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Sep 05th

Off Site Backup

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Your data. Could you cope if you walked in one day and lost it all? Data Loss

The concept of offsite data backup is not a new. However, until recently it was only within the financial reach of larger organisations; but now it is highly affordable and well worth the cost to even the smallest business. The man hours and cost involved in recovering lost data can be immense, assuming that it can be recovered at all, and can be crippling to a company of any size. Offsite backup is an insurance no company can afford to overlook.

What is Offsite Data Backup?

Offsite backup is a method of computer data backup involving the use of an offsite location as a means of securing in the event of a disaster. Traditionally, this involved the use of magnetic tapes as well as other removable storage media. Now, however, with the use of fast Internet connections, this data can be securely transmitted overnight to one of our secure data storage servers.

 
How Does Offsite Backup Work?


Offsite data backup works by first encrypting the data, then compressing and transmitting it to an offsite security centre. This data can then be accessed in the event of an emergency by using either the Internet or another data restore line. The software only transmits changes, so once the initial backup is complete, subsequent backups only deal with the changes in your data.


Advantages of Offsite Data Backup

There are a number of advantages to storing your data off-site, including:

 

    * Your data is protected in the event of a disaster
    * Backup operations can be performed automatically - leaving more time for more productive tasks
    * Cross-platofrm; in other words, backup can be performed regardless of the which operating system you use
    * Added security of data-encrypted network connections
 

We know that although you may have a backup system. But the extra protection of having your data backed up on a regular bases 100's of miles away, in a secure location, is something that you can't be overlooked.

We are able to work with your company to create a regular, secure backup system that allows you to decide what gets backed up, and access to that data to retrieve any lost data.

Please phone for Details.