About MimicDisc

Hardware Failure

Recovering from a disaster such as a total disk crash can be a very traumatic event, much more than most PC users realize. This is true even if backups exist. When backups don't exist the situation is much, much worse. Recovering from a disaster is never easy, and the cost is primarily in the time required to recreate the lost data. Even for a small business, this can easily run into the thousands of dollars very quickly.

The risk of hardware failure is the most commonly talked-about reason to perform backups. Indeed, nothing will jolt someone into realizing the importance of backups more than an unrecoverable hard disk failure. Since the hard disk stores your main programs and data, it is the hardware whose failure causes the most damage to your business. It is also what gets the most attention, and rightly so. Consider this, your computer hard drive will fail; it is only a matter of time. Are you prepared to recover your files immediately? When you back up your data with Mimic Disc, you are.

Human Error

Computer users are human, and humans make mistakes. One of the most common is accidentally deleting files from the hard disk. There are many different protection mechanisms and "un-deletion" utilities that can help recover accidentally deleted data. Quite often, it is not until well after the fact that the deletion is discovered…at a time when the data is needed. In this situation a backup is often the only thing that can save you. Would you be able to recover a file you deleted last week? If your data is backed up with Mimic Disc, you could.

Software Corruption

It is possible for data to be lost due to software bugs, or even just poor software design. For example, a program might have a problem where it crashes upon saving a file. Many programs, when saving a file over top of an older file with the same name (such as when you select "Save" to update the current document you are working on) will first save the new file under a temporary name, then rename it to the correct file name when the save is completed. But others may remove the old file first, so that if the software crashes during the write process, both the new and the old file will be lost.

It is very possible that you could be unaware of a problem until it is too late. Many times while browsing the internet, programs are downloaded to your computer without your knowledge. These programs can cause serious errors that can crash your system. Are you ready to recover from such an event? Back your data up with Mimic Disc and you are.

Computer Virus

Viruses can easily cause the loss of data in many ways. These include losses caused directly by the virus and also program damage that results from efforts to remove viruses from a system.

Depending on how a virus functions, your compromised PC has the potential to lose all your data and even your entire operating system. Recovery from this usually involves formatting the hard drive and re-loading the operating system. But can you reload your valuable data? When you back up your data with Mimic Disc, recovery is easily within your reach.

Natural Disasters

Fire, flood, earthquake, mud slide, hurricane, lightning strike, you name it: all can result in the destruction of your PC and everything on it. For many people getting back their data will be the last thing on their minds when disasters happen. For others, getting back up and running on a PC may be something they need to do right away. Also remember that insurance may cover the PC, but will not cover the data that is on it. Backups are an insurance policy for your critical business data and they are an important part of any business continuity plan or disaster recovery policy. Are you prepared to recover your data in the event of a natural disaster? When you back up your data with Mimic Disc, data recover is one less thing you have to worry about.

Regulatory Compliance Issues

Backing up data and strict adherence to industry mandated retention requirements are the only way to prevent disaster from happening and to safeguard your business continuity. Businesses are under ever increasing scrutiny by regulators to ensure that client data is retained securely

Although your industry may not be affected by data retention requirements at the moment, it is only a matter of time before you are. Given that businesses across the board are becoming more and more regulated, it is wise to plan for this inevitability earlier. Here are just some of the regulations currently in place:

United State:          Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA)
                              Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
                              Gramm-Leach-Bliley    Act (GLBA)

United Kingdom:     The Turnbull Guidance 1999

                               The Companies Act 2004

                               UK Data Protection Act

Europe:                   EU Data Protection Directive (EU DPD)

                                EC Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (EC Directive) – 2003

Canada:                  Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act (PIPEDA) – Canada

Japan:                     Japan Personal Information Protection Act 2003 (PIP)

Conventional backup methods (eg: tape) are not good enough. Due to high failure rates during restoration, critical backup failures will not be detected until at the time of restoration. Tapes also have slow read / write speeds, and high cost of maintenance and licensing is prohibitive. In addition, your data is not encrypted, and each tape has a fixed capacity per unit making backup job less flexible, and prone to physical and mechanical damages. Tapes and CD's are also prone to loss, theft or damage.

So how do you create automatic, secure, and reliable backups of your critical data?  Click here to learn how MimicDisc can answer your backup needs today....