Don’t Fool Around…Back Up Your Data

April Fools’ Day

It’s April and the first day of April has been designated as the celebration of April Fools’ Day in most countries, celebrating a day of jokes, hoaxes, and fun.  The day-long celebration is viewed upon as a for-fun-only observance, because no one wants to be seen as a ‘Fool’ on any day of the year.

While we enjoy a great joke at the Solo Media Group, we don’t believe a business losing their important documentation is a joking matter and the company that finds themselves in such a situation without a backup plan might unfortunately feel like a ‘Fool’.

During this month, we aren’t fooling around; we’d like to address an important issue, the idea of backing up your data.  We’d like to pose a question to our business owners, “Do you have a backup strategy or backup policy in place at your business to protect your digital content in the face of events beyond your control or natural disasters?” 

Not Having a Plan to Back Up Data, Is No Laughing Matter

As a business owner, can you answer with assurance that you are equipped with a plan to implement in the wake of data loss resulting from situations such as accidental deletions, hard drive failures, virus attacks, theft, sabotage, fire, flooding and other natural disasters?  Solo Media wants you to beware of the potential dangers of not having a plan in place.  Too often, organizations put the emphasis on recovery when it’s already too late.  Having a backup strategy is essential to the protection of your information in the face of adversity.   

The key to creating a successful backup strategy deals with answering the traditional questions, “Who, What, When, Where, Why and How:” 

-       Who will be responsible for backing up the data?

o   Who will test the validity of the back up?

§  Should we simulate a disaster to test the system?

-       What items do you want backed up?

o   Which items can we not afford to lose?

-       When will the data be backed up?

o   What is the frequency of the back up?

-       Where will the backed up data be stored?

o   Onsite/Offsite or a combination of both?

-       Why do we back up our data?

o   Who would be mostly impacted by the loss of our data?

-       How will the data be backed up?

o   What types of back up will you perform?

By answering these questions, you are on a great path to creating a backup policy for your organization.  We want to admonish you to put a disaster recovery plan in place before you ever have need of one. 

From design to implementation, the Solo Media Group offers consultations and various disaster recovery solutions for your enterprise that will get you back up in no time.    

Not having a solution in place for your private and sensitive material would be foolish, let’s celebrate this year’s April Fools’ Day by being smart.  Back up your data today.  For more information, contact us at contactus@solomediagroup.com, or 313-312-4078.

About Solo Media Group

Solo Media Group (www.solomediagroup.com) is a media marketing firm located in downtown Detroit, Michigan specializing in health information systems and assisting physicians with integrating their knowledge of medicine with Solo Media’s knowledge of technology, HIPAA, and meaningful use.  While health information technology is their specialty, they also provide media and marketing services for other small businesses. It is the desire of Solo Media Group to inspire physicians and other small business owners to fly high with Solo Media in all of their technological and marketing needs.