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Data Backup & Recovery Services in Missouri & Illinois
A failed server, ransomware attack, or accidentally deleted file can bring business to a halt. Computerease provides automated data backup and disaster recovery services throughout Missouri and Illinois, helping businesses recover quickly when the unexpected happens.
Quick Answer
Computerease provides automated data backup and disaster recovery for businesses in Missouri and Illinois, following the 3-2-1 method: three copies of your data, on two types of media, with one copy stored offsite. Backups are monitored, not just scheduled, so a failed backup gets caught before you need it. Founded in 1984 and led today by Ryan Haislar, CISSP, Computerease backs its work with a 100% money-back guarantee.
What Happens If You Lose Your Data?
Most businesses do not think about backup until the day they need it and find out it was not working. A backup plan with only one copy, on one type of media, in one location is not really a plan, it is a single point of failure. The standard we build around is the 3-2-1 method: three copies of your data, on two types of media, with one copy offsite. If a server fails, a laptop is stolen, or ransomware locks your files, you are back up on a schedule you control instead of hoping a single backup happens to work.
What’s Included
- The 3-2-1 Backup Method: three copies of your data, on two types of media, with one copy stored offsite, so a single point of failure cannot take out your only backup.
- Automated, Monitored Backups: backups run on a schedule and get checked, so a silent failure gets caught before you need to restore something.
- Server, Workstation, and Email Backup: coverage for everything from a single deleted file to a full server or hard drive crash.
- Business Continuity Planning: a plan for staying open during a disaster, not just a plan for restoring files after one.
- Compliance-Ready Retention: backup and retention practices that support the record-keeping rules your industry already has to follow.
- 100% Money-Back Guarantee: if we do not deliver on what we promise, you do not pay for it.
AI Makes Your Backup Plan More Important, Not Less
Once a team starts using Copilot or another AI tool inside Microsoft 365, that tool is reading, summarizing, and sometimes generating content across email, files, and chats you already have. That means more of your business’s institutional knowledge is flowing through systems that still need to be backed up, not fewer places for something to go wrong.
A 3-2-1 backup plan does not change because AI is involved, but what counts as “important to protect” quietly gets bigger. We make sure the files, mailboxes, and Microsoft 365 data your AI tools touch are covered by the same monitored, tested backup standard as everything else, not treated as an afterthought because the tool is new.
Our Process
- Free Backup Assessment: a no-obligation review of what is being backed up today, and what is not.
- Plan: we design a 3-2-1 backup plan around your systems and your compliance requirements.
- Deploy: we set up automated backups without disrupting your workday.
- Monitor: backups are checked on a schedule, not just scheduled and forgotten.
- Test and Review: we periodically test restores, so the first time you find out a backup works is not the day of a disaster.
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Technology Services That Work Alongside Backup & Recovery
Backup and recovery is one piece of keeping a business running. Computerease supports the rest of your technology under the same flat-rate, family-owned model.
Backup Planning That Grows With Your Business
Your backup strategy should not remain static as your business evolves. Whether you are adding employees, opening new locations, expanding your Microsoft 365 environment, adopting cloud applications, or introducing AI into daily operations, your backup and recovery requirements will keep changing.
We regularly review and refine your backup and disaster recovery plan to keep it aligned with your current operations, technology environment, security requirements, and growth plans. The focus stays on business outcomes and long-term planning, not just technical features.
Industries We Serve
Healthcare
Accounting & Financial Services
Manufacturing
Engineering & Construction
Legal
Small & Medium Business
Areas We Serve
Computerease provides data backup and disaster recovery services throughout Missouri and Illinois from four regional offices, combining responsive local support with monitored backups, tested recovery procedures, and proactive technology management. Whether your business is closest to St. Louis, Oak Brook, Collinsville, or Springfield, you’ll receive the same experienced support and consistent backup standards.
Greater St. Louis, Missouri
Our St. Louis office at 10825 Watson Rd covers the metro and its suburbs, with on-site technicians available when a restore needs hands-on work.
Chicago & the Western Suburbs, Illinois
Our Oak Brook office at 2021 Midwest Road covers Chicago and the DuPage County corridor, from downtown corporate offices to the suburban business districts along I-88 and I-355.
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Southern & Central Illinois
Our Collinsville office at 223 West Main Street is company headquarters and covers the Metro East, with a Springfield office at 920 S Spring St serving the state capital and central Illinois.
Service area spans both states, from the Metro East across Missouri and Illinois to the Chicago suburbs.
Computerease Data Backup & Recovery vs. National MSPs
Computerease Backup & Recovery | National MSP | |
Backup method | 3-2-1 method: 3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite | Varies, often single cloud copy only |
Backup monitoring | Checked on a schedule, not just scheduled | Alerts only if you are watching for them |
Restore testing | Periodic test restores included | Often an added service |
Guarantee | 100% money-back guarantee | Rare |
Agreement terms | One-year start, then month-to-month | Often multi-year lock-in |
What Reliable Backup Really Means
Effective backup is not simply about storing copies of your data, it is about making sure your business can recover quickly and keep operating when something unexpected happens.
With a well-planned backup and recovery strategy, employees can work knowing important files, emails, and business-critical systems are protected. Leadership gets peace of mind knowing that a hardware failure, an accidental deletion, or a ransomware attempt will not become a business-ending event, because a tested recovery plan is already in place. Our goal is not just to back up your data. It is to minimize downtime, protect business continuity, and help your business recover quickly so operations continue with as little interruption as possible.
Get a Free Backup Assessment
Our free assessment includes:
- A review of what is being backed up today, and what is being missed.
- A check on whether your backups follow the 3-2-1 method.
- A test to confirm whether a recent backup would actually restore.
- A clear, plain-language report with next steps.
Questions Businesses Ask Us
A backup is a copy of your files. A disaster recovery plan is the full process for getting your business back online, including how fast you need systems restored
Three copies of your data, stored on two different types of media, with at least one copy kept offsite. If one copy fails or is destroyed, you still have two more.
Backups are monitored on a regular schedule so a failed or incomplete backup gets caught and fixed before you ever need to rely on it.
Yes. Periodic test restores are part of the plan, so the first time we confirm a backup works is not the day you actually need it.
Most industries must comply with regulations that specify effective and reliable data backup and retention. We build backup plans that support those requirements.
Clients start with a one-year initial agreement. After that, most continue month to month because the relationship holds up on its own.
Pricing depends on how much data you have and how it is stored today. Start with a free assessment and we will give you a straight answer on cost.
Key Takeaway
- Computerease builds backup and disaster recovery around the 3-2-1 method: 3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite.
- Backups are monitored and periodically test-restored, not just scheduled and left alone.
- Backed by a 100% money-back guarantee.
- Family owned since 1984, led today by Ryan Haislar, CISSP.
- Serving businesses across Missouri and Illinois, including St. Louis, Chicago, Oak Brook, Springfield, Edwardsville, Belleville, Elk Grove Village, Naperville, Rosemont, and Clayton.