Canadian Retail Solutions Urges Canada's Retailers to Take Data Backup Seriously

Online, June 17, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Canadian Retail Solutions, a leading POS software provider in Canada, announces its commitment to educating the retail industry in Canada on the advantages of using technology to increase their bottom line and the growing importance of making Data Backup a priority.

"A backup of your data is like an insurance policy. You hope you never need to use it, but you sure sleep better at night knowing you have it," said Scott Smith, General Manager of CRS.

Data backup is an ongoing hot topic in many arenas, but continues to be a devastating reality for many of Canada's retailers. POS Hardware failures are the most common cause of data loss. CRS is finding many retailers are running on point of sale hardware that is near its end of life cycle. According to Kirsten Wilby-Hynds, Account Manager at CRS, "Due to the harsh environment that point of sale hardware operates, its lifespan is shorter than normal. To protect your data, the system that your point of sale software is installed on should really be replaced every two years." The whole topic of data backup is a bit of a double-sided coin, one side being insurance and the other side is prevention.

After a season of focusing on all of the payment processing security changes, like PCI compliance, being imposed on the retailer by the credit card companies and the HST change over in Ontario and British Columbia, CRS feels like the time is right to address data backup. Now it is time to talk about what retailers can do for themselves, to protect their assets and their bottom line. It is an exciting topic to be talking about because it is a surprisingly affordable and easy way to protect your business. This topic holds the power to downgrade a crisis to an inconvenience.

CRS is committed to spreading the word about the importance of data backups, through education specifically designed for the retail industry. The retail industry is unique, and deserves information in a format that is tailored to their specific applications. Canadian Retail Solutions will be releasing a series of articles around the topic of data in the coming weeks, communicating the importance of data protection to a retailer, how backups can save retailers money, options for data backup, and how to prevent the need to ever use your backup.