Solutions provider Loftus IT will allow Australian customers to build private clouds for data backup under the terms of a deal announced today with local technology company Incriptus.
Called Loftus BACKUP, the white-labbelled Inscriptus solution will allow Loftus customers to build their own environmentally sustainable and secure back up clouds, regardless of how small their network, the companies said.
Loftus IT managing director David Bullock explained that until recently backing data up in the cloud meant the sending of encrypted files to large datacentres, typically in remote locations.
“Incriptus has changed all that with its distributed backup process,” he said.
“It’s the most efficient process I’ve seen and we will be working with Incriptus to refine the product for a larger segment of our enterprise market.”
It works by using the unused space typically available on computer hard drives to encrypt the data files which are then fragmented. The fragments are then distributed to computers sitting on the Incriptus network.
According to Incriptus chief executive officer Trevor Glen this means no file can be reconstructed from a single fragment while no complete documents reside in any one computer or location.
“It all happens in the background and the only place those pieces can all come back together again is on the originating computer,” Glen said. “No data centre operator ever has access to a complete file and no natural disaster can wipe out a single location of backed up data.”
Built-in error correction means that files are never lost.
The solution adds to Loftus IT’s product portfolio of consulting, infrastructure services, application development and integration, procurement and support expertise.
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