Backing Up Your Web Site Data: An Overlooked And Underused Necessity
A natural consequence of this situation is that enormous amounts of very valuable data are stored on computers. And as we all well know, computers tend to die from time to time. For every business that is using the Web as a revenue-generating channel, their data is an important company asset. The loss of a customer database could be devastating to a business, leading to unfulfilled orders, dissatisfied customers, and loss of touch with thousands of clients. Depending on one computer alone, death-prone machines that they are, is a formula for disaster.
Since it is pretty self-evident that preventing the loss of all of a business' orders and customer information is an important task, why is it that backup solutions are among the lowest priorities of most businesses shopping for Web hosting?