Online Backups

Importance of Secure Online Backup to SMBs

 

Green IT Technology has become an integral part of business operations nowadays. For instance, contracts, e-mails and accounting records are being stored in digital formats more and more frequently. Therefore, it is essential for your business to backup this critical data to prevent data loss through malicious virus attack, natural disasters, hardware malfunction and human error, etc. Thus, having your own data backup solution will not only give you peace of mind but also save you time and money to rebuild your data from scratch.

Your Data Grows Exponentially

If you find yourself now in a situation where you have to deal with an explosion in the volume of your business data, you are not alone. The accelerating pace of data creation, accumulation, and diffusion is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon among companies throughout the world today. Network design demands are growing exponentially due to widespread use of the Internet, email, and media-rich software. According to the annual "Digital Universe" report published by International Data Corp. (IDC), the volume of data created by individuals and businesses continues to multiply, doubling every 18 months. At its current rate, the universe of content created across the globe will grow fivefold "from 486 exabytes to more than 2,500 exabytes "by the end of 2012.

1MB of Data is Worth £5,000

Most of businesses require proper IT Consulting as well as network security services. Viewed from a strategic perspective, your data represent the core of your business. You have invested a lot of TIME, MONEY and EFFORT in developing your business data. Contracts, sales records, proposals, accounting records, marketing material, business contacts, emails, and even digital photos taken in important events, etc., make up the bulk of your invaluable business assets, which you cannot afford to lose. Studies have shown that:
 »   1MB of data is worth approximately £5,000
 »   Re-building just 20MB of lost data could cost more than £8,000 and take nearly three weeks to complete
 »   A leaked record may cost you £90 to rectify
 »   Retrieval of data from a crashed hard drive is often extremely costly, and there is NO GUARANTEE of success!

Data Loss Makes Your Business Suffer

 »   Your business data goes hand in hand with your business operations. The loss of such data, or even its temporary unavailability, may threaten your hard-earned competitive position
 »   Companies without proactive backup and recovery policies are likely to be OUT OF BUSINESS within 2 years of a major disaster
 »   Loss of business data may ruin your company's reputation, and may lead to expensive litigation
 »   Worst of all, it interrupts your business continuity

Conventional Approaches to Backup Are Not Good Enough

Poor "unstructured" conventional backup methodologies, such as tape, CD Rom, and external hard drive, etc., are not good enough because of:
 »   High failure rates during data restoration
 »   Difficulty in detecting problems of backup before performing restoration
 »   Slow read / write speed
 »   High maintenance cost
 »   Expensive offsite storage of tape library
 »   Reduced flexibility for backup caused by fixed capacity per backup media
 »   Increased likelihood of occurrence of negligence-induced problems (e.g. lost or misplaced data)