There are even rumblings from many IT executives that the cloud backup is quicker than the primary backup.

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There are cases in which cloud could function as the primary backup site, with on-premises backup as the failover environment.

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That included making sure the Hackensack branch could serve as a backup home base in the event that both the primary and backup power at the main office went down.

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