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It takes months to obtain headcount approval, interview candidates and create an offer letter with no guarantees you will hire the correct person. Reading resumes or hiring a recruiting company, training and retaining employees all take valuable time and money along the way. Then, once you have hired, do you even know what the true cost of that individual is? ### The Real Story Behind the True Cost... We're not just talking salary here, there's a lot more that needs to be considered. Take a look at some industry average costs for an IT employee based on a percentage of salary. *(The information included below is representative of infrastructure services. If you include security services, your cost will be* **50% higher.***)* [Read More](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/true-cost-of-it) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/true-cost-of-it#comments-listing) Topics: [BUR](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/bur), [Business Continuity](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/business-continuity), [IT Industry](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/it-industry) ## [Ransomware Attacks in Perspective and How to Defend Your Data Against Them](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/ransomware-attacks-in-perspective) Posted by [Solutions II](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/author/solutions-ii) [![](https://www.solutions-ii.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Ransomware.jpg) ](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/ransomware-attacks-in-perspective) As the impact from this weekend's WannaCry global ransomware attack continues to spread hour by hour, let’s take a moment to put the attack into context and discuss key methods to protecting your data against such attacks. [Read More](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/ransomware-attacks-in-perspective) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/ransomware-attacks-in-perspective#comments-listing) Topics: [Backup and Recovery](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/backup-and-recovery), [BUR](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/bur), [Managed Services](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/managed-services), [Security](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/security), [Ransomware](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/ransomware) ## [How Much IT Risk is Acceptable?](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/how-much-it-risk-is-acceptable) Posted by [Solutions II](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/author/solutions-ii) [![](https://www.solutions-ii.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Disaster-Recovery.jpg) ](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/how-much-it-risk-is-acceptable) ### Take Vulnerabilities Head On With A Solutions II Assessment In the event of a site outage, 67% of organizations estimate they would lose $20k+ for every day of downtime.* While many executive and stakeholders speak regularly about high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR), this remains as one of the top five issues each company wants to address. It is also the least funded of any of the top initiatives these key executives pursue. With so much money on the line, where’s the disconnect between importance, urgency and investments business make? [Read More](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/how-much-it-risk-is-acceptable) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/how-much-it-risk-is-acceptable#comments-listing) Topics: [Backup and Recovery](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/backup-and-recovery), [BUR](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/bur), [Data Protection](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/data-protection), [recovery](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/topic/recovery) ## [Are Your Backups Becoming Squirrelly?](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/are-your-backups-becoming-squirrelly) Posted by [Solutions II](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/author/solutions-ii) [![](https://www.solutions-ii.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_583799059-e1487697937816-1.jpg) ](https://www.solutions-ii.com/blog/are-your-backups-becoming-squirrelly) ### The Cost of Business Interruptions In the past two years, over **50 percent of businesses experienced an unforeseen interruption**. The** **vast majority (81%) of these interruptions caused the business to be closed one or more days. 80% of businesses suffering a major disaster go out of business in three years, while 40% of businesses that experience a critical IT failure go out of business within one year.* Are you confident that your critical data backups are complete and will be easily restored to get back to business as usual? 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