Everyday RisksEvery day across the world, hard drives fail, laptops are stolen, software malfunctions, busy people spill coffee and kids push the wrong button.
The leading cause of data loss is hardware failure, followed by human error and software corruption. Together, these three risk factors comprise more than 80% of all incidents.
Hardware failure - 40%
Human error - 29%
Software Corruption - 13%
Theft - 9%
Viruses - 6%
Natural Disaster - 3%
Real People, Real Quotes"All my data was gone; I paid a fortune to try and retrieve it, to no avail."
"I lost six months of pictures of our kids."
"I had to reload more than 2,000 songs."
"It sets you back to ground zero when you lose your information. I use my laptop for work, so the things I lost were very important. The down time involved when getting my laptop fixed also crippled me when trying to work."
While data loss is devastating for individuals, the effects can be disastrous for small business owners; one study found that 60 percent of companies that lose their data and can not retrieve them will shut down within six months.
Reasons for Not Backing UpForget - 52.4%
Doesn't happen automatically - 35.6%
Takes too long - 27.2%
Requires hardware - 17.4%
Don't know how - 13.2%
Too complicated - 8.7%
Don't think it's important or necessary - 6.1%
Too expensive - 3.0%
None of the above - 16.7%
Other - 1.9%
There's a Better WaySo what's the answer? Online backup addresses all five of the top barriers that prevent people from regularly backing up:
It automatically protects files so you don't forget.
Backups can be scheduled to occur whenever you want.
It saves time because you set it and forget it.
Set-up is easy, even for novice computer users, and can be completed in minutes.
No hardware is required, but larger files can still be backed up locally.
The only requirements for online backup are an Internet connection and a program installation. Skadoit uses software that encrypts your files and uses a highly secure transmission to eliminate privacy and security concerns.
