Management tips….use free e-mail accounts for your advantage

I think no one needs to remind us anymore about the importance of data back up. Data loss or not able to access data while you are a way from office or home is major problem faced by millions of workers worldwide. If your job or your life style requires you to travel a lot, you will sleep better at night knowing your data is safe and accessible any time you need it.

Over the years many websites offered online data backup, I have singed up for one or two as far as I can remember, but I wasn’t really comfortable loading my data into someone else’s server if I didn’t know them real well.

So I decided to use free e-mail accounts as a way to back up my data. We are all familiar with Yahoo, MSN and Google free e-mail accounts. These free e-mail accounts are offered by some well known players in the IT field and to keep their customers’ data well protected is number one priority for them.

I have been using yahoo free e-mail, as primary e-mail account and also I have been using it to back up my data using the free storage space they gave me. Many people asked me how come an IT professional doesn’t have his own company e-mail account, I would answer them that with Yahoo I don’t have to worry about my company’s e-mail server being down or my about data was being lost. I am sure companies like Yahoo, MSN, and Google have their own problem with customer data loss or e-mail accounts access issues, but the probability of that is real low.

I e-mail myself as file attachments all the important documents that I want to save or I want immediate access to them when I am away from my home or office, I carry some data with me on USB flash drives, but I also have online backup.