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ESS Distribution suggest seven simple ways of backing up your data on World Backup Day 2016 celebrated globally on 31st March.
World Backup Day is a global initiative to educate people about the increasing role of data in our lives and the importance of regular backups.
According to 2015 Backblaze Backup Awareness Survey which reveals how often people backup all of their data on their computers, 25% of people surveyed said they have never backed up their computer. In 2008, when such survey was conducted for the first time, 38% of people said they never backed up which certainly suggest some progress in awareness of data loss. However, among 75% of people surveyed last year who do perform data backups, only 8% back up daily while majority of people back up yearly (23%) or monthly (19%).
Security experts at ESS Distribution know for sure that backing up data is a very sensible thing to routinely get into the habit of doing. On this World Backup Day, they advise users following these seven steps to ensure their data is safe and backed up.
"Backing up data does not only make sense in case your device is stolen or lost, but in case your hard disk fails, which always happens all of a sudden when you don't expect it," says Sarvesh Singh, Technical...