Online data backup services are set to grow over the coming years after a new report was released, highlighting the expansion of cloud storage. According to the research carried out by IDC, 15 per cent of information in the “digital world” will be stored online by 2020, with providers set to enhance security.
Online file backup is likely to add to this, and the report goes on to say that “even more information could ‘pass through the cloud’, that is, be transported using a cloud services email system or shared community, be stored temporarily on disk drives in the cloud [and] be secured via a cloud service”.
The report also identifies challenges to the growth of online backup services, including the need to have reliable, fast broadband and problems that businesses may face in the initial conversion process.
It was recently explained by an IT expert that online backup is vital as there are situations where no amount of money can replace the value of the data lost.
