Reliably back-up your data

Would your data back-up work if you needed it today?

We all know that most businesses which suffer data loss never fully recover. These are not careless businesses, they simply trusted that their processes and systems were adequate for the task.

What surprises many people is that data loss is usually caused by an innocent mishap or mistake in the business rather than a fire or flood. And when this happens, the business gets to find out if their data protection strategy actually works. Traditional tape back-up systems are now seen as less reliable than online back-up solutions.

There are four weaknesses with traditional tape back-up systems:

1. The tapes wear out and you need to change them regularly
2. You need to rely on staff to run the back-up - every day
3. You need to rely on staff to take the tapes off-site - every day
4. Tapes can be unreliable and when put to the test, only partial data restores are common

As services have improved and prices decreased, TSG now recommends online back-up solutions to our customers because this is the most reliable and cost-effective method to protect your business against data loss.

Why online back-up reduces the risk of data loss

• Data is encrypted to military standards and uploaded into two separate, identical remote secure storage sites
• There is no need for staff to remember to run the back-up - it happens automatically
• You can schedule as many back-ups as you wish in a 24 hour period
• Restoring data is instant - you just download it
• You can restore individual files that you accidentally delete (like Windows recycle bin)
• You pay only for the storage facility you use
• Different tariffs are available for business critical or archive data
• It helps you comply with long term data storage requirements
• In the unlikely event of internet outage, data can be couriered on disk

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