Database backups are critical for businesses, as 93% of companies that lost their data center for over 10 days due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within a year, and 77% of small firms that experienced a major data loss went out of business within a year. The Oracle Cloud Backup Service allows users to easily back up database servers to the cloud in 4 steps by installing a module, configuring a few settings, and running backups, with benefits such as encryption, no upfront costs, and storage managed by Oracle. Backing up to the cloud is critical for businesses to be disaster ready by keeping data off-site.