Automated Backup Solutions

Automated Backup Solutions

Automatic, Simple and Secure Backups

Data backups are the probably the most important I.T. function your business will ever perform.

The fall-out from data loss for a small business can range anywhere from being a time-consuming annoyance to a catastrophic event. You risk losing all of your company accounts, tax returns, client databases, product information, emails archives and projects that have taken months, if not years to complete.

Data loss for most small businesses can take the form of an unexpected "bolt-out-of-the blue" event or simply the failure of a system's hard drive.

Typical causes of data loss include:

  • Hard Drive Failure
  • Software Corruption
  • Theft
  • Employee Sabotage
  • Flooding
  • Fire
  • Power Surge
  • Accidental Deletion

Most businesses that were unfortunate to experience one of these events all shared the "it could not happen to us" mentality. But these events are more commonplace than most people think. To give you a few examples:

Flooding: An office that was flooded by an absent minded employee who left a tap run over a weekend resulting in the office being waterlogged on Monday morning. All their desktop computers were located on ground-level. A substantial amount of data was lost.

Power Surge: An office in suburban Dublin that had it's server's hard drive physically damaged by an electrical power surge. The power surge was caused by a nearby JCB hitting an underground ESB line.

Sabotage: A Dublin hotel which had it's server's data deleted by a disgruntled employee, who just got his notice.

Fire: An office in city centre Dublin, whose owner held the erroneous belief that he had adequate fire prevention in place. However, the premises next door did not. The fire spread and engulfed his office destroying a substantial amount of data.

All of these events share one thing in common - in that they were all totally unexpected events. Your data is irreplaceable. Expect the unexpected. Install a backup system and ideally have one data set off-site.

On-site Backup

For on-site or local backup we can install a system that is:

  • Automatic i.e. - it can be scheduled to backup at convenient times without having to "remember" to back up.
  • Verifiable - files are backed up in their native format (not compressed) so the backups can be easily checked for your peace of mind.
  • Backup onto Portable storage devices than can be taken off-site easily.

On-Line Backup

On-Line Backup

We setup and configure online backup for our clients with one of the world's largest and most reputable online backup storage providers. By choosing a reputable on-line provider that is in business for the long-haul, you will have the peace of mind that, should the worst happen, your data will be secure.

Features of this service include:

  • 128-bit SSL encryption - means your data is secure when being transmitted.
  • Automatic Service - means you never "forget" to perform a backup.
  • Public Private Encryption - You are given you own 448-bit high-security key.
  • Fast Restore Feature - If the worst happens, your data can be restored in a matter of minutes.