The Importance of Online Data Backup
Posted by Chris Souza on Mon, Apr 21, 2008 @ 09:15 AM
Most businesses today protect themselves from financial disasters via
insurance policies structured to recoup loss of revenue should the unexpected
occur. However, an insurance policy cannot restore lost data, and that’s often
the most expensive loss of all.
Consider how crippling would it be for a business to suddenly lose all of
its customers data as well as their own. Not just a few emails, spreadsheets,
or presentations; but ALL of their data. What would you do if you came into
work, turned on your computer and there was absolutely nothing. In today’s day
and age it would render most helpless. Just imagining what it would be like is
enough to send most business owners into a panic.
With the explosion of e-commerce, competition is fiercer than it has been
ever before. In today's business world, it is absolutely essential that an
online business operates without failure. If customers are greeted with error
messages or other glitches when they access a site, competitors are just a
simple mouse-click away, and they are all too ready and eager to snatch them
up.
Online data backup functions similarly to tape backups but with one major
and very important difference; rather than sending data to a tape, the data is encrypted
and sent to a secure, offsite facility. There is no need to change, test, or
cycle tapes; each backup set is fully automated; eliminating hours of mindless work
for the IT person.
A good online data backup service keeps your data
safe and secure in a remote location and allows you to access, update, and
recover important files and documents without your business suffering downtime
or lost customers.
Learn more about NEDS Online Data Backup