In any given year, a staggering 6% of all PCs face the ominous threat of data loss, resulting in approximately 4.6 million data loss incidents based on the prevalence of PCs in US businesses back in 1998. At a conservative estimate, this translates to a significant financial toll, costing US businesses around $11.8 billion (source: “The Cost Of Lost Data” by David M. Smith).

The aftermath of a major fire proves equally daunting for businesses, with a startling statistic revealing that 30% of those affected go out of business within a year, and a staggering 70% succumb within five years (source: Home Office Computing Magazine). Furthermore, 31% of PC users have experienced the heart-wrenching loss of all their files due to uncontrollable events.

Alarming lapses in data management practices also surface, as 34% of companies neglect to test their tape backups, and of those that do, a staggering 77% encounter tape backup failures. The repercussions are severe, with 60% of companies that lose their data facing closure within six months of the disaster. Shockingly, 93% of companies enduring a data center loss for ten days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within a year, while 50% of businesses without data management during the same period filed for immediate bankruptcy (source: National Archives & Records Administration in Washington).

The gravity of disaster recovery timelines becomes evident, as companies unable to resume operations within ten days are unlikely to survive, according to the Strategic Research Institute. The economic toll of viruses is equally substantial, with American businesses losing over $7.6 billion in the first six months of 2009 alone. Additionally, a startling statistic reveals that 140,000 hard drives crash in the United States every week (source: Mozy Online Backup).

In response to these critical challenges, Integration Technologies offers a robust online backup solution for businesses. This entails storing all files securely away from your premises at an offsite server location, ensuring the preservation of data in the face of disasters. Following a disaster, our streamlined post-disaster recovery process ensures the swift restoration of all files to your system, minimizing downtime and safeguarding the integrity of your business data.