By Dan Izydorek
Most business owners play ‘Russian Roulette? with their data backups.
While they may have an onsite copy of their data, they never check to make sure the data is being backed up every day OR the integrity of the data.
That’s why thousands of businesses lose millions of dollars worth of data to disasters like viruses, fires, power outages, theft, equipment failure, and even simple human error.
In almost every case, these businesses had some type of backup system in place, but were shocked to find out it wasn’t working when they needed it most.
The Single Most Important Thing You Must Do to Protect Your Data!
If your data is important to you, then you absolutely MUST have an off-site backup system in place in addition to your onsite backups.
The benefits are obvious:
? Your files are automatically backed up every night right over the Internet. No human error!
? Depending on the offsite system used, your files are compressed and then encrypted to ensure security.
? Your data is safe from fire, floods, storms, viruses, hackers, hardware malfunctions, and human error!
? You can back up ALL of your data and not be limited to the size of your tape drive.
? You now have redundant libraries of data to recover from in case the need arises.
Another important aspect of using onsite backups is that they should be a managed or monitored backup.
Managed services are available from many IT services companies, including PC Miracles. With managed services, your backups, and even your workstations and servers if you choose, are constantly monitored by sophisticated software which lets your IT company know if something is not working properly.
If you have a question you’d like to see answered or an idea for this column contact Dan via e-mail at info@pcmiracles.com or call 248-620-2201.