With the increased reliance on enterprise information systems and associated information technologies, the availability of data and applications is an integrated and indispensable part of the business, regardless of business size. Most business data are stored digitally and losing these data would have disastrous effects on business continuity. Data loss could occur in numerous ways, like hardware/software crashes, virus attacks, human errors and natural calamities; As a result, it is of paramount importance to establish data backup and recovery systems, to ensure easy recovery of data and minimize business disruption.

Backup/Recovery

Data backup involves the replicating and storing of electronic data in another location. The availability of data and applications is an integrated and indispensable part of the business, regardless of business size.

With data growing at exponential rate, the need for protection of critical data and IT availabilities are some of the key priorities in ensuring a seamless continuity of daily business flow. Comprehensive backup solutions are critical to ensure optimisation and integration of data backup and recovery in a consistent and reliable matter.

Depending on business size and requirements, EDS offers reliable and automated backup and recovery solutions that are customised to meet individual business needs, using a comprehensive range of both hardware and software solutions, supporting a wide spectrum of operating systems, applications and databases.

A comprehensive backup and recovery system would entails:

•  Easy and seamless integration into existing applications and network environment
•  Centralised and automated back up scheduling
•  Automatically and reliably back up and recover server and PC data
•  Optional remote backup of mobile end users' data, either through VPN or directly to the central office
•  Scalable solution while minimizing cost of capacity expansion