A company’s most valuable asset is arguably its data, which needs to be backed-up, stored, and secured so that it’s available to the organization when and where needed.
“Businesses need more than a localized storage capacity for security and continuity purposes,” said Steve Westerman, director of product and marketing for Cox Business Oklahoma. “Today’s workforce is increasingly using mobile devices to access business-critical information, and organizations with multiple locations require a centralized data storage facility to secure its assets.”
By outsourcing data backup to a reputable service provider, businesses are able to take advantage of the latest technologies and advances in encryption, disaster recovery, remote access, and real-time protection, Westerman said.
Cox Business offers customized cloud backup solutions for business and organizations of all sizes and knows the risks associated with managing this critical area of Oklahoma business.
Here are eight commonly cited reasons why businesses of all sizes are moving to cloud back-up in growing numbers.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Oklahomans are no strangers to disasters. Every year, businesses are hit by tornadoes or flood. Technology is most at risk. Natural disasters or cyber-attacks and are two events that can seriously compromise your data. Cloud storage ensures that you can quickly access your data when the uncontrollable happens. IT infrastructure problems can also lead to a loss of data. Automatic cloud backup offers businesses the ability to protect data and prevent data loss.
Expanded Storage
Investing in additional storage space for the growing amount of data your business generates involves a hefty investment. Cloud storage providers offer a range of data storage amounts, from free accounts with limited storage to pay-as-needed plans for virtually unlimited storage space. For many companies, it simply isn’t cost effective to buy their own data storage; online backup is a highly cost-effective solution, providing the space you need, as you need it.
Reliability
Cloud storage services offer optimal reliability for the data that serves as the life-blood of your business. If you’ve already invested in a system to back up your business’ data every evening, are you confident you can rely on that system to preserve the data if lightning were to strike?
With a cloud service backing your data, you can be confident that you can always access the data – no matter what happens. In addition, cloud storage providers can reliably back up files that employees have safely closed, as well as databases and open files.
These components generally comprise an enterprises most critical data.
Often, you can employ a service level agreement with a backup provider so that your workflows remain uninterrupted while the backup takes place.
Fast Data Restoration
When a disaster happens, for maximum productivity you need access to your data in real time. From payroll data to customer information to databases to email correspondence, businesses don’t have the luxury of waiting for data to be restored. Instead of having to wait hours for a technician to work through the restoration process, a cloud service provider can instantly restore and deliver your valuable data.
Security
Data security is an important consideration for every business. Regardless of the industry, the prospect of a data breach means that all businesses need highly-reliable security to protect their data. Health care organizations, financial institutions, legal firms and other similar entities have to meet stringent security compliance measures to keep sensitive data confidential.
Cost-Effective IT Resource
If your business has its own IT department, shouldering the responsibility of backing up data can be a strain. Not only are manual backups monotonous, it takes time to manage the process. With a cloud storage provider backing up your data, you can free-up the IT staff for other important functions. Cloud service providers also feature easy-to-use software so that your IT staff can manage and monitor data storage.
Scalability
As your business grows, the amount of data will also grow, which requires additional storage capacity. With a cloud service provider, you can easily scale the services and avoid paying for too much storage when you don’t need it. Investing in onsite infrastructure is costly, and when you outgrow the system, you’ll need to invest even more capital for an upgrade. With cloud store, you can bypass this problem.
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