Data protection and quick recovery are critical requirements for every enterprise that have important business data growing at a fast pace within their data centers or remote location.

• 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster.
• 50% of businesses that found themselves without data management for this same time period filed for bankruptcy immediately.
  (Source: National Archives & Records Administration in Washington)
• Given that one in 16 computers (Gartner Group) will suffer data loss in any given year, one needs to have peace of mind that their equipment and data are protected, as a loss of data will at best cost time and money and at worst cause the business to go under.

The below Pie-Chart gives a representation of Causes of Data Loss:

Hardware or System 44%   Human Error 32%   Software Corruption 14%   Computer Virus 7%   Natural Disaster 3%

Storage growth and investment on storage solutions within enterprises is increasing at a fast pace. As businesses depend on IT infrastructure for higher productivity and competitive advantage, data protection and recovery become critical for everyday business operations, especially during major failures or natural disasters as data can take months or even years to create but only a second to lose. This highlights the need for data replication, backup, and restoration of operations, based on optimal utilization of IT resources.