World Backup Day is an annual event observed on March 31st, and is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of backing up data and digital information. It serves as a reminder for individuals and businesses to regularly backup their files to prevent data loss due to accidental deletion, hardware failure, cyberattacks, or other unforeseen events. World Backup Day encourages people to take proactive measures to protect their valuable data by creating backups and implementing reliable backup strategies.

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Data backup is the process of duplicating the information on your system to serve as a safeguard against potential data loss or corruption. It's like creating a safety net for your digital assets. Not only does data backup enable recovery in the event of data loss or corruption, but it also allows for the restoration of previous file versions that may have been accidently deleted from your system.

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For businesses and organisations, protecting critical data through data backup procedures is not just good practice, but is integral to their disaster recovery plans and overall business continuity strategy. Without effective data backup measures in place, the consequences of data loss or corruption can be severe. potentially leading to financial losses, reputation damage, and even business closure.

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The heavy reliance on data in business must be accompanied by the implementation of adequate data backup or disaster recovery plans. Shockingly, almost half of companies fail to endure a disaster due to inadequate backup measures. That's why every company should adopt a backup administrator responsible for overseeing the entire backup strategy, from selecting backup solutions and tools to defining backup scope, schedule, and infrastructure.

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The guiding principle for data backup is simple: "back up everything, back up often". To minimise the risk of data loss, businesses should consider backing up important files, databases, operating systems, applications, and configurations. It's essential to select a backup solution that can protect all data within the backup scope. Implementing a unified solution to cover all devices and systems is the most effective approach.

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Following the same guiding principle of "back up everything, back up often", recommended data protection practices advise conducting a full backup at least once a week, typically scheduled outside of business hours, or over weekends. Incremental backups should occur daily between these full backups. Determining the optimal backup frequency assessing a business's daily data generation rates and scheduling backups accordingly to align with their data creation patterns.

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At Andor, we understand the critical importance of data backup for businesses of all sizes. That's why we offer a managed backup service designed to provide peace of mind and ensure the safety and security of your valuable data. Our expert team will oversee your cloud managed backup, ensuring that your network is secure and monitoring for any potential security threats to your data. In the event of data loss or compromise, rest assured that your that your business will be in safe hands with Andor. We'll work tirelessly to recover any lost files and restore your systems, minimising downtime and ensuring business continuity.

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Ready to give your business more peace of mind by outsourcing your data backup to Andor? Contact us today to learn more about how our managed backup service can help safeguard your data and protect your business from potential threats.