Nowadays online data recovery services are growing in popularity especially within the small-medium business sectors. These web based solutions can provide a cost effective and rapid response to data loss and recovery problems that have many advantages over standard solutions.

This kind of online solution is often offered in tandem with an online back-up service. This kind of service allows your business to back-up its core data regularly via an online service provider that will then store your data off-site for you in case you need to use it in the future.

Backing up data regularly should be a core task for all businesses nowadays, however this is often overlooked as a necessary task. None of us really expect to lose our data but the fact is that backing up regularly can make this problem much easier to handle in the event of data loss of any kind.

Businesses that subscribe to this kind of service are simply buying the peace of mind that they can restore lost data incredibly quickly and efficiently. Although standard back-up services that store hard copy data off site will also offer you a viable data recovery solution they can also add time to the equation compared to online solutions.

So, let's say that your company has a system failure and loses a lot of its key data. Your IT staff get your system up and running again but you need to access your back-up tapes to get your lost data back. These won't necessarily be held on site -- after all, the point here is to keep your data as safe as possible so off site storage is usually the answer.

Your back-up company can send you the tapes but they are on the other side of town. So, you need to call them, tell them what has happened and they will then need to courier your tapes over to you. This may just take a few hours but this is time that you could save with an online solution.

If your company has access to an online data recovery solution in this situation then you can cut your time costs considerably. Here all you have to do is to tell your back-up company what has happened and they will help you access your data online. Your business could be up and running again virtually immediately here.

This kind of solution could potentially save a lot of businesses a lot of money. Even a couple of hours where your staff cannot work or cannot be reached could end up costing you money. So, the more time you can save here in getting your data back and your staff up and running, the better.

So, if you are investigating online back-up solutions do make sure to check whether the companies that you are talking to can also offer you online data recovery. You may, hopefully, never need to use this element of their service but will find it really useful if you do have a data loss emergency.