Online backup: fewer constraints, greater security
Office files, diaries, contracts, financial data, images... the volume of corporate data is exploding. Small and large companies alike are becoming saturated with internal storage equipment (flash drives, hard drives, external disks, nas, dedicated servers and data center backup servers...). The widespread use of images and video in their activities, and the boom in certain innovations such as virtual reality, only amplify the phenomenon. So it's vital to find the right solutions to protect them over the long term. Find out all our advice on the challenges of online backup for professionals.
For a company, its data is its most precious asset. They require a degree of security that consumer solutions cannot provide. The latter are ill-suited to their needs. But not all online backup solutions for professionals offer the same benefits, nor are they all created equal.
Backup to stay competitive
Physical backup has limitations and risks that digital backup can overcome. You are not immune to incidents beyond your control. These can be external threats (fire, water damage, power surges due to electrical problems) or threats linked to human responsibility (errors, oversights, lack of time to deal with these issues...). By choosing not to back up your data digitally, you are exposing yourself to real dangers should a problem arise. What makes your company what it is - your data - can disappear in the blink of an eye.
In the event of loss, your productivity is preserved if you are able to restore the affected data immediately. In the event of a crash or disaster, rapid recovery will be the key to restarting your business.
The benefits of digital backup :
- Freedom from hardware constraints
- Optimized costs
- Improved quality and responsiveness
The following infographic sums up the need for online backup:
A solution to meet all your requirements
With professional backup software like oodrive_save, tailored to your needs, you can back up everything you need to be efficient and productive, day after day:
- Work files (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
- Databases (SQL, Exchange, Oracle, etc.)
- Operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.)
- Servers, workstations
- Business applications (CRM, messaging, accounting software, etc.)
Offering the right solution
Many decision-makers today recognize that their backup and archiving practices are poorly adapted, if at all. Studies have shown that 80% of unprotected companies (theft, virus, disaster...) go bankrupt after a computer disaster, because they have not set up an effective automatic backup and data recovery system.
For service providers like Oodrive, it's essential to offer solutions that take into account the specific needs of each company (for SMEs, for example). Each company has its own issues, whether in terms of costs or infrastructure. The only thing they all have in common is security.
IT solutions specialists are able to offer tailor-made backup solutions with products like oodrive_save, enabling you to benefit from a complete backup plan for your data and its environment. Not only does this type of solution guarantee data confidentiality and security, it also reduces data backup and restore times.
Oodrive offers VSEs and SMEs solutions for backing up their data to highly secure hosting centers located on French soil. Deployed and supervised remotely, these solutions require no special skills or administrative effort.
Go mobile
In-house backup, whether on paper or on a medium that you plug into your machine to access the information, has its limits. Cloud backup not only secures your information, it also makes you far more mobile. With backup software like oodrive_save, your data is stored on an infrastructure accessible via a secure Internet connection.
Alert systems and reports let you easily monitor all backups wherever you are, as long as you have an Internet connection. When you set up cloud storage or an online storage space, you can reconcile mobility and productivity, as you can access work documents at any time and from several different devices.
Today, there are many threats to your business. For your business to continue, it's vital to equip yourself with the right back-up tools to avoid any irreparable loss. Choose a backup solution tailored to your infrastructure and protect your data in total security.
To continue your reading on the subject of cloud backup and synchronization, here's Oodrive's white paper, which looks at the best ways to preserve your business-critical data:
Article translated from French