Has a data backup solution been on your to-do list for a while? Let me try and scare you into thinking about it harder. Consider some numbers:

• 2,000: the number of laptops lost or stolen every day
• 32%: percentage of data loss caused by human error
• $1,500: average cost to recover data from a crashed hard drive
• 15: seconds before the next hard drive crash in the US
• 60%: proportion of SMBs that close down within 6 months of a major data loss

Here’s a brief primer on data backup and disaster recovery solutions for you:

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Just like the name suggests, remote access is a technology that allows you to access your files, folders, printers and applications from a location other than your office PC. It makes your employees more productive by allowing them to use your office data and infrastructure during the off-hours, when they travel or when they’d rather work from home on an important project without being distracted by the zoo that your office often turns into.

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