How to Choose the Best Backup Solution for Your Environment
Only 57 percent of IT managers have a backup solution in place. 94% of businesses that experience severe data loss do not recover. 43% of small to mid-size businesses do not reopen after severe data loss.
The statistics around backups are alarming. Of the 57 percent of IT managers who have backup solutions in place, 75 percent of them were unable to restore their data. Cyberhackers are expanding their field of operation, disrupting businesses and infrastructure. Cities such as Baltimore, held hostage in 2019 by a ransomware attack, lose data during these events, to find chunks of what was salvaged corrupted or unusable. Then there is the productivity-destroying and costly down time, with all out production stops and thousands to millions of revenue loss.
So how do you know how to choose the best backup solution for your environment. To start, that depends on how complex your environment is.
- If your IT environment keeps changing, includes multiple applications, legacy systems or other complex infrastructure, you’re already familiar with the cost of owning several different software and hardware licenses.
- Changes in public policy may require technology updates or backup reliability to maintain compliance with new regulations.
- Data loss, intrusion and cyber threats add another layer of complexity requiring continual management, monitoring, and updates. You may also manage this environment on your own, in reactive mode and in silos, increasing the cost and inefficiency of your IT staff.
What are you paying for to be protected?
Disaster recovery costs might be more than you realize. In fact, you may be paying for:
- Hardware and software licensing
- Network hardware infrastructure
- Management costs
- Disaster recovery location
- Environment management
- Staff to manage and train
- Full-time use of expertise or technology being underutilized
And, on top of all that, can you really put a cost on unreliable backups, slow backups and restores, low service levels, downtime, or noncompliance? One conversation with a professional can put your mind at ease and keep your company’s data secure.
Backup as a Service (BaaS) offers benefits
Backup as a Service creates a better IT employee experience by implementing a fully managed and hosted system. All your data is managed, including licensing, network, and infrastructure, diminishing the risk of data loss, and increasing your IT staff’s efficiency.
To ensure a fully compliant data center, complex environments may require maintenance. That’s what makes NEC’s UNIVERGE BLUE BaaS solution a popular choice. Employees have data when they need it in a fully regulated data center with fully compliant software for any industry.
NEC’s UNIVERGE BLUE BaaS solution is a full-service backup infrastructure, fully managed and at a lower cost of ownership. You’ll get a personal consultation with your organization to accurately assess your current backup solution and determine if a new one is needed.
Protect your data and modernize with BaaS
You can ensure a positive customer experience and a more efficient employee experience when your data is protected. With data moving and changing at lightening speeds, tape backups are outdated as no sooner than a backup is finished. Migrations, maintenance, and unplanned downtime can disrupt production and reduce the efficiency of your IT staff. Incomplete backups can cost your organization, dramatically impacting the bottom line.
NTi works with industry leaders, including NEC and others to ensure your business communication needs are met with the most comprehensive solutions. Contact NTi today and let our experts help you profoundly customize your data security and backup solutions for your business environment.
