3 Steps to Truly Reliable Backup

cloud iStock_000038172310SmallIf you still have a tape drive, you won’t for long.

By Roman H. Kepczyk
Quantum of Paperless

Your firm’s safety net in the event of any disaster is your data backup. It better be consistently performed and securely stored offsite.

Typically, firms have a problem when their old backup systems fail or the tapes don’t complete because there’s too much data to fit. This is becoming a common problem as more data and more applications add significantly more volume, making the backup application require more storage and a longer running time to complete.

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