The hurricanes hitting Atlantic communities this year are some of the worst in history. Despite the tragic cost of these natural disasters, citizens persevere. But sometimes, the damage is irreconcilable. While it might seem trivial, not having cloud backup is one of the top reasons people lose their businessess, jobs and the ability to provide for their families in times of natural disaster.<\/p>\n
Hurricanes take a huge toll on businesses, especially the little guys. \u00a0 \u201cForty percent of small businesses don\u2019t survive these events,\u201d<\/strong> said Russel Honore, former Joint Task Force commander for Hurricane Katrina. \u00a0 When a hurricane hits, businesses flood and the electrical grid is knocked out for days. Affected companies close and cross there fingers that that they will be able to rebuild. \u00a0 Every day a business is under water, it bleeds money. Most organizations can’t absorb these costs and shut down for months if not years. Unemployment rises, even after flood waters subside. People are left without jobs and no where to turn. \u00a0 But believe it or not, physical destruction is only half the battle. \u00a0 While brick and mortar can be rebuilt, central data structures hosting a businesses’ assets cannot. If servers, computers and network infrastructure are wiped out, the company’s death is almost certain. \u00a0 A 2010 report by technology research firm, Gartner Group, stated that 43 percent of businesses went belly-up almost immediately after a “major loss\u201d of data, while 51% shut down within just two years.<\/strong>\u00a0That leaves a measly 6% survival rate for businesses that suffer company-wide data loss. \u00a0 These are scary numbers. The good news is: businesses that migrate their data to the cloud are at significantly less risk of losing vital data. <\/strong> \u00a0 Cloud services are not only more secure than their on-site counterparts, but also back up data with several levels of redundancy.<\/p>\n Hurricanes and other natural disasters are not the only reason to invest in cloud backup. Disgruntled employees, freak accidents and hackers all pose a threat to your easily accessible on-site data. \u00a0 While these forces also threaten data on the cloud, the risks are reduced. \u00a0 A 2012 Alert Logic report states that \u201con-premises environment users actually suffer more [hacking] incidents\u201d than cloud-based users, while also being subjected to \u201csignificantly more brute force attacks.\u201d \u00a0 If you backup your system to a number of off-site locations, it\u2019s much more difficult for hackers to hold your data for ransome or try and guess your passwords with automated systems. \u00a0 That said, not every business absolutely needs the cloud to stay secure. Certain business models need on-site structures for various reasons, and a few find it more cost-effective. Still, the cloud is definitely something that any savvy business owner needs to examine closely as a potential option. It could mean the difference between flourishing and going under. \u00a0 Give us call today at 310-641-3274<\/strong> to learn how our cloud services<\/a>\u00a0can safeguard your critical data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hurricanes hitting Atlantic communities this year are some of the worst in history. Despite the tragic cost of these natural disasters, citizens persevere. But sometimes, the damage is irreconcilable. ","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,7],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-it-101","category-future-of-business","category-technology","tag-cloud-backup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sugarshot.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Reasons to Invest in Cloud Backup<\/h2>\n