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This is a process to automate the backup of the Mambo MySQL database and send the backup data to an offsite destination for safe storage through email.

I was looking for an automated, simple and fast way to keep my database safe. Specifically, I wanted to find:

1) A fast way to backup my data.

2) Easy process to transfer the data out of my web host server to an external destination.

3) Automate the whole process.

To meet the demands of the 'agile enterprise', IT departments must crunch ever-increasing volumes of data. But to do this effectively and become agile in its own right, IT will need ever-increasing layers of automation.

The one thing you can count on to be constant is change, especially in business. And, as the pace of business change continues to accelerate, organizations need to be increasingly agile in the face of sudden market shifts, new competition, changing customer behaviors, cascading mergers and acquisitions, and fast-evolving technologies and standards.

If you are a local business in Singapore, your company may able to use the Local Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme (LETAS) to help offset IT ecommerce consultancy and implementation costs by up to 50%. The Singapore government is actively helping local Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) improve capability developments in order to meet a fast-changing and technologically savvy world. 

Internet marketing has become an important competitive edge for businesses nowadays. However, to implement an effective ecommerce presence for a Small Medium Enterprise (SME) can prove to be very challenging indeed.

One solution is to explore the various government grants and resources that your country provides for promoting online business. Here in Singapore, the LETAS grants by Spring Singapore may just be that extra help to enable various SMEs to go online.