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Everyone agrees there is a need for backup solutions and most companies have a system
in place. While the cloud approach to backup has its advantages, such as better access
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to greater storage, there are a number of key issues with backup that need to be
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addressed –and while many companies have addressed some of these issues – few are
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currently addressing them all, argues Sean Larner, broolz CEO.
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1. Backup documents need to be up sensitive or important data it is storage when they essentially have a
accessible. While having something vital that only authorized personnel massive RAID at their fingertips, for
backed up on the web, likely, in should have access to it. It is no free.
America may seem reassuring good, in my view, keeping data
(current offsite solutions all apply) it completely secure within an 4. My opinion is that a number of
is relatively pointless if it then takes organization and then, for the these issues can in fact be solved by
many weeks to restore the data in purposes of backup, allowing it to utilising unused data already stored
the event of an emergency. While reside on the servers of some on people’s machines. We are
some providers counter this by anonymous 3rd party, located on a currently working on a technology
copying the data to a hard disk and different continent where data that utilises this in a way that allows
shipping this to you, it is hardly a protection laws are different and each person to own their own cloud
time-efficient situation, or indeed in outside the data owner’s control. using a peer-to-peer format, where
line with corporate governance unused storage space can be utilised
policies. 3. Many organisations have lots of by a trusted group of people with
excess disk space on all their PCs documents being safely encrypted for
2. Security is a big issue when it and desktops that is not in use but only those who are granted access to
comes to stored data. When backing then are happy to pay for offsite view them.
It’s safe to say that backup technology has a bright future. Data is crucial for a business’s
survival and profitability, and given the current economic conditions, being in a position
where data isn’t fully protected is a precarious position to be in, says Paul Hickingbotham,
Hammer’s solutions manager
business. How do factors such as staff whilst you recover your data,
An element of data backup is time and financial limitations play a but would have to deny any
disaster recovery, and having no part in this? As you move through business and personal customers
such plan in place is risky business. the options of no protection access to their accounts.
However, business continuity from through to real time data protection The alignment of the optimum data
an IT standpoint is also the (RDP), the impact on downtime for recovery procedure with the specific
assurance that data is manageable a business moves from weeks, to requirements of the company in
and accessible, as well as in the days, to hours, to minutes, to question is at the heart of the
case of unforeseen disasters, seconds. granularity of business continuity.
recoverable. Utilizing the optimum strategy can
Take the example of a bank – mean efficiency in both time and
A paramount consideration when imagine what the impact of no data space, and an increase in resilience
building a suitable business replication or backup strategy and agility, whilst minimizing the
continuity plan is what impact would have on the company, staff risk of ineffective data management
downtime will have on the and customers. You could pay the and, potentially, loss.
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