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Cyber criminals encrypting companies data and asking them to pay to get it back

Friday, March 5th, 2010

If there was ever another reason necessary to have your data offsite check this out,hackers are breaking into sytems and encrypting companies data,then demanding they pay to have it decrypted.Check out the RTE news post below.Criminals target business

Online Backup

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The number of internet users is increasing everyday in geometrical progression throughout the world. As a result, the data loss events are becoming more challenging to prevent. This problem of losing valuable data is more common in Information Technology; Information Technology enabled services and communication sectors. A recent survey has showed that more than two-third of the total number of internet users have suffered from important data loss. What is the solution to this serious problem?

The right solution is Online Backup. Backup means creation of duplicate copies of the original files and restoration of the duplicate copy to a safe storage unit. By doing this, you can serve two purposes. If files get affected, corrupted or deleted accidentally, you can recover them through your backup system with ease. Another advantage is – if your system faces a disaster unfortunately, your backup is the only reliable way to recover your valuable data that you might have lost due to your computer-crash. This method is called Disaster Recovery (DR), in technical terminology.

Data storage is a key component of your backup system. The modern data storage devices are very useful to make backups. Hence, a proper management of online backing-up process and storage space allocation is required. The other important factors for online backup are – data privacy and security, data redundancy and portability.

The Backup Vault offers you a redundant remote storage solution. There are a few companies who rely on the long term use of electromagnetic storage tapes and other ordinary techniques to manage a data loss event. But the rotating electromagnetic tapes are prone to data corruption and its management, verification and rotation mechanism is quite time consuming.

In case of Online Backups, the Backup Vault features a few unique advantages that give it a winning edge over other conventional methods. Let us have a look at the benefits offered by Backup vault:
1. Data Security- before sending to the data centers, the backup data are encrypted. The Backup Vault management can’t see the actual data but manages the security and optimal availability of the data.
2. Powerful Protection- The Backup vault online storage provides disaster recovery facilities without any upfront investment. We will charge you a low and predictable monthly fee and in exchange, you will reap the benefits of our reliable and state-of-the-art services.
3. Offsite Data Storage- The Backup Vault data centers store your valuable data and organize a quicker and easier data restoration procedure online.
4. Affordable Ownership Cost- We keep your Total Cost of ownership low due to our extremely efficient management of the backup processes, near-zero downtime, distributed datacenters and efficient cluster management.
Sign up today and enjoy the benefits of online backups with Backup Vault online storage solution.

Safe Secure Data = Remote Data Backup

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Remote online data backup is the best solution for guaranteeing the safety of your data. Traditional methods of backing up are complex, time consuming and fraught with problems.
Why use remote data backup?
It’s so easy – it allows you to get on with your business. A team of professionals use state of the art technology to ensure your data is safe and secure. Business and personal files are backed up remotely and securely.
Why choose Remote Online Backup over other backup methods?
Other methods of backing up data are problematic. A lot can go wrong including CDs/ DVDs becoming corrupted, hard-drives crashes that render FTP servers inaccessible. Remote online backup eliminates all of these complications.
Security Issues with Remote Data Backup
The security issues surrounding Remote Data Backup are resolved by using military level data encryption. You create the password and it is only those with the password (you and anyone you give the password to) that can access the data. Nobody including the operators of the remote online data backup service can access your data.
Given the obvious advantages of remote online backup it has take the business world by storm. Having passed the early adoption stage it is set to become the norm for companies worldwide.

Importance of Online Backup and it’s advantages.

Monday, August 24th, 2009

We all need to backup our computer data, either at home or in the office, it is estimated that almost one hard drive in ten fails every year, many people are also aware of the damage that viruses and malware can cause and the need to have a proper backup in place for protection against such events. Online backup offers the best protection against these type of problems. Online backup is simply an automatic method of offsite data storage where the entire contents of hard drive are backed up to a secure remote server over the internet either continuously, or at a predefined schedule. Online backup providers play an important role as they provide file and data protection for you or and your companies data.

The main advantages of using online backup are:

  1. All of your data is stored securely, in an encrypted offsite archive, available 24X7X365.
  2. You can backup all kind of files and applications.
  3. Setup and installation is simple and easy.
  4. It is possible to restore your data to other computer and location at
    any time.
  5. Your files, databases, pictures and music will be backed up
    automatically.
  6. No need to have any equipment and storage devices.
  7. Online backup services are easier as well as cheaper to use.

As there are many of the advantages, one should be careful in choosing the best service providers. As smaller business firms can backup data online with ease, the challenge comes in selecting from the local and commercial providers, and finding a vendor for your company who can be trusted with your company’s important data.