This will be the start of something big. Possibly for me but hopefully for you!
In the computer world there is a dirty word. Well, possibly sever or even many – but here we’ll mention only one. Backups! Everybody needs them but few actually DO them. Why, you ask? Because they are so difficult? Well, partly. Are they expensive? Not necessarily. Are they just not necessary? They most certainly ARE necessary!
Have you ever had a PC crash? Know anyone who lost all their vacation photos? Had a home fire and their computer was part of the wreckage? Had their laptop stolen in the middle of a school semester?
Now – how many of them had a recent backup such that they were able to restore what they had before? Sadly, not enough! Home PC users often simply live with the loss. After all they can always replace those photos of Aunt Phyllis, right? Well no, since she passed away last year. Wedding photos from their sister’s precious day? Well, they can always take more if Sis ever remarries. The same person. In the same place. At the same time of the year. Without anyone aging. Minus poor Aunt Phyllis, of course.
Business people live with the issue daily but many small offices have never done a true impact analysis to know what they would lose. Large firms understand this, they understand the value of their data and they understand the cost of recovering after disaster strikes.
Do you?
Stay tuned for more information on this subject – and more!