Startling statistics reported by the University of North Carolina’s I.T.Service:
- A hard drive crashes every 15 seconds.
- 2,000 laptops are stolen or lost every day.
- 31% of PC users have lost all of their PC files to events beyond their control.
- 1 in 5 computers suffers a fatal hard drive crash during their lifetime.
- 25% of lost data is due to the failure of a portable drive.
Of companies experiencing catastrophic data loss:
- 43% of companies never reopened.
- 51% of companies closed within 2 years.
- 80% of companies that do not recover from a disaster within 1 month are likely to go out of business.
- 75% of companies without business continuity plans fail within 3 years of a disaster.
A disaster can be caused by a hurricane, fire, hardware failure, sabotage or simply by a wrong keystroke. No matter how it is caused, a loss of data, or access to data for any extended period, inevitably means a loss of revenue, productivity, reputation and increased costs.
Four Important Questions to ask yourself
- How much data loss is acceptable for your organization?
- What is your recovery time?
- Do you have written business continuity / disaster recovery plans in place?
- Have you ensured that your current data and application protection platform meets those standards?
Akuwa Solutions Group, Sarasota’s most experienced and trusted Network Integration Firm are experts in Disaster Avoidance / Business Continuity. Our Senior Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers can design and implement a Disaster Avoidance Strategy for your company.