Mark Treweeke, Redstor's Product Manager gives us his top 5 tips for those looking for an insight into how to overcome network challenges that may be encountered when considering Online Cloud Backup and Cloud Storage Services.
1. The first backup or upload of data to the cloud is likely to take a long time, typically due to large data quantities needed to be shifted over low bandwidth connections. This can be alleviated by using an online backup or cloud storage provider who has a ‘seeding’ option where they ship you a storage device to collect the data before it is shipped back to the service provider and uploaded to the cloud platform.
2. Make sure that the technology that you are using to backup or move data into the cloud is designed for that purpose and has been designed to minimise data transfer over the network through data reduction technologies like compression, block or binary level incremental backups or client-side data de-duplication technology which eliminates blocks of data already stored in the cloud, all of which greatly reduces the amount of data that needs to be transported over the network. This type of enabling technology will allow only unique data to be sent after the initial seed backup has been performed.
3. The daily change rate should be something that's appropriate for online backups or cloud storage. If you're creating many tens or hundreds of gigabytes of unique data per day, and you need to back up that data or move it into the cloud every day, you may require greater bandwidth in order for the process to complete in a timely fashion. You’ll have to consider the cost of the additional network bandwidth required.
4. Security over public networks should be of concern, make sure that the enabling software encrypts the data before it is sent over the network and offers ‘end-to-end’ encryption.
5. Networks today are more reliable than ever but enabling technology should still include a strong re-connection mechanism. You don’t want your backup or data transfer to fail and have to re-start all over again because a connection to the internet or service provider was lost, even if it was momentarily. This is especially true for laptop backup, where they regularly lose their connection or move between networks or access points due to the portability of the device, power saving and hibernation options.
Redstor's cloud services include our ever-growing Online Backup service which currently protects upwards of 500TB of data and Redstor Protector, our Laptop Encryption and Backup service. If you require any further information around Cloud services and how these can help you adapt your business please call our office on 0118 9515 200.
Showing posts with label data security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label data security. Show all posts
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Zurich Insurance fined £2.3m over customers' data loss
After our blog last week on the BBC losing laptops and mobile phones, it has been revealed that the UK operation of Zurich Insurance has been fined £2.27m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for losing personal details of 46,000 customers.
It is the highest fine levied on a single firm for data security failings.
The data on policyholders, including in some cases bank account and credit card information, went missing in August 2008.
However, Zurich did not become aware of the loss until a year later, when it then began notifying customers.
The information went missing during a routine transfer to a data storage centre in South Africa.
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Redstor have been focused on data management and protection since 1998 and have created one of the largest service provider enabled storage infrastructures (storage clouds) in the UK. Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 80 Local Authorities and education service providers use Redstor's online service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 addressable schools in the UK.
It is the highest fine levied on a single firm for data security failings.
The data on policyholders, including in some cases bank account and credit card information, went missing in August 2008.
However, Zurich did not become aware of the loss until a year later, when it then began notifying customers.
The information went missing during a routine transfer to a data storage centre in South Africa.
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Redstor have been focused on data management and protection since 1998 and have created one of the largest service provider enabled storage infrastructures (storage clouds) in the UK. Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 80 Local Authorities and education service providers use Redstor's online service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 addressable schools in the UK.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Not Just Online Backup
We have seen phenomenal growth on our online storage platform due to the success of our branded ‘cloud’ service offerings and through empowering service providers to quickly and cheaply generate new income streams. Our online platform, hosting many hundreds of terabytes of data, spanning two sites and supporting many thousands of customers has given us our own challenges, the same challenges our customers face regarding their data storage infrastructure – from a users perspective, how do you keep the infrastructure secure, available at all times and without disruption, and from a business perspective, how do you keep pace with growing business needs, make it easy to manage, make it scaleable and at the same time, drive out cost.
Redstor has a successful history of advising our customers how to do just that and for the last 5 years we have been practising what we preach managing our online platform! Many of our customers have forgotten and in some cases don’t even know, the breadth of experience and skills Redstor have and that we are not just one of the largest on-line service providers in the UK, we are in fact an end-to-end storage infrastructure solutions provider. We offer our advice and guidance on all data storage, protection, management, business continuity and disaster recovery needs and offer a complete range of best-of-breed technology, services and solutions.
