References

"My advice to businesses is DON'T WAIT until it's too late to backup your critical data, start IMMEDIATELY!"

Source: CEO

 

"We were up and running in minutes."

Source: IT Director

 

"No need for unencryted tapes or external drives anymore. The best part is that ONLY I have access to my data."

Source: Director of IT & Media

 

"They got my customer up and running after an initial load quickly."

Source: IT Service Professional

 

"What a quick and easy implementation."

Source: IT Professional

 

"I thought we were covered with our tape backup, but they discovered in just a few minutes that we was NOT covered and in fact at great risk of massive data loss! They know what they are doing.."

Source: Chief Financial Officier

 

Industry Statistics

Key causes of data loss:

78% hardware & system malfunction 11% Human Error 7% Software Corruption or Program Malfunction 2% Computer Virus 1% Natural Disasters 1% Other

 

"40% of computer users have lost irreplaceable content ... only 56% stored or backed up their content... only 5% of people back up their files online, dispite the risks involved with replying on physical media like external hard drives, DVD's and USB sticks."

Source: Zoomerang, Aug 2009

"The average failure rate of disk and tape drive is 100% - ALL drives eventually fail."

Source: Wikibooks, Minimizing hard drive failure and data loss

 

"More than 50% of small businesses surveyed said that their current backup solution does not meet their needs."

Source: Online Backup Review Jan 2009

 

"93% of small to medium business backup their data to tape(1). 34% do not test their backups and those tested, over 50% found their tape backups fail to recover(2)."

Sources: Gartner Group & Storage Magazine

 

"As much as 60% of corporate data resides unprotected on PC desktop and laptops."

Source: Forester, Data Recovery

 

"25% of users frequently backup digital files, while 85% of computer users say they are very concerned about losing important digital data."

Source: Google Survey

 

"The average partner program terminates in 3-12 months and provides no support."

Source: MS Research

 

"More than 22% of users said backing up information is on their to-do list, but they seldom do it."

Source: Facts about Data Loss, by Lee Morrell

 

"34% of companies fail to test their tape backups, and of those that do, 77% have found tape back-up failures."

Source: Boston Computing Network, Data Loss Statistics

 

"1 in 20-25 notebooks are stolen, broken or destroyed EACH year."

Source: PC-GURU

 

"30% chance that you will have a corrupted file within a one-year time frame."

Source: Pacific Computer Consultants

 

"Today's hard drives store 500 times the data stored on the drives of a decade ago. Increasing storage capacities amplify the impact of data loss, making mechanical precision more critical."

Source: Pacific Computer Consultants

 

"Over 90% of backup utilities do not meet compliance and encryption standards required by law or regulatory authorities."

 

"60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months."

Source: Boston Computing Network, Data Loss Statistics