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Enterprise Class Services  Exclusive On-Site Support Specializing in PC, Laptop & Server Support, Network Administration & Support, Network Security, Software Installations & Upgrades, Hardware Installations, Backup Solutions, Disaster Recovery, Printing, Wireless and Training. *Call or email for free initial consultation* Piece of Mind Protection “Piece of Mind” 24/7/365 Service Plans are available for your office or business (Network Design & Administration, Backups, Antivirus, PC / Server Maintenance) The Importance of Backups Your data is irreplaceable. You need to set up a redundant system of copies—called backups—that preserve your company's information assets and keep you functioning smoothly. You can lose data in a number of different ways, and you want to be prepared to continue to operate your business normally if this should happen. You'll need to back up data on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis and then take them to off-site repositories to protect yourself from the risk of losing data from hardware failure, viruses, theft, fire and acts of nature.
If you lose data, this can cause your business to cease functioning. In some cases, such as the loss of a document, it is merely an inconvenience, and results in lost productivity when the document must be re-created. In other cases, such as the loss of a customer database, it could put you out of business. For many businesses, there may also be liability associated with downtime, in addition to lost sales and employee productivity. For example, advertisers may demand money back if your site is down.
For Internet-only businesses, downtime closes the doors on your business, and data loss can cause your business to fail completely. If your Web site runs on an outside server, then the ISP should guarantee that your site stays up by providing redundant severs and backing up your data to guard against loss. However, if you're using your own Web server, you'll be responsible for these precautions yourself. But using a reliable ISP doesn't mean you don't have to worry about data backup. You will still need to safeguard data on your own PCs and office servers.
Failure can come from many sources, including hardware failure (e.g., hard drive failure or a desktop PC or server machine failing to boot), file corruption, operating system failure, accidental deletion by a user, or loss due to theft or destruction of equipment. Additionally, a rash of new viruses spread by email attachments (such as the Melissa virus) threaten to corrupt their victims' files or reformat their hard drives. Reconfiguring data from a failed hard drive instead of recovering from a backup is expensive and time consuming.
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