Backup and Cloud Services

In Today's society, we are becoming more dependent on our computers, from social networking to keeping track of our financial's. In business we rely on customer relation management software and accounting software to track and grow our businesses. Needless to say our data is very important to us. What if you were to lose you data due to unforeseen circumstances such as a hard drive crash, computer crash, or even worse having your computer stolen, or attacked by a destructive virus. We never think of the unimaginable, such as a fire, or some other kind of natural or man made disaster. The question is what are you going to do about it? Do you have a disaster recovery plan? What kind of backup solution do you have for your data?

Coastal System Technology can help you deploy a simple or complex recovery plan. There are many solutions to choose from. If you have one computer with little data, perhaps an online, offsite backup will work for you. If you have a server, multiple servers or multiple locations, there are solutions that can have you up and running in minutes. Let us help you choose the solution that is right for you!

Tape and Drive Backups - The tried and true way of backup. This conventional backup has served it purpose for many years. It allows you to backup to tape / disk / rewritable media using a recordable device, media and backup software or the backup included with Microsoft Operating Systems. You need to develop a backup plan and take the media offsite in case something happens to the computer that it was backed up on. It allows you to restore your data using the same or similar device and software. The problem is if your computer or device fails, you need to replace with the same device and software - then restore your files.

Online Backups - Your data is encrypted and sent over the internet to a data center where it is kept securely. If you need to restore your files you connect to the service and restore what you need. The advantage is, if anything happens at your location you can get your files anywhere, and the process is hands free - requiring nothing from the operator except the original setup. The downside is the speed is slower than a local backup and is dependent on your internet connection. It could take hours or even days to restore all of your data.

BDR Appliances - This is the best of both worlds. It is a Backup and Disaster Recover solution that backups your data, then transmits it to an online data center, or if you choose - another BDR appliance at an offsite location, such as another office, or even your home. The restore function is speedy, and if your server fails, you can even set an appliance to be a virtual server. (This requires a BDR that allows this function)

Coastal System Technology can help you with Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is just a data center that is accessible from the internet. We can set up hosted servers for your applications, Hosted Email accounts and mobile integration.

These days, everyone relies heavily on email. Are you still using a Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL or Gmail account? Do you want a professional public image and correspondence? We can design and set up a web site for you including ".com" email addresses for you and/or your business. For larger organizations we can provide your own mail server and anti-spam solutions. We also provide Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software for "keeping an eye" on what your employees or family are doing on the internet, including IM chats and keystroke captures.

Whatever form of cloud computing you want to use. Coastal System Technology is there to help you make it happen.