Those pages and pages of financial records you’re holding on to in case of an IRS audit—gone. That year of documented business planning—vanished. Those seaside sunset honeymoon pictures from Bali—well, good thing you can’t erase memories.

It could happen to just about anybody. In this day and age, more and more businesses, schools, and private individuals are relying on their computers and local servers to store and secure critical data and files. What’s at risk is simply the sort of stuff that just can’t be easily replaced without reliable managed online data backup in Dallas.

Just ask Dallas County.
According to the Associated Press:

A computer crisis that crippled most of Dallas County’s government operations Tuesday might have been avoided had officials heeded a consultant’s warning two years ago.

The Dallas Morning News reports Wednesday that a 2008 consultant advised the county to have a backup plan for its computer systems. Such an offsite location could keep the county up and running when there is a calamity.

A broken water main near the Dallas County records building Monday night flooded the downtown facility’s basement and subbasement. The floodwaters have shut down the county’s computer system, forcing officials to book inmates into the county jail manually.

The building houses deeds to properties and other critical records.

Officials say no county data was lost but they learned a costly lesson.

It’s a lesson with costly consequences (which, thankfully, Dallas County avoided). In fact, according to the University of Texas, ”only 6 percent of companies suffering from a catastrophic data loss survive, while 43 percent never reopen and [another] 51 percent close within two years.”  We have recorded MANY reasons why remote backup is so important.

Just think about why your business relies on such data, and then think about who relies on that business. It’s just not worth the risk of becoming a statistic.

We, of course, believe strongly in online backup, security and restore for both the Dallas area and beyond, and believe strongly that it’s important to partner with a remote data storage company you can trust. We’ve been serving the Dallas business community for more than 20 years, growing alongside the internet itself.

Contact our online backup and data storage experts to discuss your options .

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