UK oNLINE BACKUP PARTNERS AND RESELLER OPPORTUNITIES                                             

Audience : Irish and UK online backup providers and general I.T. support companies looking for online backup reseller opportunities.
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Posted : October 08
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This page is provided for online backup companies and general I.T. support providers keen to avail of quality online backup partnerships. If you do not represent any of these groups then this page may not be helpful to you. You are welcome to read it. General online backup information for end users is available throughout this website.

There are a number of reasons which make UK Irish online backup partnerships attractive. Among these are the following.

Location, legal framework, redundancy, cost and economies of scale, marketing, regional risk variation.

Location.

A UK Irish online backup partnership offers (regardless of the direction of the partnership) an outside location without placing data in a rogue region. This offers all the benefits of genuine actual remote storage without the compromise associated with many cheap online backup locations.

Legal framework.

The UK and Ireland offer very similar data protection law to each other. This is as a consequence of much Irish legislation stemming from Irelands long running association with Britain initially through colonization and later through emigration, immigration and ultimately commerce. EU membership has ensured the legal framework similarities have increased rather than be diluted by independence.

While the similarities offer assurances to all parties, the subtle and in some cased stark differences actually offer the possibility of additional protection such as in the case of authorities in one country having increased difficulty (at the very least) in accessing data retained outside their jurisdiction. It is to be known that many of these benefits are notional and untested and that such benefits if any should not be afforded to those with criminal intent. Such activity could also be detrimental not only to an online backup partnership but to each party on an individual basis.

Redundancy.

Any outward looking online backup provider will recognize that no one is infallible and the utilization well chosen outside partners will not alone increase redundancy but bring with it a shared resource and differing risk management structures without any consequent reduction in the level of protection at the main provider source.

Cost and economies of scale.

Online backup costings are complicated. A provider intending to offer extreme value will need to make significant investment in storage space which will offer limited returns at low prices until it is full. A provider intending to offer significant redundancy beyond the norm will have initial client costs which will only provide payback if the client relationship is successfully maintained. Online backup partnerships allow online backup companies to share space which has been invested in but is under utilized. Such partnerships also allow the shared use of technology and other capital investments with less per partner spend.

Marketing.

A quality online backup partnership should offer marketing benefits for both parties as they can offer clients new locations, shared technology and partner experience. This may or may not be used to the point of naming the partner. What is important here is that the message is conveyed to prospective clients in a manner which alerts them to the fact that you are partnered with someone in the specified region and can therefore offer that region as an additional location and in addition offer the technologies of that partner and any benefits to your system which you learn of and apply as a consequence of the online partnership.

Regional risk variation.

Traditionally, the UK and Ireland had similar climates with Ireland notably having more rainfall but both regions enjoying mild weather from the perspective of weather being dangerous. This however has changed in recent years with either region potentially being susceptible to extreme weather while the other in unaffected. This increases the importance and benefits of UK Irish online backup partnerships from a climatic standpoint.

In addition to climate, terrorist activity needs to be considered. Most terrorism campaigns are run at a local level relative to specific areas at specific points in time. Nowhere is absolutely safe. Using additional remote locations (ironically regardless of the comparative risk level of the additional remote location) increases redundancy, security and protection of data.

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