I run into this ALL the time. I just wanted to share my thoughts on why backup is SO important to a business, regardless of cost. I’m sure you all have heard horror stories out there. I just wanted to create a quick argument regarding the cost to implement a common backup solution. Let’s just say for money sake, you have a small business, 12 users. The cost to deploy your basic tape backup solution to a company this size can vary, but let’s call it $5000. This would include hardware, software, and installation. So the common arguement from the business owner is “That’s too much, we don’t think we’ll need that solution for that kind of money.” I agree, five thousand is not the easiest investment to swallow for something that isn’t a Disney World trip or yielding a return. The fact is, it’s not the cheapest investment, but it’s one of the most important. I’ll just use one example of how it would pay for itself. Let’s suppose this business owner has a secretary. This secretary makes $15.00 an hour. Let’s choose one document from this business owners arsenal, an excel sheet with 5000 contacts with all of their relevant information, account numbers, etc. Let’s say this document were to go missing and was not recoverable. How much time @ 15.00 an hour would it take his secretary to re-create this document? Let’s be fair and say 4 weeks. To call all of these clients and get their information back to re-enter (if they are available). So that’s 160 hours x $15.00 = a $2400 document. This is just one document, imagine the cost to re-create your Quickbooks file? Anyhow, I just wanted to point this out to those who argue about a backup solution. It really is your loss…
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