Online backup: fewer constraints, greater security
Office files, diaries, contracts, financial data, images, etc. The volume of data held by businesses is exploding. Small and large businesses alike are becoming saturated with internal storage equipment (memory sticks, hard drives, external disks, nas, dedicated servers and data centre backup servers, etc.). The widespread use of images and video in their activities, and the boom in certain innovations such as virtual reality, are only amplifying the phenomenon. So it's vital that they find appropriate solutions to protect them over the longer or shorter term. Read all our advice on the challenges of online backup for professionals.
For a company, its data is its most precious asset. It requires a degree of security that consumer solutions cannot provide. The latter are ill-suited to their needs. But not all online backup solutions designed for professionals offer the same benefits, and not all are created equal.
Backing up to stay competitive
Physical backup has limitations and risks that digital backup can overcome. You are not immune to certain incidents beyond your control. These can be external threats (fire, water damage, power surges due to electrical problems) or threats linked to human responsibility (errors, omissions, lack of time to deal with these issues, etc.). By choosing not to back up your data digitally, you are exposing yourself to real dangers if something goes wrong. The very thing that makes your business what it is - your data - can disappear in the blink of an eye.
In the event of loss, you can preserve your productivity if you are able to restore the data immediately. In the event of a crash or disaster, rapid recovery will be the key to restarting your business.
The benefits of digital backup :
- Freedom from hardware constraints
- Optimised costs
- Improved quality and responsiveness
The following infographic sums up the need for online backup:
A solution that meets all your requirements
With professional backup software, such as oodrive_save, tailored to your needs, you can back up everything that helps you to be efficient and productive day after day:
- Work files (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc)
- Databases (SQL, Exchange, Oracle, etc)
- Operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
- Servers, workstations
- Business applications (CRM, email, accounting software, etc)
Offering the right solution
Many decision-makers today recognise that their backup and archiving practices are poorly adapted, if at all. Studies have shown that 80% of unprotected companies (theft, virus, disaster, etc.) go bankrupt after an IT disaster because they have not set up an effective automatic backup and data recovery system.
For service providers like Oodrive, it is necessary to offer solutions that take into account the specific needs of each company (for SMEs, for example). Each company has its own issues, whether in terms of costs or infrastructure. The one thing they all have in common is security.
Specialists in IT solutions are able to offer tailored backup solutions with products such as oodrive_save, enabling you to benefit from a complete backup plan for your data and its environment. Not only does this type of solution guarantee data confidentiality and security, it also reduces data backup and restore times.
Oodrive offers VSEs and SMEs solutions for backing up their data to highly secure hosting centres located in France. Deployed and supervised remotely, these solutions require no special skills or administrative effort.
Go mobile
In-house backup, whether on paper or on a medium that you plug into your machine to access the information, has its limits. Cloud backup not only makes your information more secure, it also makes you much more mobile. With backup software like oodrive_save, your data is stored on an infrastructure that can be accessed via a secure Internet connection.
Alert systems and reports allow you to easily monitor all your backups wherever you are, as long as you have an Internet connection. When you set up cloud storage or an online storage space, you can reconcile mobility and productivity because you can access your working documents at any time and from several different devices.
There are many threats to your business today. If you want to continue your business, it's vital to equip yourself with the right back-up tools to avoid any irreparable loss. Choose a backup solution tailored to your infrastructure and protect your data in total security.
To continue your reading on the subject of backup and synchronisation in the cloud, here is the Oodrive white paper, which looks at the best ways of preserving your strategic data:
Article translated from French