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StorageCraft and Netgear allow business backup to take place in minutes rather than hours

IT professionals and consultants know that many threats that can strike businesses and corporations at any time. Suchthreats are continually changing, and range from nondescript power outages to ever evolving threats through malware, spyware, and viruses. However, most small businesses and remote offices do not have the resources, whether in budgets or in person power, to handle such risks. There is a pressing need for instantaneous backup and recovery solutions, and the partnership between Netgear and StorageCraft is designed to meet these needs.

The ability to backup data quickly, cost effectively, and reliably is more important than ever for companies in today’s economy. Netgear is the answer for dependablestorage and StorageCraft offers it’s product ShadowProtect for backing up data and recovering it with ease and speed if it’s lost.

In IT, there are two main methods of backing up crucial data and information: tape backup and disk based backup. Tape backup has been the traditional form of data recovery for years in the computer industry, but it offers many disadvantages in comparison to disk based data security systems.

The most blatant disadvantage is the speed of recovery. When using storage software paired with disk based backup systems for file backup and recovery, it is possible to make business storage times significantly less than they are with tape backups. In business situations, timing is everything, and the more time it takes you to secure your data through backups, the less likely you are to secure your data. And when you don’t secure your data, you are inviting disaster, as there is no way to tell when next you will need copies of all of the files and documents your business uses.

Of course, you might realize the necessity of securing your data and have a comprehensive data storage plan already in place. This is a step in the right direction, but if you use a tape backup system to store your data, when the unthinkable happens (massive data loss), it can take you hours or even days to fully recover your information from your tape based storage system, as tapes are notoriously slow for data access and retrieval. This is fine if you are not in a hurry and can afford to wait for hours or days while your business infrastructure is offline and out of reach, but few businesses can afford the luxury of time. The more likely scenario is one involving hundreds or even thousands of dollars in lost sales and productivity as you wait for your tape based recovery system to give you your data back.

Fortunately, there is a better option. Disk based backup systems coupled with file security software allows you to make complete copies of your data, and preserves it until you need it.When you need it, it takes much less time to recover that data via easy to use backup software paired with a disk based security system, as disks spin significantly faster than tapes, allowing for much speedier data retrieval.

IT financial managers agree that the best method to completely restore your data to a new computer than to use backup sofware such as StorageCraft ShadowProtect.You can combine them with local and offsite ReadyNAS systems and recover any of your virtual machines from remote locations. This can be done in moments, defying your prior expectations of what was possible for data recovery. The partnership between Netgear and StorageCraft shows the dedication both companies have to providing affordable and reliable disaster recovery systems to small and medium sized businesses and companies.