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Office 365 backup solutions with Altaro Microsoft Office 365 is indisputably known by many as being one of the top productivity tools for assisting organisations and workers globally.
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ot everyone realises, however, that Office 365’s native capabilities may not be enough to protect your organisation from accidental and malicious data loss. Hannes Rheeder, general manager: enterprise systems management and cloud at Networks Unlimited Africa, says, “There’s a common misconception that Microsoft fully backs up Office 365 data as part of the subscription, but this is not actually the case. Microsoft is responsible for providing the necessary infrastructure and ensuring Office 365 works, but it’s your responsibility to protect your Office 365 data. This further means that Microsoft cannot help with unexpected data loss or damage. “Having a solid backup solution in place ensures that even if mailbox items disappear from the network or are rendered useless, you have access to a backed-up
they need to achieve a heightened state of situational awareness. Ideal for public safety organisations, such as the South African Police Service and private security and events management companies, TruWITNESS enables on-the-ground, realtime mobile surveillance. Laurence Smith, executive at GIT says: “This is a much-anticipated advancement in technology and the answer to the shortcomings of conventional body-worn cameras, that are easy to tamper with and difficult to manage at scale.” Capable of being worn on the body or mounted inside vehicles, the TruWITNESS platform consists of visible-video, audio, global navigation satellite system (GNSS), gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer sensors which work together to send alerts and stream data back to the central command centre in real-time, bringing full situational awareness to event handling. Thanks to FLIR
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Hannes Rheeder, General Manager: Enterprise Systems Management and Cloud at Networks Unlimited Africa.
copy, eliminating problems or repercussions that could arise from the missing data.” Mr Rheeder advises that Altaro, a developer of easy-to-use backup solutions for managed service providers (MSPs), IT resellers and IT departments, with clients numbering over 50,000 businesses globally across over 120 countries, offers Altaro Office 365 Backup, a subscription solution to backup and restore Office 365 mailboxes while storing the backups taken.
The solution assists in the following ways: • Altaro Office 365 Backup automatically backs up Office 365 mailboxes several times per day and saves them to a
Neighbor Aware inter-device connectivity, TruWITNESS has an IoT functionality to trigger nearby TruWITNESS devices, or fixed and motorised Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) security cameras, and other connected sensors to react to an alarm event through integration with United VMS, FLIR Systems’ Video Management System. “With the TruWITNESS platform and connected devices in place, on-the-ground safety officials can stream event video not only to their command centre, but also to nearby law enforcement or emergency medical personnel. TruWITNESS enables an agile, contextual response to complex situations and evolving threats, as they occur, thanks to full situational visibility,” Mr Smith continues.
Smart, connected cities in the near future Unlike traditional systems that rely solely on stationary cameras, TruWITNESS and United
secure cloud backup location on Altaro’s Microsoft Azure infrastructure. • Various restore options are offered, for fast and simple mailbox recovery. • The data is backed up to one location for central storage and protection, offering easier management, monitoring, searching and recovery. “Additionally, the Altaro Office 365 Backup solution is available via an all-inclusive annual or multi-year subscription, offering excellent value together with strong 24/7 support – and the solution is also accessible as a monthly subscription for MSPs. With a minimal annual starting subscription that includes up to 10 mailboxes, you can scale to tens of thousands of mailboxes. Office 365 was not built to provide data protection services, but with this elegant and easyto-use solution from Altaro, you can have peace of mind that your data is safe,” concludes Mr Rheeder.
VMS make it possible to expand coverage to any location where a security incident may occur. Add to this the fact that FLIR offers both visible and thermal sensors for use by city management in security, traffic, and public safety applications, it’s apparent that we have all the ingredients to build smart, connected cities, with United VMS integrating all devices into an all-seeing, unified system. “Through TruWITNESS, the video surveillance system’s reach can be extended virtually anywhere, which will – hopefully in the not-so-distant future – empower South African cities with the enhanced real-time situational awareness that is required for the elimination of corruption, the promotion of informed, transparent decision making, which can only ensure a positive outcome for all by better managing shared city resources to increase levels of public safety and civil confidence,” Mr Smith concludes.
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