Some companies dedicate their own personnel and facilities to data protection. For many mega-companies, that can make sense.

But protecting your data in-house requires substantial investments. When you have to invest in the advanced network, security and environmental resources necessary simply to maintain data integrity, physical security and maximum availability you learn two things quickly … these resources are very expensive, and they are not available in most commercial properties.

In addition to physical investments, data protection requires an investment in personnel. IT staffs are typically tasked with multiple functions. Adding data management and protection to the list may require adding specialists in order to be effective.

After weighing both sides of the equation, many companies determine that augmenting their IT departments with Concergent’s valuable services is a more efficient and effective way to add complete business data protection services.