The Case For Online Data Backup

A Worst-Case Scenario

A computer technician reformatted a disk drive accidentally at the Alaska Department of Revenue and purged an account with a value of £19 billion!

The risk of data loss is very real. Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

Your data is worth £5,000 per MB

No one doubts that data is invaluable to businesses - but did you know:

• 1MB of data is worth approximately £5,0001?¹
• Re-building just 20MB of data loss could cost more than £8,500 and nearly three weeks to re-build?²
• A leaked record may cost you £90 to rectify?³
• Retrieval of data from a crashed hard drive can cost you a fortune, and there is no guarantee of success?¹

Whether it’s sales records, proposals, receivables, presentations, formulas or client lists, this data is the heart of your business. For a small monthly fee, you can safeguard it against any eventuality with online data backup.

Data loss can be disastarous

Studies have shown that companies without proactive data backup and recovery policies are likely to be out of business within 2 years of a major disaster⁴. Even if it doesn’t bankrupt your business, data loss can ruin your reputation and even lead to expensive litigation. But crucially - it interrupts your business' continuity.

Causes of data loss

• Fast fingers and unreliable hard-drives are the two major causes of data loss.

Don’t threaten your businesses’ hard-earned competitive edge – to find out how we can safeguard your business with online data backup, call us now on 0870 770 4990

¹ David M. Smith, PhD. "The importance of investing in that ounce of prevention.” The Cost of Lost Data. 2003
² Recent study from Ontrack
³ Data Breach Study,Oct. 2005 Ponemon Institute
⁴ Study by the National Archives and Records Administration