Why Cloud Backup?

As companies cope with the growing amount of business information being generated every day, they face a daunting truth: without their data, they have no business. With the volume and complexity of data it's so critical to have a modern and dependable system in place to safeguard valuable business information. Over the last decade, cloud backup, recovery and restore options have emerged as secure, cost-effective and reliable solutions. Here are seven key advantages that cloud backup and recovery can offer your business.

Lower total cost of ownership

A cloud backup, recovery and restore solution takes advantage of your existing infrastructure, so you don't need to invest or install expensive equipment. Cloud backup and recovery software integrates with IT environments to locate and prioritize files for backup, and then securely transmits encrypted copies of those files to off-site data centers. This process results in a lower total cost of ownership compared to the purchase and maintenance of complex tape backup systems.

Improved reliability and speed of recovery

Having a backup solution is meaningless without a rapid and reliable method of recovering and restoring data. A cloud backup and recovery system instantly restores data regardless of your location, including individual files, the most common type of data recovery. Using cloud backup, you will be able to establish Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives that match your business requirements.

More secure method of file transfer

Files selected for backup are encrypted before transmission to a cloud vault and remain encrypted once they reach their destination. The only decryption key resides with you, and these safeguards are superior to unencrypted on-premise data backup and recovery systems.

Reduced operating and administrative costs

Once you select a backup schedule, company data is saved automatically, providing an unobtrusive and transparent solution. This "set it and forget it" model results in less operational and administrative management for data backup.

Smarter use of IT resources

A cloud backup and recovery solution allows your business to redirect IT resources to more pressing challenges or strategic initiatives within your organization. The built-in scalability of cloud backup makes it easy to evolve as your business data environment grows and changes.

Stronger compliance safeguards

Although your company will continue to assume liability for data security when moving to cloud backup, cloud backup will be able to provide greater reliability and redundancy than tape backup in the long term.

Eliminates the shortcomings of tape backup

Tape backups are often expensive, vulnerable to obsolescence and can be lost or stolen when being transported offsite. Also, recovering data from a tape system can be a slow process, especially if a tape needs to be retrieved from an offsite vault.

Want to learn more? Switching to a cloud-based backup solution is an important decision that requires a clear understanding of how such a solution will integrate into your business.

To get answers to the most common questions that companies have about cloud backup, download our whitepaper on agentless backup architecture and discover what role a cloud backup, recovery and restore solution can have in your business.