Data Backup Systems

Every small business has data that needs to be protected, such as customer records, marketing plans and accounting ledgers. Much of this data is computerized, which one would think would make the archiving and backup of business data easier. But for many businesses, data protection is very much a hit or miss affair, done sometimes or not at all.

Data protection is crucial for protecting your business's continuity. If your only data backup is on a computer, and the hard disk fails or is damaged by a power surge, your business data is gone. And having paper copies of business data isn't adequate data protection; what if your business premises burned to the ground or experienced severe flooding? Once again the data you needed to carry on your business could be irretrievably lost.

For adequate data protection, Ice Media can establish a data backup system that follows these three steps:

• archive business data regularly;
• create a backup of the data on reliable media;
• keep updated backups in a secure, off-site location.

The basic rule for business data protection is that if losing the data will interfere with doing business, back it up. You can reinstall software programs if you need to, but recovering the details of transactions or business correspondence is impossible if those files are lost or damaged beyond repair.

Speak to one of our team today to find out about Secure Offsite Backup.