Backup Direct SolutionsFor Financial Services
Online Backup and Data Security solutions for UK Accountants, Hedgefunds and IFAs. Services compatible with the UK's leading accountancy software packages such as Sage, Quickbooks, IRIS and Oracle.
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ONLINE BACKUP FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
Backup Direct™ have a range of solutions available that help accountants, hedge funds and other financial firms run their internal IT infrastructure more efficiently and compliantly. Our enterprise-class solution portfolio is built upon world leading backup and cloud technology and we deliver all solutions with industry-recognized customer service and support.
ONLINE BACKUP
- Online Backup for PCs, Laptops and Macs
Data residing on PCs, Laptops and Macs is often the most vulnerable. Hard-drive failure and theft is a common threat – especially when computers are outside office environments. If there is no existing central backup method in place for these devices important data can be lost unexpectedly.
To negate the risk of data loss on PCs and mobile devices, online backup provides an automatic backup environment where users don’t need to manually execute their own data backups. Upon the install of an easy-to-use software application, users select the data sets that they would like to backup at the start and set a schedule for when those backups should take place. Then, during the parameters defined, the backup software will automatically encrypt and transfer selected data over the internet for secure storage in Backup Direct’s managed data centres.
Online backup can be used to manage a single PC or an entire fleet of laptops that can be controlled centrally through an administrative Support Centre portal. No more stressing over missed backups or lost USB drives. Online backup is infinitely more secure than traditional technologies and can free up an IT administrator’s time to focus on more value-adding activities.
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IT managers in Financial Services firms have a number of challenges to deal with. They have large amounts of confidential third-party data that they are responsible for, they have to keep that data secure for long periods and they have to ensure the availability of that data at all times. This is all on top of increasing pressures from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) regarding the Data Protection Act 1998 and PCI compliance.
With data sizes increasing and regulation on data security tightening, traditional forms of backup are no longer capable of satisfying data protection objectives. Tape backup has become old technology. It is no longer reliable or scalable enough to cope with the increased demands of server backup. To evolve with this change, IT administrators need to find more flexible and powerful backup solutions.
As a replacement for traditional tape backup systems, Online Backup for Servers works seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure to provide a reliable, central, scalable and secure, backup of all critical data contained on servers. The system will work just as easily on a single server as it will on multiple machines spread out over a network to securely store data off-site - removing the risk of whole-sale data loss or accidental exposure.
Continuous Data Protection means that you can backup your system as often as every 15 minutes or schedule a backup to happen every night outside working hours. Data that is backed up is transferred securely over the internet using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption and then stored in dual military-grade resilient data centres. It’s a fully Data Protection Act 1998 and PCI compliant system that allows managers to implement the most extensive levels of security possible without stretching IT budgets.
Compatible with specialist accounting software such as Quickbooks, Peachtree, Sage, Oracle, IRIS and most bespoke software.
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DATA PROTECTION
Do you or any of your colleagues ever use laptops at work? Do you take them home with you? Many accountants now do, and if those computers contain sensitive data, you might be putting your organisation’s reputation at risk. The nature of laptop use means that information contained on mobile devices is often most vulnerable to loss or exposure. All UK financial service companies are regulated by the Financial Services Authority - a breach of confidential third party data could result in fines up to £500,000 and serious public embarrassment.
To ensure a lost or stolen laptop never ends up on the front page, Backup Direct's data protection solution, Data Defence, allows managers to remotely encrypt and delete entire hard-drives on lost devices - regardless of where they are located – from a central web control panel. You can manage a single or entire fleet of computers from a central location and retain complete control over your organisation’s data.
DISASTER RECOVERY
Imagine your network were suddenly and unexpectedly infected with a virus. It has knocked your internal systems for six, your staff can’t access their usual programmes and you can’t even send an email. This usually means a complete reboot, but what do you do in the meantime? Any time not spent on administrative tasks is billable time spent with clients. In a business that essentially sells time, accountants and hedge funds can not afford to waste valuable minutes or hours solving data recovery issues.
Disaster Recovery is a solution ideal for organisations that simply can’t tolerate extensive downtime. The service backs up and hosts your critical systems and data off-site in secure data centres and makes it near-instantly recoverable to replacement hardware on-demand. If your existing infrastructure goes down for whatever reason, you initiate a fail-over of operations within minutes and carry on working as normal through remote desktop connections.
Disaster Recovery is ideal for avoiding potentially embarrassing IT disasters and maintaining your company’s ability to react when affected by unforeseen incidents.
EMAIL ARCHIVING
Many financial services companies are obliged to retain third-party communication records for extensive periods of time. Typically these records come in the form of emails that build up over time and become a real strain on internal IT infrastructure. The result is often performance slow downs and an increased risk of virus attack or corruption. This constant management also take sup a significant amount of the IT administrator’s time.
To ease this pressure on in-house computers, Backup Direct has an Email Archiving solution that stores all incoming and outgoing emails off-site in secure data centres - away from your own infrastructure. Emails are stored in encrypted form for maximum security and only made retrievable through a dedicated, secure web-portal. A rapid e-discovery feature allows responsible managers to trawl through an archive of all emails that have been sent and received from employee mailboxes with ease.
With maximum consideration to confidentiality and security, your emails are stored securely off-site freeing your server to perform efficiently without resource hogging email files constantly bogging it down. It is an easy, secure and cost-effective way for companies to ensure the constant access to the records they might need in a fast paced environment.
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EMAIL SECURITY AND CONTINUITY
Has SPAM become a real nuisance? Has your network ever been infected with a virus? One of the main causes of downtime in offices is virus infection. It usually happens when an employee opens a malicious email and unwittingly executes a nasty wormy infection.
Harmful viruses are typically found attached to SPAM emails. To remove this risk, Email Security filters out 100% of known viruses and 99% of SPAM in the cloud before emails ever enter your network. The emails that you and your colleagues do receive will always be clean and relevant.
Email Continuity is a feature that makes all individual mailbox functionality available through dedicated, always-on, online portals. Similar to the mechanics of a Hotmail or Google Mail account but more secure, employees can log onto these portals from anywhere in the world and continue to send and receive emails regardless of what has happened to the regular server or Exchange router.
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A FULLY MANAGED SERVICE FROM BACKUP DIRECT
Backup Direct supports all services to Accountants, Hedge funds and Financial Services companies with free 24/7 telephone, email and remote log-in support for data recovery rescue on-demand.
