MegaPath Hosted Data Backup, Storage Offering Aimed at Small Businesses

MegaPath, a provider of managed data, voice, and security services in announced the supply of its Hosted Data Backup and Storage offering for businesses. With this offering and the company’s new Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Hosted Microsoft SharePoint collaboration services, MegaPath is broadening its data management portfolio for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) on a limited IT budget.

The company’s Hosted Data Backup and Storage services allow businesses to remotely backup the info on their servers and PCs, and restore their data after a loss. The service leverages an installation wizard, enabling IT staff to schedule data backups, there there isn’t a hardware to buy or tapes to preserve.

To deliver the off-site data storage solution, MegaPath partnered with Mozy, a web-based backup service for consumers and businesses. The backup customer data is stored remotely at data centers with secure card and biometric authorization, redundant power systems, multiple network providers and cooling measures. If needed, organizations have access to in-client, in-Windows, Web-based or DVD data restore options.

“From natural and man-made disasters, to hardware malfunctions and accidental file deletions, data can disappear at a moment’s notice and it truly is essential that organizations of all sizes have a backup solution in place to simply recover that information,” said Dan Foster, president of economic markets at MegaPath. “Through our partnership with Mozy, one of several industry’s leading backup service providers, and with our secure to the core network, MegaPath is delivering a competent and value-effective cloud-based solution that safeguards our customers’ information and promotes business continuity.”

According to a up to date study of 708 IT and administrative practitioners working in organizations with 250 or fewer employees, just about all small healthcare organizations have had an information breach during the past one year. The Ponemon Institute study, Data Security in Small Healthcare Organizations, sponsored by MegaPath, concluded that the largest threats stay negligent employees and the lack to fulfill compliance requirements.

In March, MegaPath released a collection of cloud-based hosted collaboration services, that are available as portion of the company’s Complete Office solution. Hosted Microsoft Exchange is a productivity solution featuring corporate-class email for enhanced employee communication, while Hosted Microsoft SharePoint is a collaboration and content management platform that gives organizations with tools for centralized management that may be customized and integrated right into a form of platforms and used on virtually any device.

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