How important is your mission critical data? Could your business survive if something happened to your information? Have you properly backed-up your documents, customer data and all other information on your servers?

No matter what type of business you are in, these questions have been posed at one time or another. For many, the answer to protection has been found in a virtual private data center.

With an increased focus on virtualization and moving business processes to the “cloud”, more and more companies are discovering the virtues of the virtual private data center. For those who are charged with managing that data, it is often the only solution worth considering.

Consider the insurance industry. If a hurricane, fire or theft were to strike the business, rending all systems useless, customers could be easily inconvenienced if business flow had to stop. When a virtual private data center has been established, the customer never has to know there was ever a problem.

In such situations, the services performed by the company would simply continue in another location, supported by the virtual private data center. The important data, systems and processes are stored offsite and the business continuity plans provides for moving customer interactions to a different location.

Companies that take advantage of such offerings often partner with Host.net (News - Alert) to accomplish their goals. The virtual private data center company offers a concrete data facility with hurricane-ready walls. According to company officials, the facility will withstand 220 mph winds, 20 feet above sea level. Host.net also has multiple generators and fuel trucks.

Just how important is a backup and business continuity plan that includes a virtual private data center? If you consider the ramifications for closing your doors for any length of time due to a disaster wiping out your own data center, moving information offsite just makes sense.

 Keeping the doors closed for even two weeks can ensure your business never recovers fully financially. Statistics show that 50 percent of businesses that have to take this two week furlough never actually re-open.

Data security is an important focus as businesses are increasingly dependent on immediate and continuous access to information. If a disaster strikes and the business is not using a virtual private data center, that access is cut off and the business is at risk of closing. For those companies seeking to survive, a virtual private data center is a wise choice.