These days, businesses rely more than ever on their data and simply can't afford to be without it for any amount of time.  Whether human error, unexpected computer updates or natural disasters knock your machines offline, it's more important than ever that you make sure your data is backed up just in case the unthinkable happens and machines get damaged beyond repair.

In the last two years, more than half of businesses experienced unexpected incidents which caused a vast majority of them—81 percent—to close their doors for at least one day. Of those businesses which suffer a major disaster, the numbers are bleak: 80 percent of them shutter their doors for good within three years. What's more is that 93 percent of companies that lost their data center for 10 or more days filed for bankruptcy within one year.

All of those statistics point to one thing: the utmost importance of making sure your data is secure and accessible at all time.

In order to prepare your business against an unforeseen disaster which has the ability to seriously derail your business, you should consider backing up your data with an offsite managed service provider. By contracting such services, you'll be able to rest comfortably knowing that should the data stored in your office be compromised, it's always safe and secure in another location. The right managed service provider can safely store your data in such a way that enables you to access it when you need to, all for a reasonable price.

Apex Technology Services offers a variety of comprehensive data backup solutions, including the use of virtualization. In order to learn more about the company and how its data backup solutions can benefit your business, click here.