JANET(UK) chooses Databrracks to safeguard their corporate data
5th September 2008
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Databarracks has
announced today the signing of a partnership with JANET(UK). The online backup
and
disaster recovery MSP will be backing up JANET(UK)'s corporate
data at its main headquarters in Didcot as well as several remote
sites and laptops in order to protect 2.7 TB of email, databases,
and all other business critical data whilst enabling fast and
fullrecovery of their business servers in the event that a disaster
strikes.
JANET(UK) is a not-for-profit company which manages the
development and operation of the JANET network, which is dedicated
to the needs of education and research in the UK. The JANET network
has 18 million users based in over 1000 universities, colleges,
schools, and research institutions across England, Scotland, Wales,
and Northern Ireland.
Peter Kent, Head of ICT Services for JANET (UK), says,
"Databarracks' attitude and attention to detail towards the tender
and proposal processes was the most professional and thorough of
all those we received, and we're delighted they met all of our key
requirements. Their service allows us to backup remote sites and
laptops running multiple operating systems over a secure and
encrypted connection for safe data transfer and storage. The whole
process is guaranteed by a comprehensive Service Level Agreement
which really keeps us confident that if restores are required they
will be done to our standards. After trialing the service, we were
convinced they were the best choice for us."
Jeremy Gray, Sales Manager for Databarracks says, "Given
JANET(UK)'s challenges when choosing the best backup and recovery
solution; their choice of Databarracks' tailored backup
service is a testimonial to the capabilities of the technology we
employ and the overall pride we take in the service we
provide."