Planning and deploying proactive data protection in the enterprise can be complex. Consider bringing in consultants who have built successful practices around backup and recovery and archiving in enterprise environments. The consultancy must be able to carry out an enterprise-wide assessment across the entire infrastructure: understanding both storage and data networks, storage technologies and application requirements.


It is also important to understand the requirements of the lines of business, the IT organization, the general counsel and corporate security. Successful assessment, planning and deployment will allow the enterprise to architect a proactive data protection solution. This solution will enable the company to not only survive data challenges like loss and broad discovery motions, but also to strategically manage data for increased profitability.