Update Q4 2010: The Universe Of Corporate PC Backup Options

What's your reaction to this scenario? Your CEO leaves his laptop, full of mission-critical (but encrypted) data, in a cab. One frantic phone call later and we learn that a far-sighted employee had backed up that data — unfortunately, it wasn't backed up to the local shared drive, as the company policy states. It was backed up to a cloud using a consumer-focused backup-as-a-service provider. Regardless of your firm's own PC backup software and policies — or lack thereof — you're out of the frying pan and into the fire. Who is this backup-as-a-service provider? Do they encrypt data at flight and at rest? What do they do with the data they store? The employee's proactive approach is spot-on, but it's an important cautionary tale: If you don't harness the groundswell of employee empowerment, you can quickly lose control of valuable company assets. There's a lot of world to lose a laptop in — what should you do to shrink that risk? Make sure data is managed on your terms by providing a corporate PC backup solution that keeps your employees' needs in mind.