Our partnerships with global, leading and innovative technology vendors, coupled with over 12 years of data experience and an in-depth understanding of the processes and procedures required to make solutions work, make Redstor a leading provider of storage infrastructure solutions. And, if you don’t want to manage the environment yourself, Redstor offers a complete range of remote managed backup and storage services as well!
With Redstor we offer the best choice, we can help you build it yourself or you can take it from our ‘cloud’.
Redstor has a successful history of advising our customers how to do just that and for the last 5 years we have been practising what we preach managing our online platform! Many of our customers have forgotten and in some cases don’t even know, the breadth of experience and skills Redstor have and that we are not just one of the largest on-line service providers in the UK, we are in fact an end-to-end storage infrastructure solutions provider. We offer our advice and guidance on all data storage, protection, management, business continuity and disaster recovery needs and offer a complete range of best-of-breed technology, services and solutions.
Our partnerships with global, leading and innovative technology vendors, coupled with over 12 years of data experience and an in-depth understanding of the processes and procedures required to make solutions work, make Redstor a leading provider of storage infrastructure solutions. And, if you don’t want to manage the environment yourself, Redstor offers a complete range of remote managed backup and storage services as well!
With Redstor we offer the best choice, we can help you build it yourself or you can take it from our ‘cloud’.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Do you want to quickly generate a new revenue stream?
The Redstor Protector ‘Cloud’ Service allows you to quickly generate a new revenue stream. Redstor provides all the technology infrastructure and marketing support you need to rapidly take to market the most comprehensive and secure data protection and recovery solution available. Redstor Protector is a unique service designed to be offered by Service Providers and includes:
• Policy-driven desktop and laptop backup and recovery
• At rest AES encryption
• Remote data delete
• Port access control
• Device trace
If you are a Service Provider, Redstor Protector represents a unique service proposition for your customers and will give your organisation a competitive edge by offering differentiated functionality - Redstor Protector combines 5 best-of-breed components into one powerful solution.
Grow your organisation during these challenging times as a Redstor Services Partner. Redstor provides its ‘cloud’ experience and everything you need to take the service to your customers and quickly generate a new recurring income stream with minimal cost of entry:
• No infrastructure costs and low operating overheads
• Built on solid, proven award winning technology
• Designed to generate recurring revenues
• Simple sign up process for you and your customers
• Keeps support calls to a minimum
• Extend your brand and create customer loyalty with re-branding options
• Extensive sales tools and customer facing collateral that can be re-branded
• Built on Redstor's Storage Platform
Redstor have been focused on data management and protection since 1998 and have created one of the largest service provider enabled storage infrastructures (storage clouds) in the UK.
Contact Redstor now to find out how you can quickly generate a new revenue stream and GROW YOUR BUSINESS.
+44 (0)118 951 5200
sales@redstor.com
For more information on Redstor Protector click here
• Policy-driven desktop and laptop backup and recovery
• At rest AES encryption
• Remote data delete
• Port access control
• Device trace
If you are a Service Provider, Redstor Protector represents a unique service proposition for your customers and will give your organisation a competitive edge by offering differentiated functionality - Redstor Protector combines 5 best-of-breed components into one powerful solution.
Grow your organisation during these challenging times as a Redstor Services Partner. Redstor provides its ‘cloud’ experience and everything you need to take the service to your customers and quickly generate a new recurring income stream with minimal cost of entry:
• No infrastructure costs and low operating overheads
• Built on solid, proven award winning technology
• Designed to generate recurring revenues
• Simple sign up process for you and your customers
• Keeps support calls to a minimum
• Extend your brand and create customer loyalty with re-branding options
• Extensive sales tools and customer facing collateral that can be re-branded
• Built on Redstor's Storage Platform
Redstor have been focused on data management and protection since 1998 and have created one of the largest service provider enabled storage infrastructures (storage clouds) in the UK.
Contact Redstor now to find out how you can quickly generate a new revenue stream and GROW YOUR BUSINESS.
