The Cost of Not Protecting Data
Mar. 07, 2007

Remember how 10 or 12 years ago, in the early days of personal computing, you’d back up that Word doc or Quicken file by copying it onto a floppy and stashing it in a desk drawer? Perhaps if you were really organized, you had one of those brightly colored plastic boxes to file the duplicate disk in.

Well, even today many businesses are managing their essential data in a similar way. To be sure, no one is backing corporate files onto floppy disks anymore, but a lot of companies simply back-up files to a single local server. They certainly haven’t implemented the comprehensive data protection schemes they need to ensure their data can survive human carelessness, equipment failure and physical disasters.

In today’s 24x7 business climate, enterprises depend on critical data to be readily and dependably accessible. Lost or corrupted data means downtime, and from there losses can mount quickly.

As this week’s new feature story on Data Protection mentions, the old model of backing up data onto tape during the night is no longer tenable. There’s too much data; yesterday’s technologies bog down networks unacceptably; and besides that, nighttime no longer means businesses is on hold.

Luckily, new affordable technologies exist to enable even modest businesses to protect their valuable data by backing it up continuously and storing it remotely. Check out the story, and let us know your thoughts about addressing this issue.

Posted by Andy Mazer 03.07.07

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