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Accelerated Captial Allowance Scheme assists keepITsafe
Wed 21st July 2010
Photo AttachedEamon Ryan TD, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Eoin Blacklock, Managing Director, keepITsafe
The Accelerated Capital Allowance scheme which is administered by the SEAI, on behalf of Minister Eamon Ryan’s energy department, allows companies to buy energy efficient equipment and write off its full cost against corporation tax in the year of purchase. Through this scheme keepITsafe purchased €80,000 of energy efficient servers, reducing their annual data centre running costs by 30%.
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Why backup offsite if we already have a tape backup system?
Thu 15th July 2010Its simple - tape backup technology is dated and not a long term backup solution for your business. Tapes are similar to old video cassettes and are not durable. Above anything else there is no guarantee of a restore. They are slow and require human intervention to make them work.
This Sundays Business Post
Wed 14th July 2010Taking human intervention out of IT backup - watch out for the write up.
Credit Union Roll Out
Wed 14th July 2010150 Credit Unions on the keepITsafe backup platform with our partner NSSL to date. The roll out continues to go well. Working on a great case study with a local Credit Union that highlights the true benefits of having your data backed up offsite.
keepITsafe invest €50,000 in datacentre infrastructure
Thu 8th July 2010keepITsafe today announced the completion of their IT investment in a private fibre connection due to the increased demand in their online backup service. keepITsafe is the only online backup backup company in Ireland to invest at this scale between both their datacentres – Digiweb and Data Electronics. The fibre connection offers the highest level of network security and uptime for keepITsafe’s customer base.
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Survey results
Wed 30th June 2010
Photo above from top: Eoin Blacklock, Managing Director, keepITsafe. Joe Molloy, Managed Services Director, IT Force, Kelly Crowley, Assistant Fundraising Officer, Dublin Simon.Tape backup strategy still prevails despite 40% admitting to data loss. A recent survey of 400 Irish organisations reveals that despite concerns about its reliability, organisations continue to use traditional methods, such as tape to backup their sensitive data.
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Socrates partnership for keepITsafe
Wed 16th June 2010Going really well. We would like to thank all the team for support with partnership!
Customers demand extra security for data
Wed 16th June 2010keepITsafe have seen a steady increase in demand for our online backup solution - a recently signed partnership with MoreSoft sees the company moving over all of their managed service customers to keepITsafe's online backup platform
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» Full article here
Sunday Business Post
Thu 10th June 2010Online backup is a handy service for home workers that removes the risk of losing valuable data.
Ian Campbell speaks to Eoin Blacklock in this months Computers in Business
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Ian Campbell speaks to Eoin Blacklock in this months Computers in Business
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Datapac event this Thursday
Tue 18th May 2010Darragh from keepITsafe will be speaking at a Datapac event this Thursday along with Renaissance. See details here
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Backup Debate
Tue 13th April 2010
Watch out for our Q&A session in this weeks Sunday Business Post. We will discuss the ongoing debate between online backup and tape backup! ISO pics just released
Tue 13th April 2010
Michael Brophy, CEO of Certification and Jonathan Crowe, Technical Director, keepITsafekeepITsafe are Irelands only ISO 27001 online backup certified company.
Socrates and keepITsafe partnership
Thu 8th April 2010Socrates, a leading provider of patient management software systems for General Practitioner (GP), Physiotherapy and Occupational Health practices in Ireland, recognise the importance of having secure backup in place and have most recently teamed up with keepITsafe, Ireland's largest online backup solution company to offer secure offsite backup.
The keepITsafe solution is being promoted as the backup option of choice to all Socrates customers. Exciting times!
The keepITsafe solution is being promoted as the backup option of choice to all Socrates customers. Exciting times!
keepITsafe coverage in Digital Ireland
Tue 6th April 2010
Eoin Blacklock featured in Digital Ireland in the Irish Independent - titled "Erasing the tape storage mentality amongst SME's"» download pdf here
Sunday Business Post - News Snippets
Mon 29th March 2010keepITsafe and Rock Solid systems story on page 4 of the Sunday Business Post yesterday
Partnering for success
Tue 23rd February 2010
keepITsafe's ethos of working as partners in customers organisations has definitely benefitted both IT partners and keepITsafe. "We all need to work together to increase the awareness of the devastation that data loss can have on businesses. By aligning keepITsafe with progressive and forward thinking partners we can come together to inform", stated Darragh Canavan, keepITsafe
siliconrepublic - Deals round up
Mon 22nd February 2010
Deals done this past week - siliconrepublic.com cover the ERS and keepITsafe deal done» click here to download
Battle of the clouds convenience V's security risks
Thu 18th February 2010
Eoin Blacklock, managing director, keepITsafe, today stated that the overwhelming problem with cloud computing is the lack of awareness as to where customer data is being stored. Customers should always know where its stored so they do not break any data protection rules and gain a better understanding of the cloud.» Read full article
Phoenix Magazine
Mon 15th February 2010
keepITsafe featured in Phoenix Magazine as key sponsors of this years ICS Data Protection Conference.ISO Certified - Its official!
