Today is World Backup Day so don’t be caught red-faced on April Fools’ Day.
World backup Day deliberately takes place on the eve of April Fool’s day to create awareness around the scary reality of data loss and the importance of protecting your IT assets through backing up.
This annual event also acts to encourage IT Administrators to test the effectiveness of their backup strategy.
For those not technically savvy, a backup is a second copy of all your important files. Instead of storing it all in one place i.e. on your computer you keep another copy of everything somewhere safe.
Dave Taylor, managing director of Stockport based Amshire IT Solutions, is keen that we are all protected. He is keen to remind everyone exactly why we should regularly create a backup of our devices and files.
Why should I backup?
Losing your files is truly more common that you may think. Have you ever lost your phone or camera or both? That counts too, your stuff could have been saved with a simple backup. One small accident or failure could destroy all the important stuff you care about!
DID YOU KNOW
- 30% of people have never backed up
- 29% of disasters are caused by accident
- 113 phones are lost and/or stolen every minute
- 1in 10 computers are infected with viruses each month
Dave explains: “No one likes to think a disaster is going to happen to them, however, preparing for disaster situations and putting in place plans for recovery can make all the difference between businesses that are able to successfully manage a crisis and carry on trading.
“For the most part, today’s office technology is very reliable and major system failures are few and far between. However, occasionally systems such as hard drives and system software on Servers or PCs can, without notice, stop working. When that happens, a business can also stop working.
“Having a disaster recovery solution in place before this type of event happens will enable your business to continue to function with minimal disruption.”
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