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The world has changed a great deal since the industrial revolution, when ships and stock and material goods were what spelled 'wealth'. Nowadays wealth is often in digital form, which is why online data backup has become so sought after.

Of course there are a number of companies that do not have a huge investment in online data backup, and these are the ones who are perhaps slightly more vulnerable. The process of online data backup is now handled by a huge range of companies. Some of these firms offer what is called 'fully managed' back up, while others do not.

It is argued that fully managed online data backup is much more secure. This is because the entire process is under constant scrutiny, so if anything does go wrong, it can, at least in theory, be rectified very quickly indeed.

The online data backup business is one that has grown a huge amount over the past few years. Information is no longer held on vast quantities of papers - although a great deal of organisations do indeed use paper still - bust most don't. And with this in mind it is arguably prudent to ensure that one's information is stored safely.

Information has become highly valuable - and particularly personal information, which is often protected by government legislation in terms of a given company's obligations. If a company's obligations. If a company does store names, addresses and credit card information, then it must ensure that the data is kept as secure as possible.

The following could happen to your computer system:

* Hard disk could crash.
* Computer processor could develop serious faults.
* There could be a serious virus attack.
* Malware threat.
* Accidents such as a burst in the water pipe, which could lead to water pipe, which could lead to water flooding the office and destroying computer systems.
* Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricane etc.
* Human mistake, such as spilling tea or water over a computer system, accidental formatting of the hard drive, accidental data change etc.
* Theft of the computer system.
* Software could get corrupt; such cases have happened before where saved Microsoft Word Document was lost without trace.

If something bad happens to a company's premises, it can often be bad news for those who have chosen not to utilise online data backup. Those companies that do hold information for other companies are often high security complexes that have great deal of safety technology such as water sprinklers that stop any huge amount of damage being done to servers containing information.

It is perhaps only companies that utilise a great deal of electronic information that require this level of backup, but it is undeniable that if a business does need to keep its data safe, then online data backup storage is one of the most secure and robust storage methods available. A basic Internet search of this kind of business will show various firms that offer the service, but it is important to choose one that has a good level of experience in the area, before you make a commitment.

Backup Berry is committed to delivering backup solutions to its highly esteemed clients. It eases the chance of possible data loss by offering different data backup packages to you. Visit its Web site on http://www.backupberry.co.za and get it done now.

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Tash Bhairo
Backup Berry
Tash@randtechit.co.za