Ventura Technologies spent several months investigating all the alternatives to manual backup systems. One that would be automated and cost effective for people to use.  We used some of the same criteria used by the best backup systems employed by Fortune 500 companies. Companies like IBM, GE, and Amoco.

Most fortune 500 companies use the same basic techniques to protect their data:

1. All their systems are completely automated
2. The data is copied to a central location
3. Highly skilled technicians implement and monitor the process

Ventura Technologies then spent several months searching for the right hardware and software to enable this backup system to work for a typical company without high overhead or excessive monthly costs.

In December of 1999, we decided to utilize software provided by Quantum Tech, a leading backup software company.  This allows us to provide a centralized backup server so that our customers could lease a highly effective backup system with no overhead.

The advantages to a typical business are enormous:

1. All files are protected by state of the art encryption, only the customer can retrieve their files
2. Completely automated off-site protection
3. Fast online recovery of any version of any protected file
4. Easy installation and setup
5. Only an internet connection is required, eliminating the need for expensive backup equipment and media
6. The backup server is monitored by highly skilled technicians whose only job is to make sure the backups are performed properly

This is how it works....
We operate an off-site storage facility for the user's data. At the facility, an account is maintained for each user. Each account is protected by a password known only to the user!

The electronic vault system is set up so that at a preset time, usually late at night, the clients computer automatically wakes up and prepares its data for backup.  The software  determines which files have been modified since the last backup, compresses them, and then encrypts them for security. When the data is ready the computer uses its Internet connection to contact our servers and transmit the data.

Our servers verify and store the data.  They can rest assured that their data is safe, because it is stored off-site.