One of the most essential elements of any computing enviroment is regular and safe backups.
You would be suprised how many people and small businesses neglect this important function! And for what! The cost of some backup equipment and media to backup onto? If you need convincing then ask yourself a very simple question? How much money do you stand to lose if your business cannot function because your computers are down?
Whenever there is a critical faillure of one description or another it is imperative that any system be restored as quickly as possible. Also the accidental deletion of data needs to be catered for as well. In both scenarios No Backup = No Recovery! Simple and straightforward. And if your business relies on it's IT systems to run then this becomes a very painful and expensive excercies!