Many businesses consider a wholesale switch to the cloud for their business data storage needs and assume their data will be safe and sound. This is only somewhat true. While the cloud may offer an effective way to store your data, it is still susceptible to freak accidents.

Imagine this scenario: It’s Friday morning and your accounting department is waking up their computers to get started on payroll. Being that your company isn’t huge, but not tiny either, this typically takes up half a day’s work, meaning everything should easily be processed by close of business.

Extensive Damage

We all know the impact that data loss can have on your business. Your data is the meat and potatoes of your business. It’s an essential element of what keeps your business running day in and day out. Without your data, you are lost.

The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

The ancient Chinese military general Sun Tzu might have been around long before IT networks, but he sure knew how to make a lasting impression on the world.