Business Backup Services for Denver and Boulder Firms

Dane Gray

Oct 30

3 min read

If your firm lost its files tomorrow, could you get them back, and how much work would stop while you tried? For most small businesses, the honest answer is "we think so." 24uNet helps firms across Denver, Boulder, Boulder County, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, Broomfield and Longmont replace "we think so" with a backup plan that has been tested.

What business backup actually needs to cover

A backup is only useful if it covers everything you would need to keep working. For most firms that means:

Servers and file shares, including line-of-business applications and databases.
Laptops and desktops, especially for staff who save work locally.
Microsoft 365 data: email, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams. Microsoft keeps the service running, but protecting your data from deletion, ransomware or a departing employee is your job. We explain this in Does Microsoft 365 Back Up Your Data?
Cloud apps and settings that would take a long time to rebuild by hand.

Backup vs. disaster recovery

Backup is having a copy. Disaster recovery is the plan for getting your people working again after a ransomware attack, a failed server, a fire or a flood. A good plan answers three questions in writing:

How much data can we afford to lose?
How long can we afford to be down?
Who does what, in what order, when something goes wrong?

Our business continuity services build those answers into a plan your team can follow.

What a strong backup setup looks like

Multiple copies in separate places, with at least one copy kept offsite and one that can't be changed or deleted by an attacker.
Encryption for backups in storage and in transit.
Separate credentials so a compromised admin account can't wipe the backups too.
Regular test restores, because a backup that has never been restored is a guess.
24/7 monitoring, where analysts review alerts and failed jobs instead of letting warnings pile up in an inbox.

CISA's ransomware guidance recommends offline, encrypted backups that are tested regularly. It's a good baseline for any firm.

Local support for Boulder County and the Denver metro

24uNet supports businesses in Boulder and across Boulder County, including Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, Broomfield and Longmont, along with Denver and the surrounding metro. Our team handles on-site work when hardware needs hands, and remote support for everything else. Learn more about our cybersecurity services in Boulder.

Questions to ask before you choose a backup provider

Not sure whether your current setup holds up? Start with our list of questions to ask your IT provider about backup and recovery. If any answer is "I'm not sure," that's worth a conversation.

Get a backup and recovery review

24uNet will review what you back up, where it lives, and whether it can actually be restored, then give you a clear plan to close the gaps. Contact us to schedule a review for your Denver or Boulder office.

FAQ

What are business backup services?

Business backup services copy your company's servers, computers and cloud data to protected locations, then monitor and test those copies so you can restore files or whole systems after data loss, ransomware or hardware failure.

What is the difference between backup and disaster recovery?

Backup is the copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the documented plan, and the tools, for getting systems and people working again after an outage or attack.

Do I need to back up Microsoft 365?

Yes. Microsoft keeps the service available, but your firm is responsible for protecting its own data against accidental deletion, ransomware and malicious changes. A separate Microsoft 365 backup covers that gap.

How often should backups be tested?

On a regular schedule, and after any major change to your systems. A test restore is the only way to know a backup works.

Does 24uNet provide backup services in Boulder County?

Yes. 24uNet supports businesses in Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, Broomfield, Longmont and across the Denver metro.