My Ultimate, "No-Brainer" - Computer Backup Wish List

Need a checklist of sorts to compare online data backup and recovery services? Here's my ultimate, "no-brainer" computer backup Wish List to help you do just that. Simply use this Wish List to evaluate any data backup service that you're considering. If it doesn't satisfy the Wish List, it's not good enough for your business. Period.

I want a computer backup system that:

• Runs automatically, so I don’t have to remember, be in the office, or set aside time to backup my information.

• Saves all my files, updates and changes every single day (even Saturday and Sunday), so I’ll never lose a single day of my hard work again.

• Ensures my valuable client database will never be lost—because without my list, my business is doomed.

• Stores all my records at a separate physical and geographical location from my computer, so my information is protected even in the event of a theft, fire or flood.

• Automatically backs up my “backup” to a third location, so that I have complete redundancy, and so all possibility for information loss is eliminated.

• Does not copy over my last backup, but instead allows me to see what my work looked like yesterday, a week ago, last month, or even 12 months ago.

• Encrypts my records, so no one but me can access or read my files.

• Automatically tests my backup to make sure it’s actually working, so my work will be 100% recoverable when my computer crashes again!

• Eliminates all time spent by me and my staff to complete and test our backups, so I have more time to concentrate on my business.

• Eliminates all backup hardware investments, so I have more money in my pocket.

I want a backup system that automatically:

- Saves my information.

- Protects the time I invested to complete my work and build my client database. (This is a biggie! Can you imagine building your list again from scratch?)

- Gives me the peace-of-mind that my next computer crash will be a mere inconvenience—not a catastrophe.

- Lets me stop worrying about backup altogether because I don’t even have to think about it, period.

Remember, if the computer backup service you're looking at doesn't give you EVERYTHING on my ultimate, "no-brainer" computer backup Wish List, it isn't worthy of your business. Don't make compromises where the survival of your information is concerned, because the survival of your livelihood depends upon it.

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Blue Melnick is the Co-Founder and Lead Storage Specialist of Virtual Tape Drive Canada. Blue invites you to contact him through www.vtdcanada.com or by phone at 416-462-3323. Not sure if online data backup is right for you? Why not sign up for Biz Link News—Blue’s free ezine—to learn more about how this new technology can “save” your business?

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