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7 Things Nonprofits Should Know About Virtual Desktops

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With a virtual desktop, everything that you see on your computer screen (the operating system) is actually located on a server rather than on your computer’s local drive. Virtual OS systems are shared. Rather than having one OS to a system, an OS can be distributed to multiple computers. Disaster recovery.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

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" Saskatoon Public Library's support is just one of many examples of public libraries supporting disaster preparedness and relief. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness. The library is a natural place for community members to obtain information on disaster preparedness. Libraries as Evacuee Resource Centers.

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General IT Safety Tips for Disaster Recovery

Tech Soup

The following is an excerpt on recovering hardware and IT equipment after a disaster from TechSoup's Disaster Planning and Recovery Guide , currently being updated with additional content and formats. Our thoughts are with those impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Ventilation is also very important.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

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Whether involved in humanitarian response in conflict or disaster situations, development work, human rights, or peace-building, our international nonprofit customers have some of the most complex nonprofit missions on earth. You can do this by going to Profile > System Preferences > disable “Export Reports”.

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4 Digestible Cloud Computing Facts

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A cloud-based constituent relationship management (CRM) system is the modern way to run in-office donor databases. An older laptop or tablet can access a cloud just as quickly as the latest and greatest laptop can. Cloud services are reached, generally, through any standard web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome.

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Networking Your Nonprofit: Security and Telephony

Tech Soup

Next, look to protect your donor, client, and project information across your entire network of "endpoints" (desktops, laptops, and servers) with Symantec's donated enterprise-level security software. Using this system to manage your telephony results in increased flexibility and mobility. VoIP and Your Network.

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February Is Backup Month at TechSoup

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Freestore Foodbank: Standardized Practices and Disaster Planning (TechSoup Blog) Learn how one organization standardized its systems across multiple branches and put regular backups in place just in time for a disaster.