Data Protection

Due to the widespread acceptance of technology advancements, previous data protection systems are unable to supply the amount of protection needed today.

Areas that affect your Data Protection needs:

• increased computer usage
• as your IT system continues to grow, your data storage requirements will continue to grow
• expansion of Internet and e-business
• business availability switching to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• remote access
• personal computing devices
• legislation requirements

Data Protection systems need to be extremely flexible and molded to meet a diverse range of business requirements.

How Much Data can You Afford to Lose?

According to a study compiled by David M Smith Ph.D, labor economist, 6% of all computers will suffer a data loss episode in any given year.

According to his study, of the estimated 72 million computers in 1998, approximately 4.6 million experienced a loss of data. The total cost of data loss for these US businesses was approximately $11.8 billion.

Costs associated with loss of data include:

• possible cost associated with the data that is permanently lost.
• cost of technical support
• lost productivity time

Data Protection Delivers

Data protection solutions will:

• simplify & improve data management
• maximize uptime
• improve customer service while limiting down time
• add security
• add scalability

Data Protection is a means of insuring that data on the network is safe. The first step is to create a Data Protection Plan or Strategy. Effective planning decreases the amount of time necessary to manage data backups and restoration of databases.

Eliminate Business Interruption - be Proactive

Bennett Office Technologies offers customized one-on-one consultation covering all aspects of data protection including backup and recovery.

Steps included in the consultation are:

1. Categorize backup & restoration goals
2. Identify data needing to be protected
3. Evaluate current backup hardware & software
4. Assess current backup schedule
5. Discuss off-site backup storage options
6. Recommend data restoration procedures.
7. Perform test recovery procedure to insure data integrity
8. Recommend necessary changes
9. Document backup system processes

Bennett Office Technologies recommends evaluating your backup strategies once every year.

Bennett is trained & certified IT technicians will work with your current IS staff or take the place of a non-existing IS department.