Data Backups - a Key Component of IT Managed Services
South Florida’s 340 billion dollar economy ranks as one of the top 50 in the world, according to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. From construction to restaurants, retail to healthcare, regardless of your industry, your computer workstation, servers and data storage are near the heart of your productivity.
South Florida’s 340 billion dollar economy ranks as one of the top 50 in the world, according to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. From construction to restaurants, retail to healthcare, regardless of your industry, your computer workstation, servers and data storage are near the heart of your productivity.
IT Managed Services
What if one of your critical servers or workstations suddenly went down?
Do you know how to locate and recover your data?
Do you have a data back up plan in place?
At Connections for Business in Hollywood / Fort Lauderdale, our only job is to ensure your IT systems are up and running and your data is always protected, backed up and available.
Whether you are a finance company in Coral Gables or a healthcare company in Boca Raton, making routine backups of your critical company data should be an integral part of your IT team’s process. If not, read on to learn more about backups and their importance within your IT management plan today.
Critical Saves
What's so important about backups anyway? You have reliable computers, right? In reality, your hardware or software can malfunction temporarily or completely break down at any moment due to software glitches or hardware malfunctions.
This is only exacerbated by the world in which we live where hackers are lurking around every bend, spreading worms, phishing scams viruses and other malware looking around every bend. Your company carries critical information inside each hard drive, such as:
- Client and vendor information
- Credit-card numbers
- Proprietary company data
Your company may have several servers, but losing just one hard drive can be extremely taxing on your IT department and customers. In fact, you'll lose a substantial amount of money if a backup isn't part of your IT management plan.
An IT Management Plan
Backing up on a local drive is a popular choice for businesses. The question of backing up the backup comes into play too. Begin your IT management plan by backing up all of your data to one source.
Today's local backup choices are vast, and they include:
- Cloud storage - Google, Amazon etc.
- Flash/Thumb drives
- External hard drives
Ideally, backup your information at the end of each workday. You might have an on-site IT person or other staff person performing this important task. But can you trust something so crucial to one person who may or may not have a computer technology background?
As an alternative, hire an IT company like our team here at Connections for Business in Fort Lauderdale to outsource your tech headaches.
Handling data management is only one core part of the strategic IT roadmap we’ll create for your small to mid-sized South Florida business. If anything occurs to your data overnight, you’ll have a backup to rely on every morning. This is not only peace of mind, it could mean the survival of your company.
Cloud Storage and Backups in the Cloud
You may be wary of supporting your own hardware at your business. Consider a virtual storage space in the cloud. The cloud is a metaphoric term used to describe remote servers / hosting providers located at off-site facilities that will hold your data.
Your data can easily be backed up to the cloud every night. Professional, IT services are able to support the cloud data system you use ( Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, etc. ). The cloud is a resource that many companies appreciate because it reduces costs of maintaining and updating hardware and takes some of the effort out of backing up your system. Even if you are utilizing the cloud, you likely still need the assistance of a managed IT services.
Contact Connections for Business today at 954-920-9604 for a complimentary consultation. We're pleased to support South Florida businesses from Coral Gables to Hollywood / Fort Lauderdale to Delray Beach and beyond. Don't put off your data backup anymore. Every byte contributes to your companies success.