| v> | | | | electronic information is to make sure it is backed up |
| In the past, online data storage was only available to | | | | at least once each day. Your backup tapes should |
| large organizations with tons of data. However, | | | | then be stored offsite in case something happens to |
| today even a home-based business can use online | | | | your building. |
| backup. | | | | Generally, it is a good idea to run a backup job each |
| Suppose for a moment that you get up tomorrow, | | | | night and then on Mondays take your backup tapes |
| go to your business's building, and find out that your | | | | to your offsite. Once you have a few weeks |
| building has burned to the ground overnight. While I | | | | worth of tapes offsite, then you will want to rotate |
| sincerely hope this doesn't happen to you, it does | | | | them back into use, using the oldest one first. |
| happen to thousands of people in the United States, | | | | Recently, online data storage services have come |
| each and every year. | | | | onto the marketplace offering you the ability to |
| Next time you watch the news and there is a story | | | | backup onto their servers for safe keeping. You |
| about a building burning down, think for a moment | | | | connect to their servers through a secure and |
| what you would do if that were your building or your | | | | encrypted Internet connection, and then upload your |
| house. Are you prepared in case it happens to | | | | files. This allows you to have an offsite, online |
| you? Do you have a plan of how you would | | | | backup copy of your data, without having to |
| recover after a major disaster? | | | | transport tapes back and forth. |
| One of the most valuable assets most businesses | | | | Most online data storage providers allow you to |
| have in today's modern economy is their electronic | | | | connect your servers to their servers overnight and |
| data. This includes financial information, contacts, | | | | automatically run backup jobs. This allows you to |
| e-mail messages, documents, spreadsheets, | | | | complete your online backup jobs when no one is |
| databases, and so much more. | | | | using your servers, and when no one is in the building. |
| If your building burned down tonight, do you have a | | | | They also allow you to complete non-scheduled |
| disaster recovery plan in place so that you would be | | | | jobs. You would use this service if you are working |
| able to recover all of your vital electronic data? | | | | on a PC or server and want to archive somewhere |
| All companies should have a disaster recovery plan in | | | | just in case it crashes from the work. |
| place. You should be able to go to bed each night | | | | In the past, online data storage was only available to |
| with the knowledge that you could recover from | | | | large organizations with tons of data. However, |
| even the worst disaster if it were to happen as you | | | | today even a home-based business can use online |
| slept. | | | | backup. |
| One of the best things you can do with your | | | | |