 According to Greg McCall, senior engineer of environmental strategy and planning at AEP, one of the largest generators of electricity in the country, using cloud backup and cloud computing could be a healthy alternative to the current state of IT, according to an article on Intelligent Utility. |
Following the loss of data kept at four municipalities in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in Japan after the March 11 tsunami, the Japanese Justice Ministry plans to use a national data backup network system to store data of family registers, according to the Daily Yomiuri Online. 
According to Andrea Eldridge, CEO of Nerds on CAll, an on-site computer and home theater set up and repair company in California, server backup is the better route for backing up information. 
For those looking to get into cloud computing for their data backup needs, the Cloud Security Alliance's Security-as-a-Service Working Group said that backup is one of the main security advantages the cloud can offer a person or business. 
According to a new survey of IT Consultants by BUMI, 91 percent IT consultants and other channel professionals said that technical service and support is the most important factor when selecting a data backup option. 
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