| You might think that something as major as a building | | | | By using an online secure backup solution and storing |
| fire could put a serious dent in the productivity of | | | | important, mission critical data files in a secure offsite |
| any office, to put it mildly. Destruction of property | | | | facility, your company can avert disaster and be up |
| equipment, furniture and files are almost certain. How | | | | and running even before the fire has been put out. |
| much in terms of assets would be lost and for how | | | | Here's how: When you set up an account with an |
| long? What about the company's mission critical data? | | | | online backup service provider you or your company |
| Could it ever be replaced? Computers (especially the | | | | will have the ability to back up any amount of critical |
| magnetic disks contained within a modern hard disk | | | | data on a schedule you set. You can back files up |
| drive) are very sensitive to heat and critical data is | | | | monthly, weekly, daily, or even hourly depending on |
| likely to be irretrievable from a machine that has | | | | your needs. You can specify certain subsets of files |
| been melted by the high temperatures of a building | | | | to be backed up every X amount of days, and other |
| fire. | | | | subset to be backed up at completely different |
| So just how can a headline like the one in this article | | | | intervals, which is not only convenient but efficient as |
| be plausible? How can a company suffer something | | | | well. By allowing this level of granularity in the backup |
| as destructive as a major fire and yet be up and | | | | strategy you can be sure that you will have the |
| running just two short hours after the flames have | | | | most up to date versions of your critical backed up |
| settled and indeed, when the office is still smoldering | | | | files, and most importantly, have this data available |
| and very much non-conducive to work (to say the | | | | and accessible to you or your IT department on a 24 |
| least)? | | | | hour basis. Whether it's Christmas day, or crunch time |
| Property, furniture and equipment can be easily | | | | in Q3, you can be certain you will have access to |
| replaced (that's what insurance is for). Temporary | | | | your files no matter what happens to the machines |
| desks and chairs can be leased or rented quickly and | | | | they were generated on. |
| easily. New telephone equipment and computer | | | | Only offsite backup solutions can provide the safety |
| hardware can be purchased. But how do you replace | | | | and security necessary to get your company back |
| your company's mission critical data? | | | | up and running even in the face of the most |
| The answer is simple: Online Data Backup. | | | | menacing disaster. |