Now Is the Time to Update Your Backup Software

If you ask most IT professionals when the last time was that they took a look at their backup software, they might just shrug at the question. Because we all take this software for granted, assuming that it is working in the background, doing its job, we forget that we bear a certain responsibility for its proper functioning. If you can’t remember the last time you tested or even installed your backup program, then now is the time.

Much like checking the batteries in your smoke detectors, checking your backup software is the most important thing you can to retain the integrity of your data. Imagine what would happen to your business if you lost all the information you had – all the software, the settings, and all of your customer’s data. Could you survive a loss like that? Most companies could not.

If you don’t have backup software installed, then you are missing out on an important piece of insurance for your business. If you have your company insured and your business insured, then your data should be insured, too. This is vitally important, especially in today’s world of spams, viruses, Trojan horses, and malicious malware.

In addition, it is not at all unlikely that someone with malicious intent will attempt to hijack your servers, destroy your data, or infiltrate your system. If that happened, and you didn’t have a reliable and encrypted backup available, you could not only go out of business, but you could have your customers breathing down your back as well.

Right now is not a good time to be putting your business and all of your data at risk, especially in this rough economy, so make the investment in your server backup, make sure it is running correctly, and that it is fully up-to-date and non-penetrable.