Fire, water and thieves – worst enemies of company data warehouse
Fire, flooded premises, stolen computers and a thunderbolt as well are the main threats to the company computer systems, and those misfortunately cause important company data loss. Accident history disproves the myth that the data are safe in the company premises that is why common good practice suggests storing at least one reserve copy in another safe place, for instance, cloud storage.
In the course of the last two years, a few score of companies submitted applications for insurance indemnity disbursement, related to damage to or loss of computers and servers, - according to information summarized by BTA Baltic Insurance Company (hereinafter – BTA). Data repositories encounter a large number of threats. The largest damage is caused by fire and theft, resulting in total loss of information stored in database devices. While thieves usually choose laptops in office premises or employee cars and therefore steal all the information stored therein, fire destroys the servers as well.
“Applications for insurance indemnity disbursement show that equipment, wherein the information important for the business is stored, is not subjected to frequent endangerment. However, when the accident does occur, it throws the company of its stride and prevents full-fledged company operations. While insurance facilitates fast restoration of infrastructure, data lost might never be recovered, and even insurer is helpless such be the case”, - says BTA Insurance Claims Handling Department director Kārlis Liepiņš.
Nevertheless, last years were marked by company managers’ increased awareness about data safety, fewer than all protect themselves from data loss. Results of the survey “Manager’s digital portrait” conveyed with the assistance of accounting and business management system, Tildes Jumis, show that 72% of companies made data copies last year. It means that there is more than a quarter of companies that risk losing information important for the business.
What makes the situation even worse is the fact that only about a half of company managers displays interest in the opportunities provided by the latest technologies. To put it in perspective, many are not even aware of safe ways of data storage.
“Upon elaboration of the company’s data movement system, some companies did not even think to consider that company infrastructure might suffer a total loss. Humanwise, it makes sense, because nobody cares to attribute the worst-case scenario. However, in the name of company survival, storage of all the important data should be planned carefully. It is easiest to entrust a safe and top quality cloud storage service provider with storage of important data, who will undertake full responsibility for the data and store the copies in different locations. You may access your data in a cloud storage in real time and from any location, as well as reserve data copies are made automatically and the user him/herself does not need to do anything. In case you lack opportunity to do so, you should at least make reserve copies of important data regularly and store them outside your office premises”, explains business development manager of Tildes Jumis, Viesturs Slaidiņš.
About BTA
BTA Baltic Insurance Company is one of the leading insurance companies in the Baltics, offering the broadest range of non-life insurance services in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. BTA employs more than 1,000 employees in the Baltics. The largest shareholder of BTA is Vienna Insurance Group AG with close to 200 years of experience in the insurance business. With about 50 companies in 25 countries and more than 25,000 employees, Vienna Insurance Group is the clear market leader in its CEE markets. Vienna Insurance Group is the best-rated company of ATX, the leading index of Vienna Stock Exchange with a rating of A+ with stable outlook from Standard & Poor’s; its share is also listed on the Prague Stock Exchange.
About Tildes Jumis
Tildes Jumis is the most popular accounting and business management system in Latvia. Solution thereof are intended for companies and accounting outsource service providers within various lines of business. The programme is available for combining with different extra components to ensure specific functions: human resources management, data retrieval from cash registers, synchronization with online shops etc.
Additional information:
Elīna Rasmane
Marketing and Public Relations Department Director
BTA Baltic Insurance Company AAS
Tel.: 66936074
Mobile: 29374827
Jekaterina Černobrovaja
Marketing manager at Tildes Jumis
e-mail: jekaterina.cernobrovaja@tilde.lv
Tel.: +371 67605001
Mobile: +371 29198543
