Freebird Solutions has been a trusted name in outsourced IT services for more than 8 years in the GTA. Since 2002 we have been providing friendly, reliable and affordable IT solutions for residential, commercial, industrial and retail customers. We provide sales, service, implementation & consulting services quickly, affordably and most importantly, reliably.

We've listened to our customers and are now providing Business Internet connectivity as part of our strategy to be your integrated technology solutions provider. This means Freebird Solutions can be your single point of contact for all your computers, servers, networks and Internet Service- One phone call & one manageable bill for all your needs.  Here's a list of the products and services we offer:

• Mac & PC Specialists (sales, service, support & repair)
• Desktop, laptop & server maintenance, upgrade or repair
• Virus, spyware & malware detection, removal and protection
• *NEW* Freebird Business DSL Internet service
• Internet setup and implementation (DSL, Cable, Wi-Max, Cellular, Satellite & Dial-up)
• Wired and wireless network design, implementation, service, support, repair, optimization & troubleshooting
• Data Backup and Recovery
• VoIP implementation and configuration
• Email setup, service, management
• Email & Domain hosting available
• Software installation and troubleshooting
• Integration and consulting
• Custom Solutions design and implementation

The importance of a well implemented and tested backup & recovery strategy can never be understated.  To illustrate this point, check out some of these statistics gathered from around the web:

• According to Imation's Small Business Survey Special Report conducted in April 2003, 30% of small businesses admit they have no formal data backup and storage procedures, or do not implement their procedures consistently.
• 30% of all businesses that have a major fire or loss of data go out of business within 1-year. 70% fail within five years. (Home Office Computing Magazine)
• 31% of PC users have lost all of their files due to events beyond their control.
• 34% of companies fail to test their tape/disk backups, and of those that do, 77% have found back-up failures and errors.
• Companies that aren't able to resume operations within ten days (of a disaster hit) are not likely to survive. (Strategic Research Institute)
• Simple drive recovery can cost upwards of $7,500 and success is not guaranteed. (Priced from 3 popular labs in the GTA)
• According to consultancy Access Markets International, more than 40 percent of small businesses rank automated data backup and recovery as their primary IT need. (ECT News Network, Inc.) 
• Time is valuable- 20Mb of data typically takes 30 hours of work to replace - time not spent selling is time wasted by staff. The cost of a business hour is typically $250.

From the smallest home office to the largest corporations with hundreds of employees, computers and servers, having a proper backup & recovery methodoogy is essential to protect your workflow and intellectual property.  A small invesetment before a disaster occurs can and will save thousands of dollars in data recovery and  many hours of downtime, stress and frustration.

Avoid being a tragic statistic, Contact Freebird Solutions today to help you by implementing a backup strategy that includes some vital steps:

• Ensure your business has a well thought out strategy in place for data management, storage & backup.
• Ensure your storage and backup solutions are redundant to avoid fincial loss or a drop in productivity in the event of a catastrophe. 
• Ensure your backup solution is well matched to your needs by considering the amount of data being produced, when it's produced, how it's stored and when it's being accessed. Based on these factors we can define the type and level of backup required.
• Test and verify your backups regularly as part of your backup strategy.  A backup strategy is only successful once the data has been succesfully restored in a timely manner.