“Not all disasters come in the form of major storms with names and categories,” says Bob Davis, CMO, Atlantis Computing. Understanding the essentials of backup and disaster recovery is crucial to minimizing the impact of unplanned downtime on your business. Imagine if a hurricane, fire, or a flood destroyed your business and the years’ worth of files you have stored there. What if your computer hardware failed and you lost all your data? How would this impact your business operations?
How does the cloud work?
Cloud backup works by copying and storing your server files to a remote cloud-based server.
Cost Effectiveness
Cloud-based recovery systems are becoming increasingly popular for organizations of all sizes. By choosing a cloud-based disaster recovery system, you can avoid making a large capital investment in infrastructure as well as maintenance costs. A cloud-based system seamlessly integrates with infrastructure that is already in place and protects the business from having to pay a ransom, in the event they become infected with ransomware.
Recover from Ransom ware Without Paying the Ransom
In the event your business is hacked, if your data was not backed up, then you would have to pay a hefty ransom to possibly recover the necessary information to operate your business. Even then, there are no guarantees that you would get it back. However, if your data is backed up in a secure place, it is less likely to become infected, and protects the business financially and its reputation with its customers.
Increased Security
Each file is encrypted before transmitted to an offsite data center. Hackers are unable to access these files because they will be stored securely. Even if a hurricane or fire destroys your place of business, your data is secure in another location.
Cloud backup grows with you.
The goal of small businesses is to not stay small forever. Rather than acquiring more servers, physical space for storage, additional climate control, human resources to maintain, and security systems, a cloud backup system will scale up effortlessly alongside your business.
Planning for a disaster is not paranoia, its good business!