Lost Data? Reasons and Costs of Data Loss

Posted by admin Sunday, September 12, 2010 0 comments

Computer users and many experts often destroyed than lost data permanently, without hope of recovery. Details of the lost data can complex, contradictory, or wrong, it is not surprising that data loss and data recovery are some of the most confusing and misunderstood concepts.
Computers can be one of the most valuable and vulnerable assets. In our experience, the greatest threats to your data:

Hardware or System Problems
Human Error
Software Corruption or Program Problems
Computer Viruses
Natural Disasters

These five major threats to your computer data share two things in common: they are unpredictable and, in many cases, uncontrollable. Therefore, the precautions taken by IT professionals to safeguard company data cannot always prevent a data loss.
In addition to being a vulnerable asset, computer data is also a valuable asset.
Based on the information below it is easy to see how significant the costs of lost or inaccessible data can be. The following is a summary of the average hourly impact of lost data on a selection of different businesses.

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