What is Secure Remote Backup?

Secure Remote Backup is the simplest and most secure system providing offsite backup of data held on servers, workstations and laptops. Secure Remote Backups protect millions of files for schools and businesses by ensuring data is automatically saved to our secure offsite backup storage centre on a daily basis. The data is then mirrored online to a separate secure data centre for added protection. We can easily recover the data to your system in the event of loss or disaster recovery.

Who are we?

The secure remote data backup service is provided by ICT Educational Services (IES). Established in 2004 and based in London, IES provides ICT support and advice to a varied clientele of educational establishments across London and the Home Counties. These include primary, secondary, pupil referral units, nursery and special needs schools. Further details can be found on our website www.icteducationalservices.co.uk.

Do you need Secure Remote Backup?

Secure offsite data backup is an essential element of any disaster recovery strategy. Most schools and businesses rely solely on tape backups that are performed as and when a tape is inserted. Have you considered what happens if there is a fire, flood or theft and the tapes are destroyed or lost? Are the existing backups monitored and data on the tapes checked? In our experience we have seen backup tapes inserted and replaced without any data being written to the tapes!

Check your tape backup and contact us for advice.

Who can use Secure Remote Backup?

Any school or business in the UK can use the Secure Remote Backup service for their

secure remote server backup.

What do we do?

• Install the online backup software enabling the data to be backed up to our
  secure offsite backup storage servers.

• Test and verify the data is backed up successfully

• Complete a test restore to verify the integrity of the backup

• Monitor the online remote backup service

• Check the backup report which is emailed to us as part of our managed service, alternatively the report can be emailed directly to a designated email address provided by you

What are the benefits?

• Completely automatic and runs on your existing ICT systems

• No tapes, tape drives, external hard drives or expensive backup software required

• No hardware maintenance costs such as stuck tapes and damaged tape drives

• Simplified recovery of data

• Increased security and less risk as it is not necessary for tapes to be stored offsite

• Microsoft Exchange, SIMS, Wauton Samuel, RM Finance, RM IntegrisG2, SQL and Pearson Phoenix are all supported

• No backup data limit, we can easily increase the storage space allocated to your
  secure off site backup account

What are the requirements?

You will need a broadband connection to the internet.