The Growth of Business Data

Business assets stored as digital data are now the norm—virtually everything is saved on a computer or server.

As technology makes the file cabinet a thing of the past, it can also create management headaches for business owners. When the core of business operations sits on a computer appliance, it must not only be backed up, but also easy and quick to restore. To insure against an onsite disaster, the data must be moved offsite.

Until recently, the common best practice was to copy data onto tapes and physically transport it offsite. Careful organizations got a safety deposit box; the less cautious stacked tapes on their network administrator’s kitchen table.