[Lincoln LUG] Advice needed on backing up laptops

[Terry Froy]

.... and so far no-one has mentioned any item of free software :-(

I suggest you look at Nextcloud - http://www.nextcloud.com/ - both the server and clients are mature/stable and will do what you need plus lots more besides.

Assuming your Nextcloud server is HTTPS-only, you will also not require a VPN client in order to ensure security of data while in transit.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Terry Froy
Spilsby Internet Solutions
http://www.spilsby.net/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Walmsley via Lincoln" <lincoln at mailman.lug.org.uk>
To: "Lincoln LUG mailing list" <lincoln at mailman.lug.org.uk>, "Kevin Hall" <kevin_hall at ntlworld.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 June, 2017 7:45:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Lincoln LUG] Advice needed on backing up laptops



Hi Kevin 


I think VPN to save work is fairly normal,otherwise saving to SharePoint/OneDrive is normal in industry. 


One company uses goodsync to sync between multiple devices too. 


I think education is more important,if staff save locally they are causing the issues. I think another point is updates/patching and is their something in place. 


Hope that helps. 




Andy 


On 28 Jun 2017 6:37 p.m., "Kevin Hall via Lincoln" < lincoln at mailman.lug.org.uk > wrote: 





Hi Everyone 

I would like the benefit of your collective experience. 

What is your companies backup policy for staff laptops? Offline folders, cloud storage, VPN, synchronisation software? 

The Council policy is to use VPN so staff can connect remotely to their home folders and the laptops are fully encrypted. If they save work anywhere on their laptop it is their problem. I think this policy is a bit harsh but it does force users to keep data on the server. 

Regards 

Kevin 









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