September 6, 2011 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) –
Zen Internet, one of the UK’s leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs), has now made further enhancements to its cloud based online data backup solution, Zen Vault Enterprise.
There is a huge cost to the UK economy every year to restore business data that has been lost due to either human error or IT failure. This year there has been severe weather conditions, travel strikes, the financial crisis and now the recent UK riots. Whatever the event it is essential that businesses are prepared with an effective disaster recovery plan in place.
Zen Vault Enterprise, the cloud based data backup service designed and built based on feedback from Channel Partners, now has enhanced functionality thanks to a platform upgrade.
The upgrade widens the market opportunity for Partners by providing compatibility with MS Exchange 2010 and MS SharePoint 2010, together with other core business applications. The Management Console now provides Partners with the ability to segment users into meaningful groups via the use of Collections, and the implementation of de-duplication improves the speed and efficiency of backups. Also, for Partners managing large data sets, there are further improvements to the speed of backups thanks to smarter small file management.
The simplest way for businesses to protect their data is to deploy a cloud based online data backup solution, which is exactly why Synapse UK Limited, a Zen Partner, has already added Zen Vault Enterprise to its existing portfolio of products and services.
‘We’ve been offering online data backup in various guises to our customers since 1998 and have long said that tape and alternative means have had their day. We’ve previously run the service in-house ourselves but due to our close and ever-growing relationship with Zen we’re delighted to have them running the back-end for us,’ said Clive Sheppard, Technical Consultant, Synapse UK.
‘The Zen Vault Enterprise product brings Windows 7 compatibility to our portfolio as our existing online data backup product will not be compatible for several months.’
‘Zen have a similar focus to ourselves with regards to customer service. Over 95% of our clients are connected to the Internet via a Zen connection or have data housed on our Zen Managed or Dedicated servers. Migrating our clients’ backups to Zen Vault Enterprise is a logical progression for us and provides a really effective solution for our clients,’ added Clive.
Zen Vault Enterprise provides automated offsite backup for any combination of servers, desktops and laptops across a business, automation of the backup process is provided using Attix5 Professional backup and recovery software. Specifically designed for businesses with multiple devices and larger storage requirements, Zen Vault Enterprise enables businesses to efficiently centralise data backup within Zen’s Data Centres through the provision of a large allocation of mirrored, UK based SAN storage.
Zen Vault Enterprise also gives IT administrators’ full visibility and control over the backup process through the use of a centralised management console. The management console enables administrators to monitor the performance of device backups through a single portal therefore reducing the time and effort associated with managing backup processes.
‘Continually enhancing our value added services like Zen Vault Enterprise clearly demonstrates our commitment to working with our Partners and expanding our services so we can meet all their requirements,’ said Andrew Saunders, Head of Product Management and Marketing.
‘Vault Enterprise was specifically designed as a Partner centric product, it requires minimal start-up investment and allows Partners to easily establish themselves as a provider of online data backup solutions. We will continue to work with Partners who share a desire to provide an excellent end-to-end customer experience and understand the value of offering reliable, award winning products and services’, added Andrew.
Zen regularly runs workshops and training events for Partners. The next workshop, based on Zen Vault Enterprise will be held at Zen’s head office in Rochdale on 20th September.
About Zen Internet
Zen Internet was established in 1995 as one of the first ISPs (Internet Services Providers) in the UK and is still independently owned. Zen provides a range of high quality Internet services to the business and home user. These include Broadband, Leased Lines, IP VPN, Voice, Managed Network Security Firewalls, Online Data Backup, Hosting and Web Design. All of these services are supported by a highly robust and resilient network and excellent technical support and customer service.
Zen has received a number of awards including Which? Recommended Broadband Provider, Zen’s twelfth Which? endorsement in seven years and last year PC Pro Best ISP for the seventh year running as well as Highly Commended for PC Pro Best Web Host.
