For most people computers are an integral part of daily life. Whether in the office or at home they have become indispensable. We all use them to keep increasing the amount of information about our personal and business lives. The data stored becomes increasingly important to us, indeed some of it becomes absolutely critical especially in a business environment. If one day you were to lose this data the effects could be catastrophic. A high proportion of businesses that suffer major loss of computer data are unable to continue trading.

Think about what would happen if you lost: Customer contact records Sales records Invoicing and accounts information Tax records (inc. VAT, NI, PAYE) Employee records Imagine the impact on your business of losing such critical data. There are many reasons for data loss with the most common being: Hardware failure: Disk failures on average every 9 to 15 months Human factors: Accidental deletion of data Software failure: Corrupt data Computer viruses Theft

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