+44 (0)118 951 5200
sales@redstor.com
For more information on Redstor Protector click here
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Redstor launch new data encryption service for organisations!
Redstor, a leading managed services and IT solutions Provider, has announced the launch of its new storage management and security service - Redstor Protector. This unique ‘cloud’ service secures and protects confidential and sensitive information held on PC’s and laptops in the event of data loss or theft.
By combining policy-driven PC backup, at rest encryption, remote data deletion, port access control and device trace into a single product suite, Redstor Protector allows businesses and Public Bodies to secure, backup, delete and recover their data easily, anytime and from anywhere.
IDC estimates that at least 60% of important company data is stored on laptops and desktops with little or no protection, with less than 8% of users backing up their data on a daily basis. Redstor Protector gives organisations greater management and control of their data through a simple policy driven console and is the most comprehensive way to protect and recover PC and laptop data, at a cost effective price, the equivalent to just a few pence per day per device.
Stories of data loss or theft are becoming frequent features in the news, and businesses need to act now to protect their data. If an incident occurs where data is lost or stolen, Redstor Protector has a unique shredding function that can remotely delete data even if their device is offline, businesses can then rest assured that there is a recent backup of any files that were deleted stored offsite in a secure data centre.
Other key features that Redstor Protector offers include automated record keeping, and state of the art Award Winning encryption software, leaving data secured with 256-bit AES encryption by using randomly generated keys for maximum security and privacy. This software complies with the current laws and legislation for data protection, as well as Becta guidelines; making this product extremely popular with the Education Sector, through which Redstor provide services to over 75 LEA’s and 12,000 schools.
Protector represents a unique service proposition for IT service providers to offer their customers based around Redstor’s ‘cloud’ experience, technology infrastructure and marketing. This makes Redstor one of the most comprehensive and secure data protection and recovery solutions available today. This solution means Service Providers can offer this service with little or no Capex and can maintain a recurring revenue stream from customers paying a yearly fee.
Paul Evans, Managing Director of Redstor says, “Redstor Protector is a unique and complete data protection service, which is in line with our objectives of empowering our service partners with relevant services and solutions, which are repeatable and quick to get to market with little capital expenditure. We very much believe this is the right service for any individual or organisation in these new ‘data sensitive times’.”
About Redstor
Founded in 1998, Redstor is a Managed Services and IT Solutions Company focused around storage, data management and protection. Redstor has over 12 years of expertise in managing, supporting and monitoring data either on site, remotely or through its online storage and backup platform. The Redstor Online Backup service, launched in 2005 has over 10,000 servers, 9,000 PC's and over 200TB of customer data under its protection. Very few organisations can match Redstor's experience with Online Backup, Managed Services and overall storage experience acquired from supporting large customer environments since 1998.
Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the UK's leading Remote Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 75 Local Authorities and Service Providers use Redstor’s Online Service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 schools in the UK. Storage Management is Redstor's core expertise; it is acknowledged as being a market leader in Storage Management and Protection and has a proven track record of working with enterprise level customers in a number of market sectors including Finance, Technology, Media, Public Sector, Education and Oil and Gas.
By combining policy-driven PC backup, at rest encryption, remote data deletion, port access control and device trace into a single product suite, Redstor Protector allows businesses and Public Bodies to secure, backup, delete and recover their data easily, anytime and from anywhere.
IDC estimates that at least 60% of important company data is stored on laptops and desktops with little or no protection, with less than 8% of users backing up their data on a daily basis. Redstor Protector gives organisations greater management and control of their data through a simple policy driven console and is the most comprehensive way to protect and recover PC and laptop data, at a cost effective price, the equivalent to just a few pence per day per device.
Stories of data loss or theft are becoming frequent features in the news, and businesses need to act now to protect their data. If an incident occurs where data is lost or stolen, Redstor Protector has a unique shredding function that can remotely delete data even if their device is offline, businesses can then rest assured that there is a recent backup of any files that were deleted stored offsite in a secure data centre.
Other key features that Redstor Protector offers include automated record keeping, and state of the art Award Winning encryption software, leaving data secured with 256-bit AES encryption by using randomly generated keys for maximum security and privacy. This software complies with the current laws and legislation for data protection, as well as Becta guidelines; making this product extremely popular with the Education Sector, through which Redstor provide services to over 75 LEA’s and 12,000 schools.
