RenovoData was featured in the Logistic Journal. The article provides expert-level detail on cyber threats and provides three steps that can help to protect your data.

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RenovoData was featured in the Logistic Journal. The article provides expert-level detail on how the ever-multiplying Internet of Things (IoT) can impact the 3PL and trucking world.

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Just about every enterprise will be impacted. For example, factories will become exponentially more productive and efficient, and highway systems will become faster-moving, safer and cheaper. Undoubtedly, 3PL and trucking companies will be along the most broadly involved in and affected by this growing technology, both because of the proliferation of internal applications as well as IoT products used by related organizations…

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The Logistics Journal ran an article, written by RenovoData. The article provides expert-level details on ransomware as a service (RaaS) and how it can affect 3PL and Trucking companies.

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Would-be extortionists can now order easy-to-implement ransomware kits on the Dark Web. Just over a decade ago, IT users began experiencing attacks of ransomware, and in the intervening years it has become the most widespread and damaging variety of malware, gaining international notoriety as a thread to individuals and organizations large and small. Ransomware enters systems through fake emails or other notifications, capturing data and holding it captive until a ransom is paid…
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The article provides expert-level detail on guiding 3PL and Trucking Companies through the importance of having a solid plan and helping them to prepare for a disaster. Read more….

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Creating and implementing an effective disaster recovery plan takes time, effort and buy-in by everyone in the organization. Every so often, employees will be required to bring their walk to a halt, and as you well know, interruptions of this kind are especially problematic in the fast-moving 3PL and trucking company environment… The cost of disasters can be measured by the amount of downtime you incur, so begin your disaster recovery planning by determining how much you can withstand. To do so, you must add up how much loss of each main function will be over a given period. The total for your company could be seconds or days, with 3PL and trucking companies requiring high speed…

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RenovoData was once again featured in The Logistics Journal. The article provides expert-level detail on helping 3PL and Trucking Companies to get a grasp on the realities of data backup and to avoid the traps of common misconceptions that often circulate. This brief article asks “What problems do data backup technology present?” What are the different products available? What role does the cloud play? and more.

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Misconception: Stored data can easily disappear. With the right cloud-archiving provider that should never happen. Best-in-class cloud data archiving solutions are designed to provide virtually invincible storage.

Misconception: Small organizations don’t generate enough data to require backup. Any data that is important needs backup. No company is so small that its future is not heavily reliant on irreplaceable data, and that makes data protection a necessity.

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RenovoData was once again featured in The Logistics Journal. The article provides expert-level detail on helping 3PL and Trucking Companies to understand DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service). This brief article discusses the “essential question” of how to “keep kind complex, cloud-enabled systems typical of 3PL trucking companies running smoothly, safely and reliably”.

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Of course, the cloud is a game-changing tool for recovery.  But as with every great innovation, it solves many problems, and also creates new ones.

While the cloud offers greater opportunities for growth, increased speed, and more productive procedures, it also increased the likelihood of costly downtime and damaging data loss.  In fact, the more advanced and elaborate an IT system becomes, the greater its risk of collapse.

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RenovoData were featured in the leading publication from the Transport Intermediaries Association, The Logistics Journal. The article provides expert-level detail on helping 3PL and Trucking Companies to choose the right disaster recovery solution.

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It is universally understood that any company’s success relies largely on effective data management, which can only be achieved with a multi-part, technically advanced and well-managed IT system.  For businesses of any size, these systems are composed of many elements, selected for maximum productivity and the ability to function interactively.  Each component should be constantly monitored and regularly tested to ensure its performance…

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RenovoData again were once again featured in the leading publication from the Transport Intermediaries Association, The Logistics Journal. The article, written by our own Chuck Cook, provides expert-level detail on recent downtime scenarios that have made the news as well as looking at the possible assessments a company can take to gauge their potential downtime.

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Before an informed assessment of an Organization’s potential downtime costs can be made, a careful, detailed review of the company’s operations is necessary for identifying and evaluating risks and opportunities. This is a time-consuming and painstaking set of tasks, but the time and effort spent in this round of analysis is always a worthwhile investment..

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RenovoData again was featured in the leading publication of the Transport Intermediaries Association, The Logistics Journal. The article, written by our own Chuck Cook, provides critical and detailed information on the immense risk that all 3PL and trucking companies face: Ransomware.

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Ransomware is a particularly vicious kind of malware that has existed for several years. Recently, both the number and sophistication of ransomware attacks are escalating. Not only does ransomware capture information and wreak havoc with IT systems, it also steals the victim’s money through cyber-extortion. Hackers are able to break into a system, encrypt the data it contains to prevent its use, and then demand payment to release the data.

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