Why Should You Backup Your Data?
The answer is very simple. Every computer user will at some point lose valuable data. It has either already happened to you or it is going to happen to you. Which one are you?
Your data is perhaps your most valuable asset, and from a strategic perspective, data represents the core of a 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 these invaluable business assets, which you cannot afford to lose. If your data suddenly disappears, what do you have to work with?
Further, data recovery is extremely expensive and is often impossible to do. Re-building just 20MB of lost data could cost more than 100.000 kroner and take weeks to complete. Depending on the cause of the loss, the data may very well be gone forever.
A few things to remember:
60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months of the disaster.
43% of companies that experience data disasters never fully recover.
90% of business that lose data will shut down within two years of the disaster.
The security of your data is directly tied to the success of your company. Don´t lose everything you´ve worked so hard for by simply failing to secure your systems!