Business is heavily reliant on data. The loss of access to this data due to fire, flood, power outages, network connectivity problems etc. may represent a significant problem. In some cases for catastrophic loss of data this may mean the company will lose business and cease trading. It is all very well having insurance cover for new computers, furniture and other items when a major fire or flood occurs. However, if the stored data has also been destroyed together with the backup tapes then this would have a major impact on whether the company could continue in business.
There are many important sources of data; here are a few -

Personnel records Payroll data CRM databases Finance data eMail systems
IT System configuration data Information associated with ongoing projects Information that is required to be retained as a legal requirement… the list goes on.

It may seem too complex to store elsewhere on a regular basis. The company may only have 1 office location, or perhaps other branch locations are many miles away, and couriers will require effort to organize and have significant costs.

There will also be knock-on effects – the customer database may be gone, and building up a new set of customers will be difficult. For customers who owe money – it will be difficult to remind them if their account records are gone together with amount owed. The partners with which the company trades will lose confidence in a company that does not look after their data. Then there is the media & press, if the company is well known, their reputation will fall together with share price if it is publicized that the company is in serious difficulty.

Similarly, the company may like the idea of storing the data over the internet into a remote storage facility or the “Cloud”, however the data is sensitive what if it is intercepted, stolen, read by others. What about the remote storage location, what if a hacker gets in and steals the data. It sounds risky, but the company still has the problem, all this data and how to protect it, and who to trust.

Lakestyle Ltd is able to help customers by offering a secure and flexible backup solution in conjunction with Backup Technology Ltd using Asigra cloud backup software.
All clients will have different architectures, and therefore Lakestyle will work with all clients to determine exactly what is required and where the vault holding the backup data is to be held. The pricing model is based on quantity of data stored and software client components used to gather backup data are free. Installation will be performed by Lakestyle typically using remote access technologies to ensure all data is backed up.