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Disastrous Backup: Adding Fuel to the Fire

Traditional backup, claims CTO Edge author Frank Ohlhorst, is ill-equipped to deal with data recovery, especially during a disaster. Often backups are done incorrectly or saved to questionable media, and those backups are useless when a disaster occurs. Ohlhorst discusses the beauty of automatic backup, a key component to successful disaster recovery.

"Many people confuse backup with disaster recovery, often with disastrous results. Nowhere is this more apparent than in small business and branch office locations that lack dedicated IT staff. In those locations backup is seen as a chore, usually performed by the lowest position on the totem pole or assigned to someone as a punishment. Ironically, that person has been entrusted with the business's most valuable asset, its data.”