| One of the worst feelings I have ever had was the | | | | company's 3rd quarter earnings, the PowerPoint |
| day my laptop was stolen. | | | | presentation you will be giving to the CEO on |
| The laptop can be replaced. However the loss of | | | | Thursday afternoon, or the proposal that needs to |
| critical DATA was the biggest risk my business has | | | | be sent to the European office A.S.A.P. These |
| ever faced. | | | | "intangible" bits of data play a critical role in our |
| When I recovered from the experience I asked | | | | professional and personal lives, whether we like it or |
| myself the question...."what can I learn from this | | | | not. |
| disaster?" The lesson is simple, loss of data is the | | | | Even the most experienced of computer users can |
| largest threat facing any business. | | | | take for granted their personal data stockpiles. This is |
| There is nothing that can prepare you for the feeling | | | | where data backup storage comes into play. No |
| of loss and the dread that comes with knowing that | | | | matter how careful you are with your hardware |
| your personal data is gone forever. While it is very | | | | there is always the potential for disaster to strike |
| inconvenient and can be very expensive to replace | | | | and rob you of your critical information, and the best |
| the laptop itself, NOTHING can replace the hours of | | | | way to ensure the integrity of your data and the |
| hard work that is represented by the data stored on | | | | hard work it represents is a well thought out online |
| a modern computers hard disk drive. | | | | secure data backup solution. |
| Whether you own a laptop for personal use, or have | | | | By securing your data using an online secure data |
| one for business reasons, there are many, many, | | | | backup provider you are ensuring that your data is |
| items that are sitting there on your hard drive that | | | | safe not only from circumstances beyond your |
| are simply priceless. We don't often think about the | | | | control, such as laptop theft or natural disasters, but |
| little bits of ones and zeros etched into a spinning | | | | also safe from user error and prying eyes. An online |
| magnetic plate as being critical elements in our lives, | | | | secure data backup solution keeps your data safe |
| but no matter what you use a computer for, you | | | | and sound in a secure, offline location and is as simple |
| most likely have literally megabytes (at least) or even | | | | to set up as the applications you are used to installing |
| gigabytes of data that you can not afford to lose. | | | | on your machines. |
| For personal computer users there are mp3 play lists, | | | | If the safety of your critical files is important to you, |
| emails, personal photo albums, and other important | | | | you should consider using an online secure data |
| files that we all save on our hard disks. For the | | | | backup for your important mission critical files. |
| professional computer user, the stakes are | | | | Don't let a disaster strike before you start thinking |
| higher...perhaps it's the accounting data for your | | | | about remote data backup... |