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Asigra Software: Property Developer Stanhope plc Moves from Tape
Backup to Asigra's Online Backup and Recovery Software; hSo:VAULT
Provides Ease of Use and Fast Data Recovery for Business Continuity and
Reliable Data Protection
(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
RDATE:10092007
London -- Asigra, the technology specialist in online and agentless
backup and recovery software, today announced that commercial property
developer, Stanhope plc, has dispensed with outmoded tape backups in
favour of an automated online backup service from managed service
provider, hSo.
Stanhope's data is now backed up automatically using hSo:VAULT, a
managed service built upon Asigra's Televaulting software. The daily
backups are automated and include file, database and email, amounting
to around 400 gigabytes of compressed data. hSo:VAULT provides Stanhope
with confidence that if business critical data is lost, it can be
retrieved at a moment's notice and from any location.
Paul Hargreaves, project director at Stanhope plc, commented: "We are
an information-reliant business, with large graphics files that are
vital for our building projects. Should we lose any data, we are
assured with the Asigra technology and the hSo service that we can
quickly recover the data in minutes rather than days, avoiding
interruption to projects. Moving from tape to online backup and
recovery means that the service runs itself; we no longer have to
remember to back up our data every night."
Stanhope has already benefited from the switch; the company has
experienced data losses and corrupted data since the implementation,
and has been able to recover the data within minutes. In the past, a
single data recovery from tape took days; tapes had to be found and
sent back to the office, significantly disrupting the business function.
Hargreaves continues: "We now have peace of mind that should there be a
major incident, such as a flood or server breakdown, we can quickly and
easily restore our network and continue to concentrate on our core
business, which increases our uptime and productivity levels."
Stanhope's staff work at a wide variety of sites and use laptops to
access the company system remotely. Important data which is generated
from these laptops also needs to be protected and included in the
corporate backups. Eran Farajun, executive vice president of Asigra,
said: "The centralised structure of our software means that data
generated from any location - whether it is desktop users within the
office, remote workers, or laptop users - is included in the daily
backups and stored in the hSo data centre. With increasing incidences
of laptop theft and loss, this capability is needed more than ever
before."
With only one piece of software required per location and not on each
machine on the network, hSo:VAULT offers true value for money in terms
of reducing IT management time and delivering a scalable solution to
cope with increasing data generation. Systems failure and the threat of
downtime are greatly reduced in comparison to the alternative 'onsite'
storage of data via tape download.
Chris Evans, managing director of hSo, stated: "Asigra's technology has
an agentless architecture, which enabled us to integrate hSo:VAULT into
Stanhope's existing system with minimal fuss, as well as minimising
management costs. Stanhope outsources both their backup and internet
hosting to us, significantly increasing the time-efficiency and
reliability of its IT network in comparison with the previous
tape-based backup solution."
At Stanhope's office in London, a single Asigra Televaulting DS-Client
discovers all servers, desktops and laptops connected to the local
network and automates the backup of all local data assets. Agents are
not installed on the machines being backed up. Before data is sent to
hSo's data centre, Asigra Televaulting software analyses it, finds new
and changed files, eliminates duplicate files and further compresses
the data to ensure it is as compact as possible. The software then
encrypts the data before sending it over an IP- WAN connection to a
centralised Asigra Televaulting DS-System server, located in hSo's data
centre. Data remains encrypted and is stored in the vault. The
DS-System server is then protected just like any other server within
the data centre as part of the organisation's ongoing data protection
policies. As an additional level of data protection, hSo has configured
the DS-System server to replicate the vault to a second secure back up
site.
Asigra Televaulting for Service Providers supports a broad range of
platforms, including Windows, Linux, Unix, Novell, AS/400 and
Macintosh, and protects Oracle, SQL Server, VMware and Exchange Server
data. Back-end DS-System software runs on Solaris, Linux and Windows.
About Stanhope plc
Stanhope creates and delivers major commercial and mixed-use
developments in Londonand the South-East. Committed to the principles
and processes of urban renewal, Stanhope has more than 20 years
experience as developers, development partners and development managers.
For more information, please visit www.stanhopeplc.com.
About hSo
Founded in 2000, city-based hSo has witnessed annual growth in excess
of 100% and this achievement transforms the company from one of a
plethora of technology companies with good ideas into one with a proven
business model and a sound financial position. hSo provides a complete
range of voice, data and security solutions for businesses. The
company's client list includes BritishLand, Churston Heard, Endemol,
The English National Opera and The Salvation Army. hSo was named by the
Sunday Times as one of Britain's fastest growing private tech companies
in its Tech-Track 100' companies for 2006.
For more information, please visit www.hso.uk.com.
About Asigra
Asigra is the award-winning leader in remote office/branch office
online backup/recovery with more than four petabytes of data under
protection. Since 1986, the company's agentless Televaulting solution
has centralised data management and eliminated the pricing and
performance problems created by agent-based tape backup software in
multi-site enterprises. Televaulting addresses government and
international regulatory compliance demands by backing up remote/branch
office data to the data centre. Data is encrypted in-flight over the
WAN and at-rest. Privately held Asigra is headquartered in Toronto,
Canadawith partner offices located worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.asigra.com.
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