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Think in terms of computer backup – we all know that a secure backup solution for valuable business data is imperative, but do you know what’s lurking out there if you don’t take action?

• Hard Drive Failure – It really is a matter of when, not if, your hard drive will fail so it’s absolutely necessary you have a sound backup solution implemented (i.e. online backup).
• Viruses – Did you know there are between 2 and 3 new viruses created every day? Your computer is vulnerable to computer viruses which affect your computer much like a virus would you. They can wipe out your hard drive and crash your computer.
• Theft – Chances are if you’re laptop is stolen, you won’t be seeing it anytime soon. The average business suffers a loss totaling $47,000 from the theft of just one computer.
• Environmental Disasters – Think lightening, flood, or another natural calamity that could destroy your computer.

Gone are the days of needing to purchase hundreds of floppy disks or costly external hard drives to backup your files.  In fact, many companies now offer computer backup packages that are not only inexpensive, but require no storage of anything extra on your side.  Online backup is the preferred method of many Fortune 500 companies and is now an option for small businesses and personal use.  Once the backup schedule is set on your computer you don’t have to worry about regularly backing up your information because it is all done for you.  Your data is important.  Protect it.        

Life happens.  It’s unpredictable.  This is even more true in the world of technology.   Take the massive atom-smasher they’re building on the border of Switzerland and France, for example.  Called the LHC, or Large Hadron Collider, this particle accelerator is designed to smash protons down into even smaller particles, some of which could potentially create a microscopic black hole which would consume the earth.  No, seriously.  They’re actually being sued by physicists in Hawaii because they might destroy the world as we know it.

While slightly less disastrous, losing your Wi-Fi signal can still ruin your day.  Knowing this, companies are getting smarter.  Kyocera, for example, has recently released the KR2, the swiss-army knife of broadband routers.  Not only does the KR2 send out signal from an ethernet cable, it can also be connected to an EVDO or WAN network, and will automatically switch to the other if one fails.  Pumping out a beefy 802.11n signal, the KR2 is a great SOHO solution, taking the worry about losing your wireless signal out of your life.  Now you have more time to figure out what you’re going to do when strangelets reduce the world to a glowing lump of matter.

Since we’ve mentioned so much about risk management software I just found a cool article about NextPage.

What’s interesting is that the demand for a product like this is continuing to grow ever since the whole Enron, Arthur Anderson trial.  And yet there really aren’t any other companies stepping up to provide consulting firms with the protection they need.

Maybe once these firms get it this kind of software in place in their companies we’ll see less of the corporate scandals we’ve gotten used to in the last few years.

Online backup seems to be all the rage now, especially among small to medium sized businesses.  And is it any wonder?  A computer catastrophe or mishap could cost a business much more than a fried hard drive or new computer; the loss of important documents such as financial records and other sensitive data could mean financial ruin.  And companies aren’t the only ones catching on: college students and personal PC users are doing the same.  Priceless digital photos (the top file people fear losing) and hours worth of MP3 files could be wiped out in an instant.  Online backup is quickly becoming an electronic habit people are learning to adapt.  It’s a small price in comparison to what so many would have to pay and deal with should they experience hardware or a software glitch.