Top Five reasons to choose WebFox Backup

1. The online advantage
2. Encrypted data and secure backups
3. Simple to use
4. Comprehensive feature set
5. Affordable plans

1. The online advantage

WebFox Backup is built around a client software program that runs on your computer on a scheduled, typically once a day basis. This program collects, compresses, encrypts, and transfers your data to our servers housed in a tier 1 data centre.

Online backups have many advantages over traditional backup methods including:

• No more tapes, tape drives, head cleaners, or annual software licensing
• Your data is off-site from your computer and therefore protected from fire, vandalism or thief
• Recovering data is easier, reliable, and less expensive

Easy to manage

• No technical knowledge or training is required, we can assist you
• Installation is easy to follow with wizard guidance and intuitive user interface
• Support is only a phone call away, and we offer on-site assistance if required (depending on your location)
• Requires no hands on intervention, eliminating human error

2. Encrypted data and secure backups

The backup servers and equipment is hosted in Orcon's data centre in Auckland. Orcon's data centre has electronic keypad access to the rasied floor, including locked doors between public and staging areas. The data centre itself is all raised floor with overhead cabling, redundant cooling and UPS with generator supply backup, and locked cabinets.

The WebFox Backup client software that is loaded on your computer encrypts (and compresses) your data before sending over the internet and it stays encrypted while on our servers. The encryption is 128-bit symmetric key encryption (you can choose between AES, TripleDES, TwoFish). Communication between your computer and our servers also uses https which provides yet another lay of security.

When your files are stored and held on the backup servers, no one but you can see the name or the contents of the files. Note, it is very important to write down your password and keep in a safe place. If the encryption key is lost, you will not be able to recover your files from the encrypted backup (thats how safe it is!).

Security Features:

• 128-bit point-to-point SSL communication between server and client
• Data is 128-bit encrypted when stored on the backup server
• Choice of different encryption algorithms, e.g. Twofish, Triple DES, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
• Choice of different encryption modes, e.g. Electronic Cook Book (ECB) and Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)

For maximum security, we recommend AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) Algorithm, CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) mode and use an encrypting key with more than 8 characters. We recommend the use of AES as it has been chosen as the encryption standard for commercial use.

3. Simple to use

WebFox Backup performs your backups automatically and stores your data off-site without manual effort on your part.

Your files are easily restored using the same WebFox Backup software. You can view your backed up files, select the file to be restored and click restore. You can restore individual files, folders or the entire backup (we recommend before restoring the entire backup you call us so we can discuss the most appropriate recovery method).

4. Comprehensive feature set

WebFox Backup Software is developed with Java. Therefore, will run on all common operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac, NetWare, UNIX.

WebFox Backup includes modules for backing up commonly used database and email servers. System administrators are able to activate or deactivate individual modules for different users.

These modules include:

• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Oracle
• MySQL
• Lotus Domino/Notes

5. Affordable plans

WebFox Backup currently has three plans:

Simple Backup

Ideal for home/student and small business customers with modest data volumes on their desktops or laptops. For this low monthly price you can have piece of mind that your important files are safely backed up.

• Includes 10GB of storage ($0.60 per GB above this amount)
• For inidividual Windows Desktop/Laptop computers
• Backup all your files, pictures, music and email
• $19.95 per month

Advanced Backup

• Desktops/Laptops for those Users with more demanding backup requirements
• Backup Windows, Mac or Linux Servers
• 40GB of storage (then $0.60 per GB thereafter)
• Includes MySQL database backup module
• Backup up to 5 computers on a single account
• $29.95 per month

Server Backup

• Backup Microsoft servers such as 2003 or 2008 or Linux servers
• 40GB of storage
• Includes database modules covering Micosoft SQL and Oracle
• Includes Microsoft Exchange email servers, including Mail-level backup for 2003 ($5 per Mail box for Mail-level backup)
• $49.95

Please note: All pricing excludes G.S.T

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