4 tips to help your company ease into cloud storage, starting with non-mission critical files, then moving to mission-critical files.

1. 4 Ways to Ease Into Cloud Storage

2. Computer Storage
• Think back to the first time you started storing
data on a personal computer
– Were you leery of storing financial data on your
PC?
– Did you worry a virus would destroy your digital
photos?
• Are you still afraid of storing data on your PC,
or are you comfortable with your digital
lifestyle?

3. Online Storage
• The same acclimation process you took for PC
storage applies to online storage
• At first, you probably only hosted your email
address online and joined a few social networks
• At work, do you now have a hosted CMS, virtual
email provider, online accounting, or other
browser-based tools?

4. Start Storing Non-Mission-Critical Data
• Non-mission-critical data is data that, if lost,
will not cripple your company
– Examples: Photos, tweets, RSS feed, etc.
• Start off storing these online (and
backing them up) to help you test out the
waters of online storage

5. Monitor Your Accounts
• Monitor account
activity regularly
• Many sites allow you to
see the last login date,
including the visitor’s IP
address. Make sure
both belong to you

6. Have a Backup Plan in Place
• In case of any single point of failure, it is
always a good idea to have a backup of all
online data
• Not all online data losses are due to service or
hardware failures
– 1/3 of all data loss is due to employee/user error

7. Begin Storing More Important Data
• Important data includes email, CRM, CMS,
financials and other critical digital documents
• Store this data online one by one to test out the
waters until you feel comfortable
• Ensure you are using a secure and complex
password for these accounts
– Never send passwords over the internet
– Encrypt any data sent over the web
– Monitor the sites for unusual activity

8. Take Control of Your Online Life
• The less data lock-in and the more user
independence you can have online, the more you
will benefit
• We believe your data is yours and you should
have access to to it wherever and whenever you
need it
• Start storing your social media and Google Apps
data online with a Backupify backup account