City law firm first to choose Cerberus Remote backup and recovery solution from Datashare

Lewis Silkin is the first legal client to have chosen Datashare’s Cerberus Data Backup and Remote Systems Availability solution that ensures a guaranteed recovery time for Lewis Silkin’s critical IT systems and data. This managed service will provide a disk based back-up of all Lewis Silkin’s operational data and make their critical systems, including document management, Microsoft Exchange mail and file and print systems, available over the internet in the event of a disaster.

At the core of Cerberus is an Image GateWay Server (IGWS) that hosts images of the predetermined critical systems taken at agreed intervals. This will enable Lewis Silkin to backup and restore files, directories, mail boxes and individual mail items in seconds. By introducing this service it is hoped that the Firm will be able to take advantage of a reduction in insurance premiums for business interruption.

Jan Durant Head of IT at Lewis Silkin said Lewis Silkin continually look to take advantage of new and upcoming products and services from our list of trusted partners.

When Cerberus was brought to our attention the benefits for implementation were obvious to see. With one product we can restore anything from a single mail item to a complete computer room of critical equipment in a fraction of the time it would take compared to tape.

Durant added, Cerberus has been chosen to limit our exposure, deliver a better client experience and provide our services with a competitive advantage. Furthermore we do away with our dependency upon individuals because it is a managed end to end solution that has no reliance upon key people being available