Don't be Tempted
by a 1 GB Carrot: DataFort Warns
SMEs Over Internet
Email Agony |
| Leading
Off-Site Storage Provider Echoes AXA Insurance Alert Over
Backups |
| Release
date: July 2004 |
| DataFort,
the leading provider of managed off-site data back-up,
is warning SMEs to resist the temptation of using ‘free’
web mail accounts as improvised off-site storage. The
warning comes on the back of an increase in storage capacity
being offered by web mail providers including Google,
Yahoo and Hotmail. |
| “For
many SMEs, their digital information is as valuable
as actual cash,” says Gavin Smith, CEO of DataFort.
“Companies wouldn’t store their money in
gym lockers or other storage facilities you get for
free, so why put customer lists, sales sheets, invoices,
accounts and other business critical data in the Internet
equivalent?” |
| While
free one gigabyte web mail accounts may sound tempting,
Smith argues that SMEs are playing a risky game if they
use what is essentially e-mail storage provision for
business critical data backups. |
| “Recent
cases of power users losing all of their files from
an Internet e-mail account is proof enough that, when
it comes to storing and retrieving critical data, the
best option is through a dedicated off-site solution
that can prove the security and resilience of its service.” |
| DataFort’s
warning comes on the back of a similar announcement
by UK insurance giant AXA Insurance, alerting SMEs to
the threat of liquidation unless robust data storage
and risk management programmes were in place. It suggested
working with a specialist off-site data storage and
recovery provider to help safeguard business critical
data. |
| “Free
web space cannot be considered robust under any stretch
of the imagination,” concludes Smith. “The
bottom line is, if you’re backing up data you
can’t afford to lose, Internet e-mail accounts
come under the same category as CD-ROMs, Zip discs,
portable hard drives and tapes…risky.” |
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 ABOUT
DATAFORT
DataFort provides
dependable secure off-site computer information storage with
a focus on functionality and convenience for the end user. The
company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Guildford,
UK and New York, USA. It’s software and services are used
by thousands of businesses worldwide - ranging from small SMEs
and schools through to quoted companies and local government.
Every hour of every day someone, somewhere backs up with DataFort. |
CONTACTS
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