Fri 12th February 2010
First Irish online backup company to be awarded ISO 27001 CertificationLeading online backup provider, keepITsafe, today announced that is has been awarded ISO 27001 certification. This announcement, confirms the company as Ireland’s first and only online backup provider with the ISO 27001 standard. The certification means keepITsafe was independently certified and awarded the internationally recognised highest security standard. The certificate was awarded to keepITsafe following a rigorous auditing process conducted by Certification Europe.
Sunday Business Post
Tue 9th February 2010ERS and keepITsafe profiled in the Sunday Business Post - Computers in Business. Download full piece.
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ERS and keepITsafe
Thu 28th January 2010
ERS, one of Irelands most progressive IT companies, signed a contract with keepITsafe under the keepITsafe authorised partner programme to move over all ERS clients to the keepITsafe’s fully managed and fully monitored online backup solution. The aim is to have the full conversion completed by the end of 2010. Businesses are increasingly seeing the benefits of an online backup service offering as opposed to traditional tape backup methods which is fundamentally the reason why ERS went down the online backup route. keepITsafe is the most secure online backup solution available and can guarantee recoverability of data at all times. The unique model offered by keepITsafe offers customers a fully managed and fully monitored service with keepITsafe taking full responsibility for the backup of the data.ERS Computer Solutions has been in the IT industry for 25 years, offering organisations expert business solutions.
“IT companies need to be very selective in the solutions that they recommend to customers. Our business has thrived on our supplier relationships and allows us to provide a consistent solution to our customers” stated Colm Stafford, Managing Director, ERS Computer Solutions.
Next months Computers in Business
Fri 22nd January 2010ERS Computer Solutions will be featured next month in relation to their recent deal with keepITsafe.
NI energy supplier loses customer data
Wed 20th January 2010A data tape containing information from almost 13,000 electricity bills has been lost by Northern Ireland's energy supplier.
NIE Energy said the tape did not contain any banking details.
Old billing information, names and addresses are included on the record of payment demands produced on 10 August last year, NIE Energy said.
A spokesman for NIE Energy said that while they had not been able to locate the tape there was no evidence to suggest it had fallen into the wrong hands.
The information commissioner's office has been alerted following the loss by contractors for NIE Energy who are in charge of bill processing.
Northgate Information Solutions is contracted by NIE Energy to provide data management services including organising the backing up of billing information through its subcontractors, Liberata and Formscan.
Each day after electricity bills are produced Liberata transfers billing information by tape to Formscan to be backed up onto microfiche.
It was during this process relating to a single day's electricity bills in August 2009 that the tape went missing. NIE Energy said Northgate had already overseen improvements to ensure this type of incident does not happen again.
Source - rte.ie
NIE Energy said the tape did not contain any banking details.
Old billing information, names and addresses are included on the record of payment demands produced on 10 August last year, NIE Energy said.
A spokesman for NIE Energy said that while they had not been able to locate the tape there was no evidence to suggest it had fallen into the wrong hands.
The information commissioner's office has been alerted following the loss by contractors for NIE Energy who are in charge of bill processing.
Northgate Information Solutions is contracted by NIE Energy to provide data management services including organising the backing up of billing information through its subcontractors, Liberata and Formscan.
Each day after electricity bills are produced Liberata transfers billing information by tape to Formscan to be backed up onto microfiche.
It was during this process relating to a single day's electricity bills in August 2009 that the tape went missing. NIE Energy said Northgate had already overseen improvements to ensure this type of incident does not happen again.
Source - rte.ie
keepITsafe take key sponsorship of ICS Data Protection Conference
Tue 19th January 2010For the second year keepITsafe will take key sponsorship of the ICS Data Protection Conference. The event will take place on the 25th March in the Radisson, Blu Lane, Dublin 8. More details to follow.
Email Newsletter - coming soon
Thu 14th January 2010keepITsafe are launching a monthly email newsletter. We would really appreciate your feedback of areas/topics over the coming months.
There is no excuse for data loss in 2010Welcome back and Happy New Year!
Mon 4th January 2010We hope you all had a great break and are looking forward to 2010.
Thinking of new ideas for 2010
Mon 28th December 2009Why not look into our partner programme and get involved in selling online backup. We have the tools and steps to make the selling more streamlined - email michelle@keepitsafe.ie for more information.
Merry Christmas from all the team at keepITsafe. Computers in Business
Mon 7th December 2009
keepITsafe feature in this months Computers in Business as part of the Sunday Business Post Disaster Recovery for affected businesses
Wed 25th November 2009keepITsafe have assisted a large number of businesses to restore and recover their critical business data in the last 7 days. If you are a keepITsafe customer and have been affected by the flooding please call 045 940049. If you are not a keepITsafe customer and would like advice as to the best possible method to salvage please also use number above.
Online backup for 2010
Mon 23rd November 2009Considering your data backup needs in 2010? Call the office on 1890 22 587 for latest packages etc.
Nightline story
Wed 18th November 2009Watch this space for the upcoming nightline story that will feature in Computers in Business.
Sacked employees triple malicious data deletions
Sat 7th November 2009Recent findings from Irish online backup firm keepITsafe have revealed there is a correlation between the increase in unemployment as a result of the global recession and the tripling of malicious data attacks on companies.
