Traditional backup methods such as tape, disk, and strict NAS devices are no longer sufficient. In fact, leading edge business owners are finding them unacceptable. Technological innovations have set a new solution standard: Intelligent Business Continuity, going beyond data protection; delivering automated assurance, continuous protection, secured storage, and instant recovery.
| Traditional Backup | Business Continuity |
| Can take weeks to recover data after a disaster occurs | Downtime after a disaster is reduced to hours, minutes or even seconds |
| High risk for human error due to heavey manual administration: 60% of on-site disasters are due to human error | Full automation backup processes–very little maual management required |
| Difficult to test if a backup is working properly | Automated screenshots are taken and reported to ensure each backup was successful and can be booted at anytime |
| Time consuming and expensive to make copies of backups to store in multiple locations | Each backup is saved in multiple locations: locally and in bi-coastal data centers |
| Slow backup speeds | Quick and effecient transferring of files to off-site data centers, even with low bandwidth or busy network environments. Critical data can be prioritized to be transfered off-site first. |
| Physical to virtual conversions can be time consuming and have a high failure rate | Incremental backups can be instantly virtualized rather than the entire backup chain. |
| No redundant backups in multiple locations, leaving high risk for original backup systems to be destroyed | Eliminates downtime in the event of a disaster by allowing your business to run off secure servers in the cloud |
| Limited options for encrypting data, may not pass industry regulations (i.e. HIPAA, SOX) | AES 256 and SSL key-based encryption ensures data is safe and meets industry regulations (ie HIPAA, SOX) |
| When recovering data, tape failure rate exceeds 50% | Minimal risk of corrupted backups or data loss |
| Potential for theft or loss of media | Off-site backups stored in SSAE 16 data centers. |