speaking, state and federal regulation require:
Business records: 7 years to permanent
Contracts: 7 years to permanent
Employee records: 3 years
Payroll records: 3 to 7 years
Permanent - Looks like iForem is the only real solution here.
Security at iForem is security from Human Error.
NEW YORK - Three spreadsheets containing more than 5,000 Social Security numbers and other personal details about customers of ABN Amro Mortgage Group were inadvertently leaked over an online file-sharing network by a former employee.
GoSmart, Inc. uses iForem to avoid this kind of problem with our enterprise grade secure document storage.
NEW YORK - Three spreadsheets containing more than 5,000 Social Security numbers and other personal details about customers of ABN Amro Mortgage Group were inadvertently leaked over an online file-sharing network by a former employee.
GoSmart, Inc. uses iForem to avoid this kind of problem with our enterprise grade secure document storage.
