Applicom welcomes Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution Leaders to UAE

World Backup Day on March 31 highlights the importance of having a complete backup solution in place at the time of a data loss.

Applicom, a leading System Integrator in Dubai adds the top-notch backup and disaster recovery solution providers to the vendor's list.As a result, customers no have the option to add backup and recovery to their existing security strategy.

Most businesses and companies have a backup solution in place, but for those who do not, cloud is becoming prevalent.Results obtained from a survey of customers who lost vital data confirm that traditional external mode of backing up data ( external hard drives) still prevail as the primary option when it comes to data backup and the rest considers cloud.

A report by the Ponemon Institute* found that data loss cost companies an average of $7,900 for every minute of the downtime.Organizations should seriously consider backup and recovery plan into their IT plan. By providing the industry-leading backup and disaster recovery solution from three major giants viz. Azure, Veeam & Barracuda, we at Applicom are giving our customers the ability to add this essential component to their existing security seamlessly.

With less than half of the respondents who took part in the survey backup their data on a daily basis, still companies are losing their data!! Last year's statistics shows that:

Identity theft was the most popular type of breach
Malicious outsiders accounted for the most breaches yet again
Government sector was the major victim- with the most lost/stolen data records
Healthcare was the most breached industry
The United States was the most breached country
Azure , Veeam and Barracuda offer award-winning backup software and disaster recovery, data protection, and migration solutions for physical, virtual, and hybrid environments. The aim of this solution is to maintain business continuity at the time of a disaster or other unforeseen events by reducing the downtime, lowering TCO and improving security. 

In today's business environment, enterprises can't afford to shut down a day or two due to disasters or data loss, which is why it is crucial for big and small companies to have a backup and recovery solution as part of their business strategy.By offering Azure, Veeam and Barracuda solutions through Applicom, customers and resellers will receive an enhanced experience and easy access to high merits products that provide multi-layered security.