| You never know when a disaster, manmade or | | | | Another company I found which would work well |
| natural, will strike an area. When a series of | | | | within the scope of my business is Offsite Backups. |
| Tornadoes pretty well wiped out two nearby towns, | | | | What is different about Offsite Backups is they tailor |
| I soon realized that I could lose all the data I kept | | | | their services to specific industries. They cater to |
| stored on my company's main pc. I began to look for | | | | service industries such as legal, medical and financial |
| an affordable and viable option for my data backup | | | | organizations. That is not to say that they don't |
| storage needs. I already subscribe to an online | | | | serve the general business population, because they |
| backup storage service, but I wanted to find to find | | | | do. They offer twenty-four hour around the clock |
| a better solution to help me with both my main | | | | customer service and technical support, free |
| office and its remote satellite offices. I needed a | | | | installation and setup and, my favorite, a free one |
| system which would minimize cost yet be simple to | | | | month trial. They offer a strong security at their |
| maintain. Here are a few vendors which offer a fair | | | | offsite data facilities. Some of the security measures |
| representation for offsite backup of data. | | | | they use, I can appreciate. They are an authorized |
| First on my list is Renovodata. With the high cost of | | | | fingerprint entry system and a continuous video feed |
| complying with federally mandated regulation | | | | of the entire facility. If my data were to be stored |
| requirements, many businesses are at a loss in finding | | | | there, I would feel confident that it would be |
| a cost effective measure to backup and store their | | | | sufficiently protected. |
| growing data needs. I found one aspect of | | | | Since the nature of my business involves confidential |
| Renovodata's service that other providers do not | | | | health records and financial information, I try to look |
| have-a tiered storage solution. The tiered storage | | | | for a company which is HIPPA compliant. iDataBackup |
| method is perfect for businesses that need to store | | | | is one such company. They are affordable and offer |
| different types of storage media. Renovodata prices | | | | price plans based on amount of compressed data |
| its tiered storage based on size and type of data to | | | | storage used. All data is encrypted as it is backed up |
| be stored, frequency of use and level of protection | | | | and, should it be necessary, data recovery is |
| needed. | | | | seamless. |