Data loss facts and figures
Data loss happens much more than you realize, according
to many credible research groups.
Don't become another statistic: The odds are against you
if you don't back up offsite every night. But don't just take our
word for it, review these startling statistics:
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Suddenly losing
all your mission critical data can put you out of
business. Our automatic online backup service ($1 a
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25% |
of all PC users suffer from
data loss each year. (1)
1 in 4 --
Are you willing to risk your business or job with these
odds? |
$12 Billion |
annual cost of data
loss.
Can you afford to not back up your
data? |
96% |
of all business workstations
are not being backed up (3)
While
servers are typically backed up, companies rarely back up
individual PCs containing valuable data generated by employees
every day. |
15% |
of all laptops are stolen or
suffer hard drive failures (1)
What if you or your sales people lost
their laptop and it had no recent backup? |
$55Billion |
annual computer virus damages to
U.S. businesses (4)
Even equipped with
the latest antivirus software, viruses continue to pose a
serious threat to your most valuable asset. |
7 of 10 |
small firms that experience a
major data loss go out of business within a year (5) |
100% |
the failure rate of disks and tape drives -- all
drives eventually fail. |
(1) Gartner
Group; (2) IDC; (3) Contingency Planning & Strategic Research
Corp.; (4) TrendMicro; (5) DTI/PriceWaterhouse Coopers
Cost of Recreating Your Lost Data
According to the National Computer
Security Association, without adequate backup it takes:
- 19 days and $17,000 to recreate just 20 MB of lost
sales/marketing data;
- 21 days and $19,000 to recreate just 20 MB of lost
accounting data;
- 42 days and $98,000 to recreate just 20 MB of lost
engineering data.
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today.
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