The companies that cannot restart their activity in 10 days after a natural disaster have minimal chances to survive more than a year after the incident ( according to Strategic Research Institute).

60% of companies which lose their data, they cease their activity 6 months after the incident( National Archives and Records Administration in Washington).

6% of computer will suffer data lose in a form or another during a year. The data can be affected even in the case of companies which do not suffer a major disaster, the causes being multiple, from viruses or hardware malfunction to human errors or errors in computer systems (The Cost Of Lost Data, David M. Smith).

20 % of small and medium companies will lose critical data in within 5 years (Richmond House Group).

Within the companies who have a backup system in place, 34 % have never tested their back-up and 77 % of companies which have tested their back-up system have found errors or malfunction ( Storage Magazine).

22 % of HDD becomes defective within 4 years(backblaze.com). Cd-s and USB stick also have a limited period of functionality.