Data protection and backup are often among the least appreciated aspects of IT, both in terms of budget and the perception of creating “business value” for the broader organization. Arguably, data protection and backup aren’t always respected even when compared to other facets of IT — until something fails, breaks, is overwritten, or corrupted accidentally or on purpose.

In this For Dummies Guide: Understanding Your Data Protection ROI you will learn:

• Why you need to think of backup the same way people think of insurance.
• Why organizations need to convert technical jargon like OZ per hour or RTO/RPO into business impact.
• Key impacts resulting from application downtown or lost data.
• Quantifying your problems: the formula to calculate the cost of an IT outage.
• The importance of a cross-functional team to create a data protection strategy.
  

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