There are several considerations when choosing backup software. Some of the most important are: • It offers all the features you need and supports all the environments that you have. Today's organizations work in different ways. It's not surprising that there are employees working virtually using cloud services and then having a virtual machine to use. Others work on their laptops. OThers use productivity platforms such as Google Docs or Microsoft Office 365. The best backup and replication software will support all the environments that you work in, whether it's physical, on the cloud, or virtual. • It's easy to use. No matter how good a certain tool, software, or application is, it won't do you any good if you don't know how to use it. The good thing is that most backup and recovery programs are easy to use and they have excellent support that can help you figure things out. • Scalable. Your backup and replication software should be scalable. As your business grows, there will be a lot more data from a lot of sources, and your backup solutions should be able to keep up. • Speedy. Whether it's backing up data or recovering files, your chosen solution should not waste your time. Be sure that your backup software uses the latest deduplication, compression, and encryption technologies that will cut the time needed to transmit the data and lessen the need for more storage. • Secure. When choosing your software, you should make sure that your backups are secure and it should be clear who has control of those backups.