Buyer’s guide Business Backup 2021

Even before the pandemic, SMBs had a spotty track recordfor data backup. A 2019 report by IT services provider Beaming found that nearly three million small and medium-sized businesses in the UK were either failing to protect their data properly, or not backing it up at all (see pcpro. link/326beaming).

In 2020, things got even worse. As the world scrambled to adapt to working from home, many companies who had relied on office-based backup regimes found that their systems didn’t cover remote workers.

Now, at last, staff are starting to return to the office – but many will continue hybrid