Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Eight Reasons to Increase Backup Spending When the Economy Slows

Eight reasons for the increased spending backup when slowing economy through bud STODDARD, President & CEO, the company amerivault say we have seen a significant decline in the economy in the past twelve months will be an exaggeration best form. As businessmen and executives and technology professionals, and it is incumbent upon each and every one of us go through the necessary austerity and reconsider the budget whenever the economic conditions and stock market make a turn toward the south. There is a clear move to areas with the first Scalpel in the hands of the President, such as acne, marketing, accounting, human resources, legal, and perhaps customer support and information technology (an). It often seems logical choice because most of us have spent a lot of money on technology in the past several years. Certainly with investments having risen to the top of 15-20% in most companies in the recent past, and this is one area that could stand to go to the financial version of the little - a rapid program, at least until we are climbing the basis of this economic malaise. It is okay to buy Laptops less without all the fancy bells and Whistles, (writing about my imaginary least one now in the Delta flight to Scottsdale, Arizona) initiative across the network or over the additional hires outside for a few months but I beg you, for the future health and well-being your company, and accelerate, or at the very least, spare your back expenses. Let me offer you the best of eight reasons why you should budget increase your backup during these times of economic slow. Hopefully, if I am successful, and a few of you will absorb it and advocacy within your company, spending more, not less, to support your mission-critical data. But first, the central premise. Electronic data or information, is one of the most important asset in your business and the loss of data that can not be replaced by a period. In fact, according to this disaster recovery daily, 43% of all companies will be bankrupt within one year after the disaster. Are you your own on any person or group or department staff, and after data loss or disaster, I tell you from memory: What are your accounts receivables outstanding, and who condemn what your company? Of all your customers and suppliers are? What in the inventory? What the Heck is that the language queries structural Oracle database or you spent gazillions l? I might argue, we have a data-processing Rider our own insurance plan, which covers data loss and destruction. This is all well and good, but obtaining a cheque will not replace the data you need for your business to flourish, or at least survived. You can replace offices, computers, supplies, inventory, but even people irreplaceable data and losing may expose you to stop work. Only the applicable insurance programme of the data is that we have a secure backup of failure and recovery plan in place. So, and return to those eight reasons to accelerate your backup spending during slow economic times: 1. During rough economic times, it is common to reduce staff, and to do more with less. Most often, and the backup will not get done because the atmosphere get busy with another project and did not have the time or forget because he has too much on the plate. 2. Long-term employee that I had to leave after 12 years get disaffected and erase some backup tapes on the last day in office as just a gesture you harm me, I did not hurt you. Be mistaken, and this happens all the time! 3. You get rid of the cost of courier services to transfer your backup tapes off-site to provide money and may take Phil home instead of tape. But, do you know that Phil has been secretly planning to start the company compete with you and to you, and he knows everything he needs to do just that. 4. You postpone the purchase of new tape drives and tapes and incomplete equipment, which led to the failure of back-up so that in the event of an interruption or loss of data, you do not have a backup for the retrieval of (5). To save the $ 75 charge on the tape, you buy less Systems Manager tapes. Instead, it merely recall archive tapes sooner before the retention and re-use up so far only backup your return today. How many times you lost data only go back every day? Not in many cases. 6. Certainly, it is not uncommon that morale suffers when you tighten the belt and the staff tend to get careless and failure to do things by the book. The margin of error as it relates to standby is one huge even a slight mistake and your data could be gone. 7. The recovery test used to do twice a year, was thrown out the window because there is not enough time or manpower to do that with the reduction in the number of staff. 8. Often, when resources were limited, it becomes firefighters and staff rather than fire preventers, which could cause you to burn. There are very few things, fortunately, can bring the company to its knees in less than 24 hours. But data loss or destruction is the most one. Your data is the most important strategic assets, regardless of the business or the industry in which you is whether your company or three years of age 103 years, and many talented people, including you, have worked hard to build a company in the first degree. Do not put the university at risk because businesses are slow and spare reserve budget, and re-evaluate your backup strategy and increase spending as necessary.

bud STODDARD more than 20 years of experience in the field of data protection and storage industry is the founder of the company amerivault, Major Internet server backup and recovery of the business sector. For more information, visit www.amerivault.com. lillie aracelis



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