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Consequences of data loss and Why should Offsite Backup be used?
By Lee Morrell
There is a calculated trend in all
business corporations and firms: when the enterprise is getting bigger, its
support of
data increases its complexity, volume
and value. The larger your enterprise is, the more significant your data files
become. The traditional tape
backup can no longer produce
in-depth data information about all the important features of your business.
That's why many people get acknowledged to a more adequate file protection.
A secure offsite
backup system can be the possible solution. Business owners and offices managers
have got it straight: if the business is to flourish, precise data information
storage should be used.
Offsite backup
systems offer something, which no other data store can do: they protect to the
greatest extent all your files. But why should they do that, you may ask.
Imagine you are a business owner. You have your own office computer, which is
crammed up with all the valuable info. Well, what if the computer gets stolen,
or a short-cut puts it out of practice? What will happen to your enterprise? If
you are still not convinced enough to the rational extent, let's consider the
following statistic data. 1 in every 4 computer users suffers a critical data
loss every year. Last years over 500,000 were stolen. Disk and other hardware
failures are so numerous that major disk and computer manufacturers/resellers
are reducing their warranties to 12 months. Over 25% of data loss is a result of
computer program errors, software viruses and natural disasters (factors
completely out of your control). 50% of businesses that lose their data never
open their doors again. Of those businesses that do manage to stay open, 90% end
up failing within two years. Data loss will cost business an estimated
£12
Billion this year.
Still not
believing? Consider the following fact: computer experts say that once data is
lost, it can no longer be recovered to the full. Some data that contains pieces
of valuable information will be forever lost in the digital space, with no hope
of getting it back. Disaster recovery planning (DV) often fails to extract the
lost files in the similar way as they were before the disaster struck. This
happens because of the various regulations and compliance, which occur during
the recovery process.
Data loss can
happen to anyone, no matter how good the tape protection system is. There is no
tape backup that can comprise all the valuable information without omitting some
precious stuff. Text documents, financial records, contact records, address
books, email messages and
databases
that you have created on your computer
or servers
may disappear forever unless you take a
serious action to prevent it. The lost files are hard to recover, and it takes a
lot of precious time and nerve-racking to recover even to the approximate extent
the ruined system as it was before the disaster. The value of data highly exceed
the mere cost of your computer or server,
as you have to pay a great amount of money for reproducing the whole information
as it was before the crack down. So, the most reasonable thing to do, if you
don't want to spend a lot of money afterwards, is to re-ensure your system using
secure
online backups.
Even though that
is the sacred truth, most people avoid taking backup precautions. They leave
their data
files unprotected, and thus expose their business on the danger of bankrupt. Why
do people do it? Because of laziness, because they don't want to spend
additional money, or just because they think that would never happen to them. Is
it so hard to take some pre-consideration and backup your
data?
Sooner or later, everyone gets a strike in their unprotected file systems. Then
it is too late to split hairs over the lost information. You should better take
the action in advance and construct a data backup system, so that your files are
fully protected and your business is ensured.
For further information of
how we can protect your data, regardless of disaster, please visit
www.perfectbackup.co.uk.
About the Author Lee Morrell is a specialist backup advisor to small to medium companies
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