There is no mystery about whether an organization should backup their data, although how that should be accomplished remains in dispute. One undisputed fact is that vital data cannot remain onsite, thus requiring a means of transport to a second location. Here a few reasons why to use eSilo's online backup solution:

• Cost-effective: no hardware, software or management costs
• Reliable Transport: secured internet connection
• Security: all data is encrypted with 256-bit AES prior to transfer
• Redundancy: all data is sent to a second data center in a different region of the country
• Storage Media: eSilo only uses server quality hard drives; no tapes
• Archiving: restore a file as it was an "X" number of years ago
• Compression: you are charged for compressed storage

The goal is to cost-effectively, securely and reliably transport information offsite to protect businesses from data loss. Recent natural disasters have made people think twice about managing their backups locally.

eSilo's backup technology was designed with security as a priority. All data sent to eSilo is encrypted prior to transfer, with a private customer key, and is sent through an encrypted internet connection. We use 256-bit AES encryption for data and communications which is simply unbreakable.

Not only is your information safe from prying eyes, eSilo uses the internet as the vehicle of transportation. This is far more reliable and efficient than other forms transport: such as plane or truck. No one can "steal" your data along the way, like one could if you shipped tapes. Moving at fiber optic speeds beneath land or sea, eSilo secures your data in redundant locations.

With businesses accumulating more and more data each year (In five years ... 34x more storage capacity on the floor to manage: META Group, Inc Feb 2005), solutions to manage it all are becoming scarce. Tape-Based backup solutions can no longer be managed economically in house, which has lead to an increase of shipping backup Tapes offsite for long term storage.

The real question is, "why ship data on an unreliable media via unreliable channels, auto or plane, when disks and the internet can be used?"

Many large organizations, such as CitiBank, Time Warner, Ameritrade, Wachovia, Bank of America and MCI have all suffered data loss in 2004 and 2005 due to transporting their information on tape drives via Air or Land.

It quickly becomes clear that a good backup plan uses a secured internet connection as its means of data transport. Tapes were simply not designed for mass amounts of digital data and as such offer limited capabilities in regards to reliably securing them offsite.