Backup and security are the two things that are most likely to suffer if you take on the responsibility of an On-Premise deployment. If this is the deployment option you are considering, and you have little experience with a server's backup and security issues, then this is an important section for you.
Clearly, once you get your dream CRM up and running, you will want everyone in the organization to be using it and will want to make it a central data hub for your business. The nature and importance of the data that your CRM system will house makes it imperative that you take the necessary precautions to make sure that the system does not fail, which may in turn produce prolonged down times or worse, data loss.
Accordingly, you will need to devise a data backup strategy to protect the data. One solution is to buy a data backup device—which typically will be tape-based, but could also involve network-attached disk storage. Most backup solutions can be a bit...