Don't become another statistic because the odds are against you if you do not proactively backup your data offsite every night. Don't just take our word for it, here are some facts and figures created by some of the most reputable research companies that may really surprise you:

6% of ALL PC's will suffer an episode of data loss in any given year (Source: Gartner Group). - This is a very significant number! That is one in twenty computers that will suffer a data loss. Are you willing to risk your business or job with these odds? Remember . . . data loss happens! Will you be prepared if it does unexpectedly happen? How much will it cost you if you are not? More than Remote Data Backups?

More than 60% of corporate data resides on individual PC desktops and laptops (Source: IDC). - You may think you have a great "save to server" solution for all your individual PC data backups, but studies show that much of your individual end-user critical data never gets mapped to the server itself and remains local on the PC ... and does not get backed up! A very easy and costly oversight because many times there is more important end=user data stored locally than you realize.

Up to 96% of all business PC's are not being backed up (Source: Contingency Planning Research and Strategic Research Corporaton) - Though this number may seem high to you, the source is very credible. While although servers are typically backed up, rarely do companies ever backup the individual PC's themselves. Usually the main company data is mapped to the server, but not all the end-user data like favorites, my documents, etc. are not. If the individual computer does not get backed up, neither will the local data.

Up to 15% or more laptops are stolen or suffer hard drive failures (Source: Gartner Group). - Again, are you willing to risk your business or your job with these odds? Obviously mobile laptops are much more vulnerable to data loss than the typical PC just becuase they are bumped around more and are often in unsecure enviroments. Since backup drives are most often external to the laptop itself and are a pain to remain attached, it often is not taken with and consequently not used very often. What would you do if you or your sales people lost their laptop and it had no recent backup? How much would it cost you? More than Remote Data Backups?

Key causes for unplanned downtime (source: Garnter Group).
Hardware - 25%
Software - 25%
Network - 20%
Human error - 15%
Environmental - 14%

Did you know?

• The average failure rate of disks and tape drives is 100 percent. All drives eventually fail.
• In most failures, files are lost.
• Most small businesses don't have a backup plan that fully protects them.
• Research has shown that 90% of companies that lose their data are out of business in two years.
• The average cost to replace 20 megabytes of data is $17,000 and takes 19 days to enter.
• 50% of the companies that lose their data in a disaster never reopen
• 90% of all data losses occur because of power failures, leaks, loose cables, user mistakes and hardware failures.

...Rush through backups without verifying them.

...Put off backups until a more convenient time.

...Leave backup disks or tapes in a drawer next to the computer where they'll be lost in the same catastrophy.

• Lightning strikes
• Floods rise
• Buildings burn
• Thieves steal
• Coffee cups get spilled
• Files get deleted
• Drives get formatted
• Viruses infect drives
• Systems crash