What value would you put on your laptop?

How valuable is your laptop to you? Last week the hard drive on my laptop crashed. It was approaching the Easter holidays and as you can imagine I was looking forward to getting a few days off. Having arrived at the office that Friday morning, I turned on my laptop only to discover the dreaded blue screen staring back at me.

So what are the consequences of seeing the blue screen? In most cases it means that you can’t recover any files or data that have been stored on your computer.

How many times do your work colleagues, managers, boss, tell you to backup your data on a regular basis? Thankfully in our office we use web-based applications, e.g. our online accounting software Fusion Accounts and a web-based CRM system so I was able to continue working without any disruption. To be fair I did lose a few pictures and email addresses in my outlook so I have made a pack to take regular backups of such things in future.

For any business that does not use web-based applications where automatic backups are provided or for those that do not take backups on a regular basis the crash of a laptop could be very costly for a business. Imagine losing all your customers contact details or even worse not knowing who owed your business money.

The value of your laptop goes far beyond the monetary cost of purchasing a laptop. To some it may even be the cost of your entire business going under when you lose all the data associated with your company.

Having read this blog I would encourage all businesses to take a few minutes and review their backup recovery strategy. Do you have one?

N.B. Web-based applications provide businesses with a free automatic backup service and can be accessed anytime and from anywhere.

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