Don't be a Statistic!

Did you know that 78% percent of data losses are caused by a hardware or system failure and and cost US businesses over $12 Billion per year? Did you know that 50% percent of companies experiencing an extended computer outage will be out of business within 5 years?

According to American Data Recovery, 78% of data loses are caused by hardware failure and cost US Businesses over $12 billion a year! While these numbers are bleak, the numbers from Iomega corporation are even bleaker; "41 percent of computer users do not personally back up their data. More than two-thirds (69 percent) of home computer users and nearly half (46 percent) of work computer users personally back up their data only once a month or less often, or they never back up their data. As a result, computer users are often completely unprepared for sudden attacks by hackers, viruses, blackouts and electrical failure."

Think you're protected because you have mirrored harddrives in your server? Think Again. I recently helped a small business get back on their feet after a power loss caused a corrupted file on their server, making it non-bootable. This particular company had a backup strategy in place but it was not working, and as a result, what should have been a 30 minute project to restore functionality to their server turned into an all day affair. Fortunately I was able to protect their data, however they lost an entire day of productivity. This was caused by a simple power failure! and yes they had a battery backup, however the outage extended beyond the life of the battery and as a result the server was shutdown uncleanly. Think about what this would cost your business....now think about what it would cost if you were unlucky and fell into the 78% listed above. And remember, they thought they were in the 59% that backed up their data!! And they thought it was happening every night! Are you certain you data is being backed up? And do you know it could be recovered in the event of a failure? The average company spends between $100,000 and $1,000,000 in total ramifications per year for desktop-oriented disasters (both hard and soft costs.)

Fortunately it doesn't have to be that way. For only a small fraction of the cost of data loss, you can be assured that it is being backed up and being backup up successfully. As part of our managed IT service program we will do an actual restore of your data to a test server to give you the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you will not be of the 78% percent that suffers data loss when a hardware failure occurs. You will also rest easy knowing that a competent IT staff will be alerted and promptly remedy potential problems before they occur. Call today to prevent potential catastrophe!! 877-835-2886