Your Business Should Have These 3 Types of Data Backed Up

Data backup is one of those vital tools your business needs that it’s impossible to get away from. If you don’t have it, your company is at risk of losing countless years of progress, and if you don’t have contingencies in place, even its future could be in question. Here are three vital types of data that your business needs to protect with data backups.

Of course, you should have all data backed up; there are three important types just to prove our point.

Customer Data

You’ve spent years building your business, and it’s built on the backbone of your customers’ data.

What would you do if, all of a sudden, you lost your customer’s contact information? What about all of their billing details? This kind of data loss would be more than just a wrench in your plans; it’s a threat to your business’ ability to collect and process payments, and thereby, it’s a threat to your bottom line.

Do yourself a favor and be sure to back up customer data.

Vendor Information

What about all of the vendors you work with that make your business tick?

Whether it’s a cloud-based service or an in-person vendor, chances are a blow to your collection of vendor information would be enough to significantly slow down operations. Not only could it interrupt the ordering of new products and services, but it could also impact the general supply chain of your business. When you can’t place or fulfill orders, it’s not just your business that will feel the pressure; your clients will also have a thing or two to say to you—you can bet on that.

Really, any data loss is enough to put your business in a precarious position, but what would happen if you lost your most valuable assets—the data that makes your business what it is?

Intellectual Property and Internal Documents

Your business makes money from what it offers its customers, whether that’s products, services, or expertise, and any data lost regarding any of this could set your business back.

Imagine if you lost the production specs for your bestselling product, and you were forced to recall it from scratch. What if your company lost all of its institutional knowledge, including internal documents, handbooks, user guides, templates, marketing plans, and other crucial information that guides how you conduct business? Good luck fixing that overnight without a proper data backup in place.

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