The first hour after a data disaster can be extremely important because decisions made during that time may affect how quickly the business can recover. The natural reaction may be to immediately start clicking through systems, restarting computers, or attempting to fix whatever appears to be wrong. But a better approach is to slow down…

Choosing a business backup solution can be confusing because there are many products and services that promise to protect your data. It can be tempting to compare them based on storage capacity, features, or price. Those things matter, but they don’t answer the most important question: Will this solution provide the protection and recovery options…

A backup strategy should fit the way a business actually operates. It shouldn’t be designed simply because a particular backup product has a certain feature or because someone says that every business should use the same backup schedule. Different businesses create different types of information, change their data at different rates, and have different consequences…

When people think about data loss, they often picture dramatic events such as ransomware, a failed server, or a building damaged by fire. But some of the most common data-loss problems can happen during completely ordinary business activities. Someone can accidentally delete a file. An employee can overwrite the wrong version of a document. A…

When a business backs up its data, it is natural to focus on whether the backup is running successfully. But there is another important question: how long should those backups be kept? This is known as backup retention. Retention determines how far back a business can potentially go when it needs to recover information. A…

Most people think of a backup as another copy of a file. That is true, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Backup versioning allows a business to retain multiple versions of files over time rather than keeping only the most recent copy. This can be extremely valuable because the newest version of a file…

When business owners think about backups, they often focus on whether their data is backed up rather than how often it is backed up. But those are two different questions. A business could have a perfectly functioning backup system and still lose a significant amount of work if the backup runs too infrequently. Backup frequency…

A business backup can exist without being reliable. A backup program may be installed on a computer, a backup job may have been configured months ago, and there may even be a storage device sitting nearby with plenty of available space. But none of those things automatically mean the business can successfully recover its data…

When a small business owner hears that they need to back up their data, one of the first questions is often, “How many backups do I actually need?” It is an important question because having one copy of your data is very different from having a backup strategy designed to withstand a real problem. A…