South African ICT and telecommunications company Vox has joined forces with Veeam and cloud brokerage firm First for Cloud to provide cloud-based backup solutions to local businesses.
With companies becoming increasingly digital, data protection and backups are essential to the running and growing of businesses, especially with cyber security breaches on the rise, notes Vox.
Craig Freer, Vox executive head for cloud and managed services, says backup is usually done with the information being stored on a server within the same data centre or premises. "If, however, you look at best practice, you need to have multiple copies of a backup, including one that is stored off-site to ensure a higher level of protection against data loss.
"Vox Cloud Backup for Veeam enables customers who have Veeam as their on-site backup software solution to connect and automatically store their backups securely to the Vox cloud platform, helping them de-risk their business in this area."
Vox notes the product makes use of Veeam's backup technology, including forever increasing backups, the Grandfather-Father-Son rotation scheme and retention policies, with a console giving customers the ability to recover data for restores, track their consumption, as well as receive reminders for hosted storage renewals.
This product brings together three companies, each with their own strengths, notes Freer. "Vox provides a local cloud storage platform offering security and reliability, First for Cloud has a broad customer and distribution base, and Veeam brings best-of-breed backup software."
He notes the product is available for purchase online, and is easy for system administrators to install and configure, with primary support for the product provided by Veeam, with issues being forwarded to Vox, if required.
"We're seeing tremendous growth in the backup space, especially in light of the growing incidents of malware and ransomware. The reality is if you have an attack on your server and you don't have a backup, that information is lost. Using a cloud-based backup facility provides an added layer of redundancy."
According to The Global Risks Report 2018, published by the World Economic Forum, cyber security risks rank among the top worldwide worries for 2018.
Similarly, the annual Global Risks Perception Survey found cyber threats are growing in prominence, with large-scale cyber attacks now ranked third in terms of likelihood, while rising cyber dependency is ranked as the second most significant driver shaping the global risks landscape over the next 10 years.
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