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The outsourced backup is for a company to entrust the management of the backup and security of its data to an external provider. A solution that more and more companies are using because of the simple and fast method on which the outsourced backup is based but also because it is a source of many advantages.
Outsourced backup: a simple method
Setting up a backup procedure outsourced of a company’s strategic data amounts to having a copy of this information on a remote server. The data thus transit on Internet to be stored within the servers of the provider.
In this respect, companies specializing in this niche offer their customers servers entirely and exclusively dedicated to the copy of information.
All the outsourced backups to be performed are also scheduled to be carried out every day, for example as soon as the employees of the client company finish their workday. An automatic connection is set up between the different computer stations of the employees and the Web server of the provider. The information to be saved are thus synchronized In order not to let any data pass, not to omit any information to be saved.
The company having recourse to the service of externalized safeguard thus does not have to worry about no complex technical handling A single software program is installed on the employees’ workstations to define the data to be transmitted so that they can be copied automatically at the end of each day to fully secure servers.
Benefits of using an outsourced backup service
By opting for an outsourced backup service, companies benefit from advantages of size.
- The backup is fully automated no technical and computer manipulation to realize, the data are regularly updated
- The storage space on the provider’s servers is particularly large This backup system has the advantage of being able to copy files and data of significant size
- The service is scalable : according to the needs of the company, the provider can propose more powerful storage spaces
- Data can be consulted from anywhere at any time For an effective collaboration at a distance, on PC, tablet, cell phone…
- The provider takes care of all the operations The company’s employees can then free up valuable time to remain focused on their core business, on their daily tasks
- Data is protected from various incidents such as fire, theft, flooding, damaged hard drives…
- This is a permanent solution
- The overall cost of the operation is often less than that of all the storage media traditionally put in place
- Data is protected during transfer to the servers The provider has indeed initiated an encryption to prevent any possibility of hacking information.