Brief Q&A Offers Insight into the Actual Experiences That Small Businesses Have Had Regarding Data Loss and What Their Perceptions of That Data Loss Were.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c41390) has announced the addition of Frequency of Data Loss among Small Businesses to their offering.

1000 small businesses - approximately 500 have a dedicated (non-PC) server and 500 do not. In order to be eligible for the survey, all respondents were required to have a network and no more than a total of twenty desktop and laptop PCs.

Question(s): How frequently would you say your company experiences total or partial hard drive crashes ("total melt downs") of a PC? What would you say is the most common reason for these data losses?

Analysis: While many believe that actual experience with data loss is a major cause for backup, nevertheless, the concern about data loss certainly is the primary reason for backing up important data.

Specifically, this Q&A offers insight into the actual experiences that small businesses have had regarding data loss and what their perceptions of that data loss were.

Contents Include:

--1.0 Introduction

--2.0 Overview of Data Loss Experience

--2.1 Total Crash Experiences

--2.2 Partial Crash Experiences

--2.3 Most Common Reasons for Data Losses

--3.0 Final Thoughts

List of Figures:

--Figure 1. Frequency of Experiencing a Total Hard Drive Crash

--Figure 2. Frequency of Experiencing a Partial Hard Drive Crash

--Figure 3. Most Common Reasons for Data Losses

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