Office fire and a real reminder about disaster recovery

Today there was a fire at the business centre in Ascot where our office is located.  Thankfully no one was hurt and it was dealt with promptly by the Fire Brigade, but incidents like this server as a constant reminder of business risk. A third of all data losses are the result of a disaster and 93% of businesses that suffer a major data loss fold within a year.  A little thought can go a long way in ensuring your business can cope.  During discussion with another tenant after being evacuated he admitted he diligently takes backups to an external USB drive and you can guess where that was...