Cloud backup 2024

Whether it’s through attack or error, your business data is always at risk. Dave Mitchell explains how cloud services can add extra protection and puts four contenders to the test

Businesses are creating data at unprecedented rates, and those that don’t protect it are taking some appalling risks and putting their very survival on the line. There’s no such thing as “safe data”, so it’s essential that businesses implement a sound backup strategy to protect against unforeseen disasters. The number of threats faced by businesses are increasing just as fast. Data breaches and ransomware attacks are always on the rise, but so are environmental disasters and crimes such as theft and burglary. Backup doesn’t need to be challenging, and the cloud makes it even easier as it provides an ideal location for essential off-site storage. The best data protection strategies use a hybrid combination of on-premises and cloud backup, which ensures that multiple copies of your data are maintained in different physical…

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PC Pro (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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