| Big business has been using remote data storage | | | | use, it is also harder to care for. The safety of |
| since they began using computers. However, until | | | | this valuable material is usually in the hands of a |
| recently the remote data storage companies | | | | team of technicians who have to make backups, |
| have been priced out of the range of small | | | | keep the storage technology going, and recreate |
| business. New technology has changed that. As | | | | the data in case of a loss. Outsourcing this |
| small businesses have changed from paper files to | | | | important job is often the best answer. |
| digital files, the costs for backing them up in | | | | By using remote data storage, the decisions on |
| another location have come down dramatically. | | | | storage and encryption are left to experts |
| The need for data backup is evident, since | | | | without adding the cost of an expert to the |
| crashes of hard drives and servers can destroy | | | | bottom line. The machinery that stores all of the |
| vitally important records. Natural disasters like | | | | business's information is also not an extra cost to |
| hurricanes, tornadoes and floods can bring a | | | | the business owner, but is included in the service. |
| business down. The ability to recreate its records | | | | Best of all, remote data storage means automatic |
| and information can be the difference between | | | | backups. No technician has to stay until 2 a.m. to |
| recovering the business and losing it. | | | | run updates and store the tapes in a safe place. |
| At Home and Away | | | | Data downloads are set up to take place |
| As information and technology become more | | | | automatically. And the remote data storage |
| important to every kind of business, the ability to | | | | company can employ experts to keep the |
| protect both becomes more important as well. In | | | | information safe from hackers and others. All this |
| the past, a couple of secretaries and some file | | | | can give you peace of mind in knowing that any |
| cabinets were all that were needed to maintain | | | | disaster that might strike the business office will |
| and retrieve any information needed to carry on | | | | not affect the place where the backups are |
| a business. Today, the growing amounts of | | | | stored. The cost of recreating the data files is |
| information needed and the demand for instant | | | | also usually included in the yearly cost, instead of |
| retrieval make digital storage a given. While data | | | | becoming another large expense following a |
| stored digitally is more convenient and easy to | | | | disaster. |