Should YOU be using backup solutions?
October 9th, 2009 by JeffMany people don’t think using backup solutions are a priority for them. Using backup solutions is, in fact, a necessity for every computer user. Austin Lane IT Services can help your business implement a data protection strategy that will ensure that your valuable data is protected in the case of hardware failure or accidental loss.
Reasons to be using backup solutions:
- Using backup is smart — Every business should be using backup solutions for SOX compliance. If you are unsure whether your IT Services provider has your network configured to protect your data, Contact Austin Lane IT Services. Home users should also be using backup solutions to protect personal documents. For most home users, Mac OS X or Windows Vista or Windows 7 contain built-in backup features that make protecting your important data simple.
- Using backup is responsible — If you would like to be able to access that manual you just spent six months working on, you should be using backup solutions to protect it. In this case, using backup solutions should entail saving it on an external drive as well as your PC, or saving it on a server that is using backup solutions. Austin Lane IT Services ensures that our customers are able to recover data from their backups.
- Using backup is cost effective — While it may seem like a large up-front cost for something you never want to need, you should invest in using backup solutions that protect your data. Austin Lane IT Services can provide options that fit your budget and your business.
- Not using backup is dangerous — Studies have shown that businesses that are not using backup solutions that have catastrophic data loss tend to go out of business within a year of the data loss. Austin Lane IT Services feels so strongly about this issue that we restore data from the backup media at least once a month for data validation purposes. Are you sure your IT Services Provider can recover data from your backup system? If not, Contact Austin Lane IT Services.
Based on these facts, Austin Lane IT Services believes the cost of using backup solutions is necessary and negligible compared to the cost of total business failure.
Can YOU afford to not be using backup solutions? Austin Lane IT Services believes that no one can afford to avoid backups. If you would like help using backup solutions for your business, please Contact Austin Lane IT Services.