Why is backup and recovery important?
The most valuable and important thing in today's business environment is data.
Backup is usually only resorted to after primary data failures in order to restore an earlier point in time with a copy of the data. According to Veeam's Data Protection Reports, four out of ten physical servers experience at least one failure per year. Generally, however, only one in two backup and restore operations works completely. The complexity of IT environments is constantly increasing, along with environmental disasters, power outages, and the growing threat of cyberattacks. Staff shortages and human error add to the problem. Three out of four companies recorded a ransomware attack last year. About a third of the companies that paid the hackers were unable to access their data. The average downtime was generally two weeks.
Source: 2021 + 2023 Veeam Data Protection Report, 2022 Veeam Ransomware Trends Report