Written by – Priya Amaresh
Crystal Infosystems and Services
A disaster can never be predicted or studied upon prior to its occurrence, but however one can be alert and prepared in order to act correctly when it occurs. It is not possible to predict whether the damage will be in the form of physical damage or any other form. Also, the cause may be anything ranging from weather conditions to warfare. The best way to protect data from getting destroyed is by leveraging the disaster recovery preparation assets of cloud based storage. With the cloud, the greatest advantage is that no matter what happens to the location of your assets, you can access your documents anywhere in order to keep it updated.
The consequences of a disaster can be witnessed anywhere and by anybody. One can take an example of an unfortunate happening which took place with one of the owner of a company. He always believed in document storage in the main headquarters. His company understood the importance of securing corporate documents in the cloud, but they never took any action upon it. When an earthquake destroyed the innumerable houses and businesses, like many others even the owner’s business was in vain. The documents which are considered to be the most important asset in a company were in titters. There are many such incidents where one realizes the importance of data only after its loss, which results in mental stress and monetary loss too. It is seen that disaster recovery is the biggest challenge. And this is more frustrating than losing your contacts on phone or even losing an expensive electronic gadget.
Today we live in a world where data is highly important and is to be given the maximum priority over any other thing. We surely cannot predict tomorrow but one can always plan accordingly for it. Document management in the cloud is the best option for businesses to prevent their data from getting destroyed. It is the need of the hour to work and act according to the threats which are posed by the world currently. Never put yourself in a position where you may have to compromise on your data due to disasters. Digitize it and see the difference!