Is offsite backup right for your business?

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Offsite backup is one of the simplest services we offer here at Nimbus, but for many Northern Irish businesses it is also the most important. This cloud-computing service allows businesses like yours to back up their data to external servers that aren’t dependent on their own IT systems. So, some questions to ask yourself. Does your business really need to back up its data to offsite servers? If so, should you outsource this process to an IT support service like us or should you invest in your own offsite servers instead? The answers to these questions depend on the type and size of the business that you run. [caption id="attachment_1212" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Backup by GotCredit licensed under Creative commons 4[/caption] The reality is that almost all modern businesses are dependent on the data contained in their IT systems. Even if you run a very traditional business that sells physical goods in a localized area, you probably use an IT system to keep track of your stock and your profit margins. However, some businesses are more dependent than others. If your business is heavily tied to physical goods and products or is small enough to keep a paper record of all its transactions, offsite backup may not be necessary. After all, any data that you lose can be recovered by going through your paperwork and carrying out a stock check. However, if your business sells intangible services (which are harder to keep track of), sells goods over multiple premises or is simply too large to keep non-digitized records, you should definitely invest in offsite backup. Losing information that can’t be easily recovered or re-established can seriously damage your business and affect its ability to function. The reality is that most businesses have a lot data that is crucial to their success but which only exists in their IT systems, so most businesses need offsite or cloud based backup. Few businesses these days have adequate paper trails, unless forced to by regulation. The truth is these days not even the smallest of businesses can get by without backing up their data. If your business (like most others) does need to back up its data offsite, it’s probably worth outsourcing this process. Investing in your own servers is very costly and it’s far too easy for employees to forget to back up data at the end of each day. By outsourcing your offsite backup requirements to an IT support business like us, you can save yourself money and ensure that the task is carried out reliably every day. Also think about monitoring your backup, in the real world things break, an unmonitored backup is no backup and of course we will monitor your backup for you. At Nimbus we deal with businesses in Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool and all across Northern Ireland, Ireland and the UK – we help ensure their data is safe should the worst happen.  Here at Nimbus, we are happy to take care of all your offsite backup needs, so get in touch with us today if your business needs to protect its data.