Reality: Industry analysts from Gartner and IDC claim that 30 to 40% of all IT staffs either have no data recovery plan in place or don’t know how to correctly use it. Moreover, not every enterprise has dedicated staff or the resources set aside to attend to the wide variety of recovery projects their organization may face, impacting the speed and quality of the process.
IT staff are skilled experts in architecting, installing, maintaining and backing up your critical systems. In some cases where the hardware is still properly functioning, commercially available data recovery tools can be successfully used by IT staff to recover lost data, however data recovery is a highly specialized skill set specifically addressing complex corruptions within storage devices, operating systems and file structures. Additionally, many data loss situations require the use of an ISO-5/Class 100 cleanroom environment.
When selecting a data recovery provider, it’s critical to make sure they:
- Have in-depth knowledge across all forms of operating systems, storage devices, file formats, and complex RAID/SAN/virtualized environments
- Have a highly experienced data recovery team with extensive expertise in data loss recovery techniques
- Maintain a research and development team that can quickly develop solutions for unique data loss situations across legacy and new computer systems and devices
- Operate a ISO-5/Class 100 cleanroom environment
- Maintain SAS 70 Type II Certification for data recovery services
- Maintain spare parts for your device that are available in-stock
Kroll Ontrack’s Answer: Roughly 68% of IT staffs report that managing data across physical, cloud and virtual environments is the toughest test in disaster preparedness. Due to resource constraints across businesses of every size, IT staffs are often asked to do more with less, and they simply don’t have resources to handle recoveries without third party assistance.
Adding a data recovery provider to your data loss plan is the surest way to guarantee that your organization is up and running again quickly in the event of data loss, therefore minimizing the devastating financial impact that many businesses incur. Kroll Ontrack has over 1,400 years of combined data recovery experience and has performed more than 500,000 data recoveries since 1987. We also have 153,300 spare parts in our worldwide inventory to ensure you get your device back quickly. We operate in ISO-5/Class 100 cleanroom environments and complete an annual SAS 70 Type II Certification audit for data recovery services.