Online Backup Services Are The Smart Choice For Protecting Your Data
What would you do if all the precious, irreplaceable family photographs you had stored on your computer were suddenly erased?
How would you feel if you had just put in several hours creating some amazing music or computer graphics only to watch them vanish mysteriously before your eyes?
Imagine the shock you would feel if all the information you'd just compiled over the last year for the IRS were catastrophically wiped from existence...
You're The Smart One
Well you don't have to imagine any of these life changing disasters because you're one of the smart ones...you subscribe to an online backup service where all your photographs, artwork, music, emails, documents, accounting information, spread sheets, saved game files, bookmarks, purchases and more are protected against computer catastrophe.
So How Does Your Data Get Destroyed Anyway?
You'd be surprised at how many ways your data can vanish. Did you know that a hard drive is nothing more than a round platter with the same coating on it that cassette tapes have? And to read and write the information on your hard drive, the read/write head has to touch the surface of the disk thereby wearing it out bit by bit?
So the question isn't whether or not your going to lose your data - it's when. And you can lose it in so many different ways...
* Dropped/kicked laptop or desktop computer.
* Fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake or other natural disaster.
* Viruses, trojans, and assorted malware.
* Lost or stolen computer.
* Power surge.
* Plane crash or act of terrorism.
* Drink spilled on your keyboard or computer.
* Accidental erasure.
* Computer glitch.
* Software that's incompatible with your version of the operating system.
* Kids or well meaning spouse tampering with your system.
* Hardware upgrade. Software upgrade.
* Magnetic pulse such as those produced by an X-class solar flare.
And the list goes on. In fact, a recent study found that 48 percent of small businesses had already suffered some data loss.
The main causes:
Hardware/software failure (54%)
Accidental deletion (54%)
Computer viruses (33%)
And theft (10%)
So What Do Online Backup Services Offer?
In short, peace of mind.
But there's also a boat-load of other benefits...
* Offsite backup of your data so you can access it from any computer, anywhere in the world.
* Full data encryption against theft or prying eyes.
* Automatic, scheduled backups.
* Restoration of all of your data at once or file by file.
* The ability to store different versions of your data without clogging your hard drive or slowing your computer down.
* Compliance with government regulations that govern privacy, disclosure, and legal discovery of some business data.
* Multiple copies of your data stored at different locations.
* Access to your files and data from your smartphone.
* Elimination of media that can itself be destroyed or lost like CD's, DVD's, and data sticks.
* The ability to work on stuff at home then download it at the office and vice versa.
* And more...
In short, online backup services are the ultimate tool if you've ever forgotten an important file, worried about losing your precious data, or just wanted an easy way to share your files and data.
There are many online backup services on the market, all offering different feature sets, service levels, price points, and types of encryption. Do the smart thing and grab a little online backup peace of mind.
by: Steven Menjivar
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