Data loss and corruption can easily happen when critical information is housed in digital form on hard disk arrays and other storage hardware.
To mitigate this, Altech Technology Concepts (ATC), is now offering online backup for organisations. This offering is a managed service developed on top of the company's network.
The service employs a combination of data compression and processing to reduce the amount of physical data moved across the network during a backup operation.
There's the option of a local vault onsite, encrypted with a key controlled by the customer, which replicates to an appropriate storage server located in one of the ATC data centres for customers with more complex data backup needs, the company says.
ATC CEO Wayne de Nobrega says a sound backup and archiving strategy is fundamental to good business practice, regardless of the size of the company.
“King III sets clear guidelines for the management of company data and places the responsibility for IT governance firmly on directors,” he points out.
According to De Nobrega, one of the key requirements of the report is that a company needs to be able to prove its ability to recover from a disaster.
“But implementing and maintaining a business continuity strategy in an environment in which data volumes are exploding and the demand for storage is skyrocketing, can be prohibitively expensive,” he adds.
De Nobrega says it's important to have an online backup which is a managed service developed on top of the service provider's network.
Backup services should not bind users into contracts that turn what is often a grudge purchase into an accessible service with a billing model that makes it affordable for everyone by charging per gigabyte of data stored, he says.
“If delivered as a managed service, customers do not pay for hardware software or additional technical support staff. Because the solution is also scalable it can grow along with the business.
“All types of files can be backed up across any medium including ADSL and leased line services,” he explains.
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