The success of any organisation has always
relied on information. In today's climate, the sheer volume and
value of information held as data on PC and Server based systems
has never been greater.
And that means the consequences of data loss have also never been
greater! The question is: why to take any chances? E-IT Solutions
offers simple, effective, reliable solutions to avoid disaster.
REMEMBER - THERE ARE ONLY TWO TYPES OF DATA:
Data which has been backed-up.
And data which
has not been lost -yet!
Data comes in many forms. And all of the information you spend
time entering into your computer is important.
Most companies use the following vulnerable data types daily:
Customer records
Balance sheets
Sales leads
CAD designs
Competition activity
Product information
Confidential information
Invoices
Stock
Information Can you imagine what would happen if you accidentally
deleted your only copy of your customer records. How would you
continue selling, how much money do your customers owe you, and
worse yet, how would you re-create the information?
So if you want to know how to keep your data safe - keep on reading.
The time spent on this section might be the best investment you'll
make this year!
How is data lost?
The common causes of data loss are:
Human error 67%
Technical failure 17%
Sabotage/Viruses 16%
This is very theoretical, you might say?
My computer has been running perfectly for years... but...data
loss could happen at any time. It only takes a small incident
to result in catastrophic effects.
How likely is data loss?
The effect of Data loss is not difficult to imagine. A hard disk
with just 40 megabytes of data may store spreadsheets, accounts,
mailing list, drawing, correspondence, graphs and charts. Information
you can not afford to lose.
Even if you can reconstruct the lost data, the time, cost and
effort involved will cause a considerable disruption in your activities.
Imagine the cost, in time and lost business opportunities, of
reconstructing the entire contents on your hard disk!
20 MB equals 10,000 pages of data
2 GB equals 1,000,000 pages of data
So, how much would it cost to recreate 20 MB of data without a
backup?
Here are the costs you could face:
| Department |
Sales
& Marketing |
Accounting |
Production |
Engineering |
| Cost |
£
17,000 |
£
19,000 |
£
27,000 |
£
98,000 |
| Time |
19 days |
21 days |
32 days |
42 days |
Can you afford this?
For Companies that suffered data loss
50% experienced high financial loss.
In 10% of these cases, costs of regenerating lost data exceeded
$ 50,000!
43% off all companies which lost data due to fire or theft went
out of business within 6 months!
Now do you think it is worth taking the risk not having a back-up?
