PC's Fixer Advice: Every Small Business NEEDS Data Backup

- But many still do not have it. Are You Safe From Catastrophic
Loss Of Data?

Computers and computer data is crucial to businesses of all sizes. However, it is larger corporations that consider and employ backup strategies from day one while most small businesses delay implementing backups until disaster strikes and expensive computer servicing is needed.

Computer systems are fragile and often susceptible to a host of significant and costly problems: lost data, viruses, system or application failures, file corruption, lost or stolen computers, hard drive crashes, and obsolete /old systems. The list is endless.

Consider this report from the University of Texas Center for Research on Information Systems.
Of the companies that lose their data in a disaster:

• 90% are out of business within two years...
• Nearly 50% never reopen their doors at all after the disaster!

Backup Means Redundancy

It goes without saying that effective backup means duplicating date from your primary system on storing a copy on another system or portable media. Information that is most crucial to back up would include data that changes frequently or periodically. Also, backing up the entire data network is desirable at least every few months.
For years portable media such as tape and CD’s were the main solutions used to backup data but the ever-increasing size and scope of business data requires more effective means of data storage. Hybrid or portable hard drives have gained popularity as their cost has come way down. Computer discounters now routinely offer these backup drives for under $200 and the drive capacity is typically in the 40 gig to 100 gig size (good enough for most small businesses).


PC’s Fixer offers its customers  advice on purchasing the most up-to-date solutions for data storage. Feel free to call Robert with any questions regarding data storage and remember the old saying that  “one stitch in time saves nine” when considering your data backup solutions.

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