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By Aynsley Watson - Edinburgh Data Recovery Expert
 Small businesses lack the efficient systems for preventing and recuperating from data loss, according to an individual report authorised by Kroll Ontrack.
The survey questioned IT professionals from companies across Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong to ascertain their exercises of data deletion, data loss and data archive process.
Almost half of the responders underwent data loss in the workplace and thirty-six percentage think data loss could significantly affect their business concern. However, forty-nine percentage of small companies neglect to back up their data on a day by day basis.
The report revealed an alarming approach to the computer storage, retention, backup and disposal of organisations invaluable data, said Adrian Briscoe, General Manager, Ontrack Data Recovery APAC, a division of Kroll Ontrack.
Briscoe said data loss can affect business productivity, however small businesses were less probable to have a policy for the conservation of information.
Briscoe added, Many companies do a outstanding job with rollout of their data management system, but then no one revisits it on a day-after-day basis to make sure it is still
operating effectively.
The survey also divulged nearly a quarter of companies had no formal policy for deleting sensitive information and respondents were also disinclined to seek the help of a third-party data service supplier.
Aynsley Watson is the co-owner of Kingdom IT File Recovery specialists, Edinburgh offering Data Recovery services and IT consultancy for SMEs, http://www.kingdomit.co.uk for more details.
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