It is critical that organizations have effective backup strategies and hardware in place so that 1) data is backed up at all, 2) data is backed up often enough based on the needs of the business (tolerance to data loss), 3) the backup can occur within a given window of operation, 4) data restores can occur in the time frame required by your business continuity plan, and 5) the backup occurs with a minimum of media swaps, which are the bane of automated, effective, timely, reliable backups.

If you're a publicly traded company or deal with personal medical data, then there are Sarbanes-Oxley or HIPAA compliance concerns, too.

Escape works with clients to determine storage needs and backup schedules for both live jobs and long-term archive.