When Disaster Strikes

What will affect your business. According to research from Information Age, most IT Executives believe it will be one of the following:

• Internal system failure - 65 percent
• Viruses - 45 percent
• Natural disasters - 32 percent
• Power and communications outages - 33 percent

So, what do you think? How will it affect your business? Are you prepared to handle the possibility of an extended outage should a Disaster Strike you? Well, most companies have skirted this issue for years. Disaster Recovery is expensive. However, as more businesses become reliant on their data, the integrity of their IT Infrastructure and data is crucial.

As a small business, what can you do to survive? You cannot afford an expensive backup and recovery solution. In order to survive, many companies, if they do perform a backup of their systems use tapes, CDs, DVDs, etc. A backup is manually run once in a while, usually when somebody remembers it.

Are you storing your backups offsite? If so, what media are you using? Is your media handled by a professional storage company, or, is it taken home by an employee, or yourself? Has your media ever been left on the dashboard and melted in the heat of the summer? Have you thought about privacy and security considerations associated with the transportation and possible loss of your backup media?

To learn about the options of a managed service provider for your backups, visit http://www.wavesco.com/services/mngBackups.php or call (800) 750-4880 for more information.