What Is Remote Data Backup (ROBOs)?
Have you thought about what happens to your data when your office catches on fire? Or when a storm blows through and knocks out the power for days? Or when your building is evacuated due to a gas leak? How about when someone breaks into your office and steals all of your computers? If you have yet to think about it, you should. No matter how busy you are with protecting your data, these things will happen to you. And if they do, it might be too late. Remote data backup is the practice of securing or duplicating data in a remote location or from a remote location to provide better data security. Companies with multiple physical locations often consider remote data backup strategies to protect data assets from emergencies or attacks. Companies with large numbers of remote offices or branch offices (ROBOs) can choose from many options to practice better data security. They use specific systems that employ backup data media, such as remote hard drives or physical media like tape, which can be consigned from one location to another. They say, "There's no place like home"But what if your business has more than one home? And what if you must keep all the information in sync between those homes? That's where data protection comes in—to help you ensure your data is safe and secure wherever it goes. It's not just about whether or not you've got a backup plan. It's also about how much data you're protecting and how much of it is moving around. You'll want a plan for this situation if you operate out of two offices in different parts of town. The same goes for businesses with multiple locations across the country or even across continents: they need to be able to protect their data wherever it goes so that they can always be confident that all copies are current and accurate.
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