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Have you ever taken work away from the office to get something finished? You might have worked at the kitchen table or in a hotel - where is the most exotic place you have remotely worked? Take our survey.

With the business at your fingertips remote working becomes a really useful tool, but it’s too easy to take things for granted and even easier for a simple mistake or miscalculation to cause massive issues.

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The exact risk of losing any particular bit of computer information depends on the exact nature of the information in question. Securing your computer used to be about scanning floppy disks for viruses and checking the odd email.

Enter the Internet, lower prices for laptops and an explosion in mobile and remote working – in the last census, 60% of homes had a computer. If you store data then you’re at risk, at risk of being named and shamed for losing potentially important or embarrassing electronic information.

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Of course you backup your important files on a regular basis already, don't you?  Good.  Here are five tips to make sure you're getting the most from those backups, check each one regularly because as your business changes so do your backup requirements.

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