Why do I need Backup?
This is a very good question – why should you spend money on something that you may never even need when you have other, more apparent things to spend your money on? Backing up the information held on your pc or laptop protects you against the uncertainty of data loss – FilePoint Backup is an affordable and easy to use way to ensure that your data is always protected.
How much business-critical information is held on your pc or laptop? How far back in time do these records go? What would it cost you to start your business from scratch tomorrow? If you have a virus on your computer which wipes all the files, or even a fire in your office that destroys your pc, starting from scratch is all you can do if you don’t have the added security of an online backup service that automatically stores your data securely offsite, just in case anything should happen.
Some interesting statistics about data loss…
- As much as 60% of corporate data resides unprotected on PC desktops and laptops.
- PCs are infected with viruses at a rate of more than 10% each month.
- 6% of all PCs will suffer an episode of data loss in any given year.
- Over 50% of PC users have lost an electronic file they thought they had sufficiently stored.
- 40% of people back up files less than once per month.
- 9% of people have admitted never backing up their files.
- 30% of companies report that they do not have a disaster recovery program in place
- 32% of data loss is caused by human error
- 7% of data loss is caused by computer viruses
- 3% of data loss is caused by natural disasters
- 93% of companies that loose their data centre for 10 days or more file for bankruptcy within 1 year.
- 31% of PC users have lost all of their files due to events beyond their control.
- 34% of companies fail to test their tape backups.
- 77% of people who test their tape backups find failures.
It’s so easy, you’ll be wishing you had started using FilePoint Backup long ago
