a backup to the organization. Backup reports can show the frequency of restores, which represent the
value of not losing data to the organization. Backup success rates show the overall value of cost
avoidance and/or productivity loss by protecting critical data sets.
Defending Costs
Backup costs money. Sometimes a lot of money. But as we have discussed previously, there is value in
that expenditure in protecting the business. There are some strategies that can be used to defend what
seems to the business to be a never-ending outflow of cash against something that does not seem to add
any tangible value to the business.
First, there are business costs to not having backups. As was discussed above, the cost of losing ...
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