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Backup So Easy Even Your Users Can Do It: Page 4 of 20

The main goal is to protect mobile files. Don't let that goal become so eclipsed by IT control issues that nothing gets done.

Most large companies have secure offsite backup and disaster-recovery plans, but they probably don't address the needs of the single or remote desktop, mainly because these systems are not an issue in the typical client/server network storage model.

Support for the remote/mobile user is an emerging market segment, so the logical place to start investigating integration is with your backup vendor. Even if your provider has yet to address this new category, your software may offer remote users a viable short-term solution.

The idea of seamlessly merging this new backup responsibility with your existing methodology is attractive but may not be possible, practical or cost effective. Simply getting this issue on the IT radar screen for planning is an important step, and at the very least you can ensure that your interim remote backup system will be compatible with your future plans for enterprise backup.

Cost: The Final Frontier