translated from Spanish: Why World Backup Day is celebrated

During the pandemic, the home office became crucial in people’s working lives, who had to deepen or enhance their technological knowledge, besiling themselves with cell phones and computers and their various functions, programs and applications. In that sense, this 31 is celebrated again on World Backup Day, that function of our devices that is so important and so saves hundreds of our most precious files from doom. The date, of course, seeks to raise awareness of the important role of backups, a function that its use has to be part of our digital routine so that, eventually, we do not have to regret losing data of great relevance.

But why is this date celebrated on March 31 of each year? Well, its founder is Ismail Jadun and the date is no coincidence, since the next day, April 1st, April 1st, April Fools’ Day is celebrated all over the world and is used to make jokes that can be very, very heavy.And how does this relate to backups or back-ups? The answer is the first thing we thought when we turned off our computer and didn’t save what we were doing. It wouldn’t be uncommon to think of something like… this has to be a. We all know someone who has lost important files: photos, videos, music, book reports and/or important personal documents. This World Backup Day is a call for everyone to reflect on their own digital life, knowing different service alternatives and backing up their files. I also hope that World Backup Day will turn on the conversations about the enormous task of saving our digital heritage, for future generations,” was the words of your Jadun.So, there’s nothing left but to wish for a happy backup day and please listen to the date and Jadun: I ran to back up all those files you have on your computer’s desktop already.

Original source in Spanish