Businesses are so reliant on their data that only the very naive do not make regular back-ups. And if lack of business sense prevents some companies from running sensible housekeeping routines, new and stringent legislation now requires businesses to keep data available for the purpose of audit trails and data protection compliance. Traditionally, back-up and data archives were the preserve of the finance director, who needed a record of data to complete year-end figures for the Inland Revenue. However, post-Enron and WorldCom, corporate governance has extended to keeping an audit trail of all transactions for regulated industries, and to maintaining records of business-critical documents for others…