Protector represents a unique service proposition for IT service providers to offer their customers based around Redstor’s ‘cloud’ experience, technology infrastructure and marketing. This makes Redstor one of the most comprehensive and secure data protection and recovery solutions available today. This solution means Service Providers can offer this service with little or no Capex and can maintain a recurring revenue stream from customers paying a yearly fee.
Paul Evans, Managing Director of Redstor says, “Redstor Protector is a unique and complete data protection service, which is in line with our objectives of empowering our service partners with relevant services and solutions, which are repeatable and quick to get to market with little capital expenditure. We very much believe this is the right service for any individual or organisation in these new ‘data sensitive times’.”
About Redstor
Founded in 1998, Redstor is a Managed Services and IT Solutions Company focused around storage, data management and protection. Redstor has over 12 years of expertise in managing, supporting and monitoring data either on site, remotely or through its online storage and backup platform. The Redstor Online Backup service, launched in 2005 has over 10,000 servers, 9,000 PC's and over 200TB of customer data under its protection. Very few organisations can match Redstor's experience with Online Backup, Managed Services and overall storage experience acquired from supporting large customer environments since 1998.
Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the UK's leading Remote Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 75 Local Authorities and Service Providers use Redstor’s Online Service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 schools in the UK. Storage Management is Redstor's core expertise; it is acknowledged as being a market leader in Storage Management and Protection and has a proven track record of working with enterprise level customers in a number of market sectors including Finance, Technology, Media, Public Sector, Education and Oil and Gas.
Redstor launch new data encryption service for education!
Redstor, a leading managed services and IT solutions company, has announced the launch of its new backup and security service, Redstor Protector. Specially designed for the Education market this unique service secures and protects confidential and sensitive information held on PC’s and laptops in the event of data loss or theft.
Redstor Protector provides the most comprehensive data protection and recovery solution for PC and laptop data. The solution complies and exceeds Data Protection Legislation and Becta Guidelines, which dictate that sensitive and confidential information, likely to cause damage or distress to individuals, should be protected.
Redstor Protector backs up device data from PC’s and laptops and saves the data automatically to an online backup account. This allows the recovery of data anytime from anywhere in the event of data loss - provided the device is connected to the Internet. If an incident occurs and data is lost or stolen, Redstor Protector has a unique shredding function that can remotely delete data even if the device is offline.
Additional features include state of the art award winning encryption software capable of securing data with 256-bit AES encryption by using randomly generated keys for maximum security and privacy. The software is extremely user friendly and easy to manage; it’s cost effective and will protect data at all times with minimum support levels.
The Redstor Protector solution will be sold through Local Authorities (LA’s)and Education Service Providers. Customers will be able to take advantage of the LA’s industry experience and knowledge as well as Redstor’s reputation and experience in providing reliable and relevant services at competitive prices, such as Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS) and CentraStage (remote device management), used by over 12,000 schools and 75 service providers throughout the UK.
Paul Evans, Managing Director of Redstor says, “Laptop and PC theft has become an increasingly important subject due to a number of high profile incidents. This has pushed data protection backup to the top of the agenda. Typically most backup problems and security breaches are down to human omissions, such as a lack of care and forgetfulness. Whilst there have been many point solutions dealing with backup, encryption and shred separately, to be totally secure you needed all aspects to be integrated in order to offer a simple, intuitive and secure solution. Redstor Protector offers total protection of your PC and Laptop data at an affordable price of just a few pence per day.”
About Redstor
Founded in 1998, Redstor is a Managed Services and IT Solutions Company focused around storage, data management and protection. Redstor has over 11 years of expertise in managing, supporting and monitoring data either on site, remotely or through its online storage and backup platform. The Redstor Online Backup service, launched in 2005 has over 200TB’s of customer data under its protection. Very few organisations can match Redstor's experience with Online Backup, Managed Services and overall storage experience acquired from supporting large customer environments since 1998.
Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the UK's leading Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 75 Local Authorities use Redstor’s Online Service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 schools in the UK. Storage Management is Redstor's core expertise; it is acknowledged as being a market leader and has a proven track record of working with enterprise level customers in a number of market sectors including Finance, Technology, Media, Public Sector, Education and Oil & Gas.
Redstor Protector provides the most comprehensive data protection and recovery solution for PC and laptop data. The solution complies and exceeds Data Protection Legislation and Becta Guidelines, which dictate that sensitive and confidential information, likely to cause damage or distress to individuals, should be protected.
Redstor Protector backs up device data from PC’s and laptops and saves the data automatically to an online backup account. This allows the recovery of data anytime from anywhere in the event of data loss - provided the device is connected to the Internet. If an incident occurs and data is lost or stolen, Redstor Protector has a unique shredding function that can remotely delete data even if the device is offline.
Additional features include state of the art award winning encryption software capable of securing data with 256-bit AES encryption by using randomly generated keys for maximum security and privacy. The software is extremely user friendly and easy to manage; it’s cost effective and will protect data at all times with minimum support levels.
The Redstor Protector solution will be sold through Local Authorities (LA’s)and Education Service Providers. Customers will be able to take advantage of the LA’s industry experience and knowledge as well as Redstor’s reputation and experience in providing reliable and relevant services at competitive prices, such as Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS) and CentraStage (remote device management), used by over 12,000 schools and 75 service providers throughout the UK.
Paul Evans, Managing Director of Redstor says, “Laptop and PC theft has become an increasingly important subject due to a number of high profile incidents. This has pushed data protection backup to the top of the agenda. Typically most backup problems and security breaches are down to human omissions, such as a lack of care and forgetfulness. Whilst there have been many point solutions dealing with backup, encryption and shred separately, to be totally secure you needed all aspects to be integrated in order to offer a simple, intuitive and secure solution. Redstor Protector offers total protection of your PC and Laptop data at an affordable price of just a few pence per day.”
About Redstor
Founded in 1998, Redstor is a Managed Services and IT Solutions Company focused around storage, data management and protection. Redstor has over 11 years of expertise in managing, supporting and monitoring data either on site, remotely or through its online storage and backup platform. The Redstor Online Backup service, launched in 2005 has over 200TB’s of customer data under its protection. Very few organisations can match Redstor's experience with Online Backup, Managed Services and overall storage experience acquired from supporting large customer environments since 1998.
Redstor Online Backup is re-branded by numerous well known service organisations and is the engine behind the UK's leading Redstor Backup Service for Schools (RBUSS). Over 75 Local Authorities use Redstor’s Online Service to backup and restore the data of over 12,000 schools in the UK. Storage Management is Redstor's core expertise; it is acknowledged as being a market leader and has a proven track record of working with enterprise level customers in a number of market sectors including Finance, Technology, Media, Public Sector, Education and Oil & Gas.
Friday, 3 July 2009
Redstor at ICT SWGfL in Bristol and Torquay
The conferences saw a total of approximately 500 delegates over the 2 days which consisted of school teachers, headteachers, ICT managers and Local Authority representatives.
The main focus of the conferences was the effective use of ICT, both in the classroom and outside of the classroom. It was interesting to see that there was a guest speaker from the grid for learning talking about data security and potential ways in which schools can and should secure their data. We decided to hand out the Redstor Protector datasheets to delegates as they left this seminar and they were quite well received!
Of particular interest on the stand was Redstor Protector with a few schools chomping at the bit to get their hands on the USB cards! With recent BECTA guidelines being released, schools are now having to think about how they secure and protect their data where they previously didn't and this certainly came across at the conferences.
The main focus of the conferences was the effective use of ICT, both in the classroom and outside of the classroom. It was interesting to see that there was a guest speaker from the grid for learning talking about data security and potential ways in which schools can and should secure their data. We decided to hand out the Redstor Protector datasheets to delegates as they left this seminar and they were quite well received!
Of particular interest on the stand was Redstor Protector with a few schools chomping at the bit to get their hands on the USB cards! With recent BECTA guidelines being released, schools are now having to think about how they secure and protect their data where they previously didn't and this certainly came across at the conferences.
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