Data Recovery:
"the process of retrieving deleted or inaccessible data from failed electronic storage media"
Business Disaster:
"the failure to plan, prepare and invest for the possibility of data loss"
Nearly 70% of firms have experienced a storage system failure, and nearly a third of these have lost critical business data.
Source: Computer Weekly October 14th 2002 |
There are a number of disasters that can befall a company - critical staff illness, default by creditors, expensive litigation, failure to innovate - loss of essential business data is as important as any of these, and yet it is almost enitrely preventable with common sense, some careful planning and some wise investment. This toolkit introduces you to the essentials of data protection, loss and recovery, and guides you to some of the solutions and solution providers.
For more in-depth research, you may need to read one of the excellent technical books on the subject; alternatively you may choose to contact one or more of the leading specialists in this area. You may choose to rely on your own common sense and technical expertise. The important thing is to do something - trusting to luck is not an option.