Do You Have a Reliable and Tested Back Up System in Place?
Imagine that you are working on some critical financial data at the office or perhaps sorting through family photographs on your computer at home. What would you do if the computer containing all of your business and/or personal information crashed and your entire “digital life” suddenly vanished? What would you do if your computer was lost in a fire, destroyed in a flood or stolen at the airport? Do these scenarios put you into an automatic panic thinking about your data? At least the information can be recovered because you have a reliable and tested backup solution in place. Right?
Backing up is something we all know we are supposed to do. Yet, sometimes we feel that we are simply too busy to spend the time researching various secure backup solutions or we feel that money should be budgeted in other areas. Many of us are still relying on old tapes, stacks of disks and USB flash drives as our back up plan. Even if you have an external hard drive backing up your computer, this system isn’t entirely fool-proof. External hard drives can also crash or be stolen and all of your information will be gone. Once disaster strikes and all of your business or personal information have been wiped away, it’s too late to think about what you should have done. Trying to recover this information is impossible in most situations and extremely costly.
We strongly encourage you to be proactive and establish a back up plan immediately. Even if you already have a back up plan in place, you should re-evaluate the solution as technology is evolving rapidly!
Back Up Solutions Move Online
As ominous as the disaster scenarios above may sound, the good news is that back up options have become significantly more reliable and widely used. Technology and increased internet speeds have switched back up processes to on line data storage. Here are a few informative pointers on how on line back up systems work:
• The on line back up provider will download their software to your computer.
• The application simply runs in the background backing up your data to the provider’s secure storage servers. It’s a simple automated system that backs up everything on your computer. Not just select files – everything.
• Most on line back up providers encrypt stored data in a class known as “Bank Grade Security.” With this high level of data encryption, there is no need to worry that your business or personal information can be seen by others.
• A user-friendly interface enables you to set up a back up schedule and to download and restore files once the files are backed up.
• Think of on line back up as insurance for your data. If you lose any files, you retrieve the information via the on line back up system. You pay a monthly fee to keep your data insured.
• On line back up keeps your file structure intact. You can search for backup information just as you would find the information filed on your computer. It’s efficient and user friendly.
• On line back ups provide easy recovery if disaster happens to strike.
Why On Line Back Up is Your Best Solution
On line back up is the best solution for ensuring the security of your business data and also personal information. On line back up provides protection for your data in the event of a computer crash, theft or natural disaster while also delivering an elevated level of security. Within the realm of on line back up solutions, there are a number of vendors and solutions to consider. Contact your local Computer Troubleshooters to help you determine the best back up scenario for your business. Be sure that your data is safe, secure and backed up.