Above all, test your system thoroughly--and regularly. You never know if your backup is valid unless you can successfully restore that data. We've seen companies follow every rule in maintaining their backups and then run into insurmountable problems when they needed to restore.
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It's a dangerous disconnect: Mobile users generate some of your company's most valuable business data, yet you may not have a comprehensive remote-backup system in place. For those who are aware of the problem but don't quite know where to start, we offer a primer on getting a remote-user backup program off the ground, including details on connectivity, storage requirements, ease of use, data security, administration, integration with existing backup methodologies and cost. We also provide a snapshot of some products and services that can help.
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