How DATA is LOST

Over 95% of the people & businesses that I speak with have experienced knowledge loss. However the doleful fact is that the sizable majority of businesses are woefully unprepared & do not understand the serious risk of knowledge loss.

Do you have a catastrophe recovery plan?

The knowledge that you store on your computer can be lost in plenty of ways. Plenty of people are not aware of the various ways that their knowledge can be placed in jeopardy.

First, there is the obvious ways:

Physical destroy to the computer, such as fire or water destroy, is surefire way to lose all the knowledge on your computer. Although insurance may cover the physical destroy to your machine(s), & you may be able to replace the actual hardware, no insurance owner can resurrect your knowledge.

Another common way that individuals lose the knowledge they have worked so hard to build up is THEFT. Much like destroy done to your computer by various natural disasters, insurance may cover the physical hardware, but no owner will be able to save the knowledge stored on your hard drive & other physical media.

Without some kind of backup solution, your knowledge is in danger every day.

There are a lot of other things that can happen that may cause partial or full knowledge loss. Other common occurrences are:

Knowledge corruption (failed CRC or MD5 checks),

Hard drive failure (the older a hard disk gets the closer you are getting to the MTBF, or "mean time between failure" that every disk is rated for at the factory),

OS failure (it is not unusual for a machine to fail to reboot after having critical process files replaced, such as in the coursework of the application of a Windows Service Pack or driver update).

Human error - fundamentally accidentally deleting a file or listing happens more often than you would think. Not to mention the "not so accidental" deletion by a disgruntled worker.

Viruses & worms - although protection for these digital pests is available & in general use, loss of knowledge associated with them is still widespread.

These are plenty of the pitfalls that can plague the computer that has not had backups done in a timely manner.

Right about now, you may be asking yourself: "What am I able to do?" Actually, there is simple solution to all of your knowledge integrity needs: offsite knowledge backup.

Unlike backups you may be used to doing with tape drives or other removable media, offsite knowledge backup provides a way more transparent, simple to make use of solution, as well as having the added security of storing your files in a secure location that is guaranteed to keep them safe (keep in mind, if your office building catches fire, not only does your workstation lose it is knowledge, but your tape backups will most likely be destroyed as well, barring the use of expensive fireproof storage.

Offsite knowledge backup is simple to set up & protects your knowledge in the most secure, economical way feasible. In case you are thinking about implementing a knowledge backup for your company or personal computers do yourself a favor & think about using an offsite secure backup service. This is the simplest & most effective kind of catastrophe recovery.

Your DATA is your LIFE. Protect it.