Interoute launches its business continuity service Virtual Data Center Disaster Recovery Service

Pan-European telecommunications operator Interoute has announced the expansion of its Virtual Data Center services portfolio with disaster recovery options such as an automatic data backup and recovery service that represents an affordable solution., in contrast to the high cost that often accompanies disaster recovery.

Interoute has launched an automatic data backup and recovery service as part of its Virtual Data Center offering (VDC), built into its pan-European network and data center platform. Local backup and disaster recovery capabilities are available to organizations that choose to solve their on-demand processing needs through Interoute's VDC service and want to build a resilient architecture across multiple, geographically separated sites..

At the moment, disaster recovery is a critical but overlooked need, due above all, at its high cost. Until now there has been the idea that disaster recovery was too expensive a function. But the emergence of cloud infrastructure has completely changed this conception.. The different levels offered by Interoute's automatic backup and disaster recovery service, Enable IT professionals to quickly formulate affordable data and application recovery strategies, without the need to invest in physically separate data centers. Unlike current solutions, Enterprises don't even need to pay for data transport between Interoute VDC zones, so you save the high costs of data traffic necessary to move your content from one VDC zone to another. But that's not all. Besides, Its pricing model allows organizations to pay only for the storage space they actually use. This space can grow depending on demand, which achieves a service as economical as a public cloud, and as safe as a private.

El cliente puede contratar distintos niveles de almacenamiento cloud de Interoute a través de la tienda de aplicaciones online de Interoute, “Interoute CloudStore”. The philosophy of this virtual store, in which the user can contract services by just clicking, allows organizations to easily replicate their data volumes and automatically obtain, in a flash, protected backups of your data. Once selected, Every file or document saved in the office will automatically be replicated in a backup copy that will be sent to another data center to ensure complete separation between copies of data. This service is currently available in three locations: London, Amsterdam and Geneva, and it is planned to extend it later to the rest of the pan-European network, with Berlin as the next addition in the second half of 2012.

Matthew Finney, technology director (CTO) by Interoute, has commented: “Cloud data backup is rapidly becoming widespread as organizations realize its benefits.”. It's not a question of taking risks with your data. Lo que hay que hacer es utilizar una solución apropiada para su compañía y elegir el nivel óptimo de copias de seguridad.”- “Interoute's Virtual Data Center service offers a disaster recovery service that combines the flexibility of a private cloud infrastructure with the economics of a public one.”