One of the major business benefits of broadband is the ability to back up business-critical data to a remote server. Now, there’s a chance to see for yourself at no cost. For a new remote back up service - just launched by Telstra Europe – can be tried out for free for thirty days.
Telstra Europe, one of the UK’s leading telecommunications service providers for business, say once their software is installed, it automatically backs up files and folders specified by the user, generating an off-site copy which can then be securely retrieved in real-time from anywhere in the world with internet access.
Among the key features claimed for Telstra Remote Backup are:
• online file retrieval and management portal
• highly secure 128-bit encryption for data security
• file compression to speed up the retrieval process
• and patented SendOnce™ technology, which stops identical files being backed up more than once by multiple users in the same company.
Client data is hosted at Telstra’s London Hosting Centre and customers are also promised 24/7 service monitoring and industry-leading levels of support.
Telstra’s Remote Backup is designed for PC and laptop users running Microsoft Windows environments and comes in 1, 2, 5, 10, 15 and 30 GB packages. To apply for a free thirty day trial go to http://www.telstra.co.uk/remote-backup
Tiny Haynes, Hosting Product Manager at Telstra Europe said, “According to Yankee Group research, data protection and recovery is still the number one headache for IT managers in UK businesses of all sizes (46%). With increasing levels of remote and flexible working, it is vital companies safeguard against loss of mission-critical data to protect their commercial performance. According to Gartner Group research, on an annual basis, 15% of laptops suffer a hardware failure, 10% are stolen and 32% of data is lost due to user error.
“Telstra’s Remote Backup takes the burden of data recovery away from the user, providing an automated, high speed, secure and efficient solution which allows users anytime anywhere access to their data.
“Regulation for data protection and archiving, such as the Freedom of Information Act and Sarbanes Oxley, also means that companies of all sizes now need to address their data storage procedures. Our remote backup service can help customers take a major step towards meeting industry document storage compliance standards by providing the core technology platform to achieve full regulatory compliance,” he added.
