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<\/p>\nMore than half of small and medium scale business entities have no disaster recovery plan. Can you imagine how some hard drive crashes or hardware\/software issues can leave a business entity crippled in no time?<\/p>\n
Unrecoverable data losses \u2013 just imagine the situation!<\/p>\n
Having an in-house backup system is hardly an option for most businesses as online backup options are much cheaper and come with a wide range of additional features.<\/p>\n
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Listed below are the top reasons why SMBs ought to consider online backups:<\/p>\n
1. Contrary to what many SMB owners believe, it\u2019s not expensive! <\/b><\/p>\n
Yes, SMBs have smaller IT budgets and they want to get the most out of each dollar spent. But, compared to the kind of benefits an online backup system provides, its cost is much less. Economies of scale, centralized hardware and other such factors have made it possible for service providers to offer online backups at very affordable prices.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re not creating terabytes of data each month, the cost of even some of the best of online backup services would be less than 100 dollars per month.<\/p>\n
2. Data losses are very real. <\/b><\/p>\n
And so is the loss of data integrity. You don\u2019t have to be working in a hurricane prone zone to have a good reason for taking preemptive steps.<\/p>\n
Technology failures can come around anytime and anywhere to haunt your business.<\/p>\n
3. Keep at least one copy of your data at a different location. <\/b><\/p>\n
On-premises data backups are helpful but you\u2019ll agree that you should have all of your important data backed up at a different location too.<\/p>\n
Natural\/man-made calamities or technical\/manual errors do come to pass sometimes and on such occasions, your best bet is an online backup.<\/p>\n
4. You don\u2019t need to be a techie to use an online backup system. <\/b><\/p>\n
Really!<\/p>\n