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August 29, 2008

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With limited military, political and economic options available to the U.S. and Europe, the greatest pressure on Russia may come from businesses and investors fleeing increased risks there. This week's Kiplinger Letter looks at what's at stake for both Russia and the U.S. Also, note our Special Issue this week on the 2009 outlook for business costs.

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Big-Time Computer Security for Smaller Firms

Information stashed on a smaller firm's servers might be worth much more than the company's inventory or equipment, but it rarely get as much security. Here's how to protect that valuable data.

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March 2007

Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Inc. helps organizations around the world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and storage. The company offers comprehensive records management and data protection solutions. Its name stems from its beginnings in 1951, when a depleted iron ore mine in upstate New York was converted to an underground records storage center designed to protect vital corporate records in the event of a nuclear attack.

Be honest. When did you last back up the computer you are reading this on? Well, while businesses do better than most individuals at protecting data, many don't do enough—despite huge risks. Iron Mountain Inc., a provider of data backup, recovery and archiving software, points out that business data often has an assessed value of up to $1 million per 100 megabytes and that there are potentially huge fines for failing to comply with a wide array of federal and state regulations.

The threat to smaller businesses can be even larger because of the time and effort stolen by a crash and subsequent recovery of data. But most small businesses can't afford the sophisticated data protection devices of larger ones.

Iron Mountain walks owners and managers of smaller firms through the most cost-effective methods for backing up servers and what to look for in providers in the white paper Protecting Server Data in Small and Medium Size Businesses.

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