DEAC Announcing Backup-as-a-Service Cloud Backup Solution

European data center operator DEAC announced a backup solution called, BaaS (backup as a service), with a simple interface and options to store different data types in backups at one or several of company’s data centers in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam or Riga.

DEAC headquarters

BaaS solutions with increased availability has become approachable for SME companies, start-ups and single particular projects, providing users with more possibilities to control and adopt the data copying process according to a their requirements and budget.

Centralized management is what makes BaaS solution innovative and desired by customers. It includes benefits such as a full control of backup process, access management, self-service mode to customize backup location, frequency, capacity and time of backups on demand. BaaS will work as an emergency recovery in a force major situation if the sensitive data is lost, saving businesses from harmful loss or even from closing down.

This service is available to anyone, anywhere in the world; it differs from previous versions with an extensive accessory range and diversity of the copied data. The customer must only install the backup agent software, which will allow their data to be sent to the company’s data center. To help assist customers, a customized online calculator was developed to allow price adjustments and necessary resource changes when purchasing BaaS. The storage agent software is included in this package.

Andris Gailitis, CEO, DEAC, explains more about this solution: “Within the last five years the amount of data we use has grown exponentially, changing the standards and requirements for the backup and storage. Today many internet users realize how important the availability of their data is, therefore our new BaaS solutions can give advanced possibilities to easily control and fully adopt data copying processes to the customer’s requirements, picking the most suitable time, amount, location and format of their backup data copies.“

DEAC data center

With this solution users are able to backup data and store copies of a range of data types, starting from simple files, databases, software, virtual platforms, ERP, CRM and workstation data. All backup data is encrypted to deliver security against major risks. BaaS is is designed in the company’s data center’s infrastructure across Europe – London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Riga and based on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software. Data centers are interconnected with fast Internet networks and can be split into a single location or multiple locations, for customer’s backup.