Data Backup and Recovery
In This Article:
Data loss and numbers
Data recovery and costs
The news about data breaches and data losses has made major headlines around both the US & worldwide, and will continue to. We’ve written about this before, and its importance is such that its effects should not be ignored. It continues to be an issue due to the fact that people, businesses, governments, and educational institutions lack a comprehensive, complete, and secure data backup & recovery plan - such as those that Computer & Communications Innovations provides to our customers in the Middle Tennessee area and beyond.
Data loss has devastating effects on any type or size business, often leading to massive financial losses (or even worse total business closure)! The need for a comprehensive, complete, and secure data backup & recovery service managed by an IT management company like CCI is critical to daily and long-term business operation & sustainability. The data loss on a personal level is equally devastating: losing pictures of that fishing trip with the family, that great night out with friends in Downtown Nashville, accounting or legal documents… the list goes on.
According to Consolidated Technologies, there are 10 common causes of data loss:
Human Error
Virus & Malware
Hard Drive Damage
Power Outages
Computer Theft
Liquid Damage
Disasters
Software Corruption
Hard Drive Formatting
Hackers & Insiders
Please contact us about the many surge protection and power backup solutions that are available to protect your business equipment against the elements of Middle Tennessee.
Data loss can occur very slowly with several of these causes working as a series of unfortunate events - for example, consider the power outages that occurred during the recent tornado.
Power that is not consistently provided (or unconditioned power) to a computer can have a very slow and gradual effect on data integrity. Today’s computers are rated to operate at very low voltage and are extremely sensitive to varying currents/voltages. Once the computer has had power issues from such things as a power surge, brownouts, blackouts, etc., causing the computer to suddenly reboot will slowly damage a hard drive spinning from 7,000 to 15,000 RPM to zero! Power protection equipment like highly rated surge protectors and/or battery backup systems (uninterruptible power supplies - UPS, which also have built in surge protection) are the best way to protect your computers against these power issues; but even these are still NO guarantee against data loss, as all hard drives will eventually fail!
The ultimate cost of data loss to any business entity is that it can affect the bottom line, profits, and may even expose you to possible legal issues. The costs of data loss are staggering, showing within the last 12 months the data loss has reached an average of 1 million ($1,000,000) PER organization!!! (Tech Republic)
Be pro-active about your data and your livelihood
Let a representative from Computer & Communications Innovations demonstrate to you the many optimal data backup & recovery services available to you; whether you are a one person show or a medium-sized business with multiple locations!
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