Xmas data disaster: Northampton Businesses must recheck backups before holidays

Businesses in Northampton and Milton Keynes have been warned to triple check their data backups before shutting the office for Christmas by local computer data backup and data recovery company, Proactive IT Support.

Northampton, United Kingdom - December 12, 2017 /PressCable/ —

Businesses in Northampton and Milton Keynes have been warned to triple check their data backups before shutting the office for Christmas.

Any break in usual routine – such as the festive holiday – is a prime time for data to be lost or stolen, according to a local IT expert. https://fastproactiveit.com/

And more than half of companies that lose a significant amount of their data go out of business within 6 months.

“You’d be surprised how many business owners think their data is being backed up correctly, but actually it isn’t,” said local IT expert Peter Ravi, owner of Proactive IT Support Ltd. Data backup and recovery

“Automated backups can become corrupted, or just stop for all sorts of reasons. That’s a real problem when you lose data, and discover your backup is weeks out of date.”

He added: “Most businesses are so reliant on data these days, it creates a massive series of problems that put the business at real risk. It never has a chance to get back to where it was and operate normally.”

Peter Ravi has identified the 6 most common reasons for data loss by Northampton and Milton Keynes businesses:

·        Human error: Accidentally deleting files

·        Viruses, malware and hacking

·        Mechanical failure, such as a hard drive dying

·        A power cut, causing the computer not to shut down properly

·        Theft of devices

·        Physical damage from fire, water or dropping laptops and USB hard drives.

Peter said: “Roughly half of all businesses we support need to restore data at some point during the year. So this is a great time to check your data is being fully 100% backed up, every single day.”

“Having multiple copies of data safely encrypted and stored away from your premises, is the safest way to ensure that losing a computer is a minor pain, and not a business-ending event.”

Proactive IT Support was formed many years ago, and now looks after hundreds of local businesses in the Northampton and Milton Keynes area.

Contact Info:
Name: Peter Ravi
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Organization: Proactive IT Support Ltd
Address: 18 Tweed Road, Northampton, England NN5 5AJ, United Kingdom
Phone: +44-1604-582000

For more information, please visit https://fastproactiveit.com/

Source: PressCable

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