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London Medical protects data with online backup solution
7 July 2008
London Medical is securing its data with SecurStore's online data
backup services through Fifosys, a consultancy and IT systems
development company. London Medical is a private clinic with an
international reputation as a centre of excellence for heart disease
prevention, diabetes, endocrinology and retinal diseases.
London Medical’s Marketing Manager, Stephanie Miller, said: “We
needed to be able to quickly retrieve any lost data or in the event that
a patient record were to be deleted in error, have reassurance that it
could be recovered both quickly and efficiently. The SecurStore solution
that Fifosys sourced and implemented for us was exactly what we needed
and I now feel confident that all of our data is constantly protected;
even if our systems go down or the clinic has a fire or flood, I know
that we can still get the data back. Our patients’ data is the lifeblood
of London Medical and it is a priority for us to protect it.”
London Medical is also a victim of today’s common problem for
businesses: data growth and the constant need to increase data storage
space. Its data is growing rapidly and the previous tape-based solution
could not cope, having reached capacity at 300 GB of data. Therefore,
Fifosys arranged for London Medical to switch to online backup, rather
than invest heavily by increasing the two existing tape drives to four,
which again would reach capacity at some point, unlike scalable online
backup solutions.
Mitesh Patel, Managing Director of Fifosys, said: “I chose the
SecurStore solution for London Medical primarily because the online
nature of its backup allows us to protect the data on a daily basis, so
it is stored offsite in case of a disaster and can be retrieved within
minutes. Secondly, the solution is scalable, which fits in with the fast
rate at which the data storage needs are increasing at the clinic.”
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