The
Case
Most people understand the value of corporate and personal electronic data. However, few realize the real value of their data until after it is lost permanently. Implementing the "Best Practices" for backup requires a proven, successful program and offsite data-storage facility.
What's at stake? |
Even with amazing stories of loss such as with former businesses in the World Trade Centre, the majority of corporations and home PC owners fail to adequately secure their data. Investment in earlier generations of backup software and hardware for personal computers and laptops have proven ineffective; mainly because they are cumbersome, unused and unreliable. The Backup Manager's storage and restore software provides a robust, automated, high speed and reliable electronic insurance of a quality previously available only with expensive mini- and main-frame computers.
The
Benefits
Corporations that have implemented successful backup practices have discovered
four major benefits:
1) Significant cost savings: As users store more and more information on PC, the value of the data far exceeds the cost of the hardware. In fact, the cost of the average personal computer is a fraction of the costs associated with the recreating data stored on a computer.
2) Higher productivity: In the event of a major loss of data, the business loses the productivity of key personnel and often the entire organization suffers significant productivity losses. Valuable employee time is recaptured when an outsourced automated system is implemented.
3) Simplified administration: Often computer users report that backing up is too much effort. They say that they do not back up because it takes too much time, or they are too busy, or they don't have a backup procedure in place. Backup Manager addresses all of the reasons for not establishing a backup plan.
4) Electronic Insurance/Peace of Mind: With ever-increasing dependency of businesses in every sector on computing tasks, a strong backup strategy is essential. With greater dependency on computers comes greater vulnerability to disaster for those who do not protect their data.
Best Practices Policy
To prevent data-loss disasters, Backup Manager recommends the following "Best Practices" Policy:
Outsource
data backup function to Backup Manager.
Set
software to back up daily.
Depending on the amount of data in storage, burn
hardcopy
CDs
every quarter (three months), and have Backup Manager
store these
CDs in its secure data center.
