Verio Launches Remote Backup Solution For Improved Business Continuity.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Data Protection Services Ensure Cost Efficient Daily Backups to Secure, Remote Location for Geographically Distributed Businesses Verio, a subsidiary of NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications Corporation and a leading provider of global IP solutions, today announced availability of its Remote Backup managed storage solution for small to medium businesses and larger enterprise customers with critical data stored at a main business, remote office or branch location. The solution creates a backup of a company's critical data by automatically storing it in a Verio Premier Data Center, thus improving data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. while reducing data recovery costs. Verio's Remote Backup provides network-based remote data protection and recovery for servers and PCs located at the customer premise. The fully-automated service is initiated with a fast and easy client/agent setup, and includes all additional required hardware and software, as well as 24x7 management and staffing. In the event of a network failure due to natural disasters, or other events, such as simple hard disk drive failure, data corruption Data corruption refers to errors in computer data that occur during transmission or retrieval, introducing unintended changes to the original data. Computer storage and transmission systems use a number of measures to provide data integrity, the lack of errors. , virus infections or accidental deletion, the solution provides an efficient information recovery process, reducing the time and expense required to backup servers A computer in a network used to store copies of files from client machines or other servers. Such servers typically have their disks set up in a RAID configuration to provide fault tolerance. See backup program, RAID, SAN and LAN free backup. , and freeing valuable IT resources for businesses. Remote Backup simplifies and speeds backup and recovery for IT administrators and contains the costs of a company's backup planning with a fully-managed range of services. Web-initiated restores enable IT administrators to view backups as they occur. A management portal allows customers to view key metrics about the service's performance and manage different aspects of the service online, including support requests. Optional long-term data retention services are also available as a part of this service. Miami-based Biscayne Aquaculture aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. , a Verio customer, was in danger of being impacted by several separate major hurricanes this season alone. "As we were evacuating our local Florida employees, we quickly realized that we also had to take steps to take action; to move in a matter. See also: Step to protect our data," said Jim Post, director of project development for Biscayne Aquaculture, a leader in design and construction of aquatic animal life support systems. "Our company has millions of dollars worth of data on our internal servers, and without this data, our business would be in serious jeopardy. Verio stepped in before the storm hit to help us get all of our data backed up and secure just as we were leaving. It was a huge burden lifted off our shoulders." "Data backup recovery and security are major concerns for businesses today as the costs associated with lost data due to disasters such as system failures, viruses and other threats are astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. ," said Gwenael Hagan, vice president of product strategy for Verio. "Verio's Remote Backup solution runs without human intervention and provides a secure, automatic, and inexpensive solution for companies that ensure critical data is protected." Pricing and Availability Remote Backup services A remote, online, or managed backup service is a service that provides users with an online system for backing up and storing computer files. Managed backup providers are companies that provide this type of service. are available immediately. Pricing starts at $100 per month for 10GB of storage space and may scale upward to multiple terabytes of storage space. More information can be found at www.verio.com/hosting/powerplatform/managed/storage/. The offering is available direct from Verio, as well as through the viaVerio(r) Partner Program. Verio is providing additional value-added revenue opportunities to viaVerio enterprise solutions channel partners with the Remote Backup solution offering. About Verio Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides complementary global network access reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is one of the world's largest operators of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. NTT Com and Verio market their global IP solutions under the NTT/VERIO brand. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , dedicated access, virtual private networks, and managed service offerings, among other enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; . Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network, and provides Web hosting services A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing to customers in more than 146 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises and multi-national corporations. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com. Verio, viaVerio and the Verio logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Verio Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All other names are trademarks or registered marks of their respective owners. (c)2004 Verio Inc. All rights reserved. |
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