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Data and information management is becoming increasingly complex and dynamic. There are innovations in technology and process that can supply new advantages. You have a big decision that has been weighing on you – should you renew your existing backup software maintenance contract, or is it time to try upgrade to a new platform? This decision is a difficult one because there are so many new options in the market, a myriad of variables to consider, financial implications in an ever-tightening budget scenario and an increasingly dynamic IT environment that it must support, both for today’s needs and the ones that will come up over the life of the contract. If these considerations apply to your environment, it may be wise to reconsider your backup options. Gartner predicts that by 2021, 50% of organizations will augment or replace their current backup application with another solution, compared to what they deployed at the beginning of 2017. Maintaining the status quo will not serve you or your organization in the long run. This paper outlines five key questions to ask internally in order to help you highlight the current state of your backup solution and evaluate whether developments in data management software merit changing from your existing solution.