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Computers in Business
Wed 4th November 2009keepITsafe featured in this months Computers in Business 300 customers move to keepITsafe from other online backup providers in 2009
Thu 29th October 2009Why?
Two Irish datacentres
Fully managed and fully monitored - you will NOT lose a file with our service
Customer care - second to none
Proactive not reactive service
Price!
Two Irish datacentres
Fully managed and fully monitored - you will NOT lose a file with our service
Customer care - second to none
Proactive not reactive service
Price!
Computers in Business feature
Wed 7th October 2009keepITsafe hae signed a partnership deal with Excheques Software and jointly they have launched XSafe. The Sunday Business Post covered the story in this months Computers in Business.
Exchequer Software and keepITsafe collaberation. keepITsafe in Sunday Business Post
Mon 28th September 2009Elaine O'Regan, Done Deal editor covers the recent keepITsafe deal with Landmark Technologies.
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Shout out to all partners
Tue 22nd September 2009If you are a registered partner of keepITsafe and are not availing of our value adds - why not?
Call the team today on 1890 222 587 for more information
Call the team today on 1890 222 587 for more information
keepITsafe heads up Computers in Business feature
Tue 8th September 2009
Leslie Faughnan rights about "Who is minding the storage solution?" and speaks to industry leaders, including Eoin Blacklock, MD, keepITsafe» Download full article
Business Plus speaks to business leaders about adapting to a recession
keepITsafe only solution for AccountantsAre you part of the keepITsafe partner programme yet?
Mon 31st August 2009
If not now is the time to get involved. Over the last 12 months keepITsafe have helped their partners increase the demand for online backup services - in a nutshell to increase sales. How did we do it?
We listened to what our partners wanted - a cost effective alternative backup solution to tape with NO room for error.
What are the value adds?
Apart from getting a fully managed, fully monitored online backup solution keepITsafe also has a range of value adds now being offered exclusively to all partners. Contact the team today to find out more
The Sunday Business Post
Mon 24th August 2009
Emma Kennedy interviews Darragh Canavan, Business Development Manager, Sunday Business Post. » Click to download full article
enn.ie
Mon 24th August 2009ENN.ie Irelands IT news source covers the keepITsafe and Relate Software story
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Are you prepared for a disaster?www.onlinebackup.ie
Fri 7th August 2009
Onlinebackup.ie was launched yesterday 7th August. We have seen a large influx of visitors to the website to date. Log on and have a look for yourself» Click here for more information
Recent deals done
Count down is on to the launch of onlinebackup.ie............ 
Paul Hearns writes about keepITsafe's online backup deal with IT Rollout
Doody Crowley are in safe hands with keepITsafeJonathan Crowe featured in Irish Computer
Thu 9th July 2009
Cliff Hutton publishes details on keepITsafe's expected turnover and also information about the launch of onlinebackup.ie» Click here for more information
What are the best ways to protect your data?
IT Rollout and keepITsafe sign partnership agreement. 
keepITsafe and IT Rollout on backupreviewCan your business afford down time
Tue 16th June 2009
The answer is no. Call keepITsafe today to find out about the most cost effective way of securing your business045 940 049
Dick O'Brien speaks to Eoin Blacklock
keepITsafe featured in the Sligo Champion
John Kennedy covers keepITsafe today on Siliconrepublic.comSunday Times - keepITsafe featured
Wed 27th May 2009
Sandra O'Connell speaks to Darragh Canavan about killer pitches and how a company can be profitable from being pitch perfect» Download full article
Irish Times - Eoin Blacklock featured in the Irish Times today!
Fri 1st May 2009
Peter Cluskey interviews Eoin Blacklock in the Irish Times today» Read full online article
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keepITsafe are featured in the Longford Leader today
Darragh Canavan keepITsafe exploresLet us help you win business campaign
Wed 22nd April 2009
The team at keepITsafe have recently launched the "Let us help you win business" campaign. We supply you with tools and marketing tips on how best to sell online backup to your customers in this growth industry. We are also offering a free marketing service to IT partners that includes a free HTML email, brochures, press releases. The list is endless. Call the team today on 1890 222 587 for more information Irish Examiner
Mon 13th April 2009
keepITsafe is featured exclusively in the Irish Examiner. Eoin Blacklock keepITsafe and Avalon discuss the importance of disaster recover. Download full article
Are you protected from data loss
Thu 26th March 2009
Eoin Blacklock discusses the different methods of backup and the pitfalls associated with all.» Full Article
Knowledge Ireland
Tue 24th March 2009
Keep your data safe is a topic of conversation with many businesses this year. Knowledge Ireland speak to the team at keepITsafe for more information about online backup and the importance of safeguarding your data from harm» More info
Sunday Business Post
Mon 23rd February 2009
Emma Kennedy speaks to Eoin Blacklock about keepITsafe's plans for expansion in 2009.» Download full article
Digital Ireland - Irish Independent
Wed 4th February 2009
Mind boggling carelessness leaves firms open to data loss. Eoin Blacklock gives his view to Digital Ireland» Download article
"As Irelands leading Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and with the largest Navision customer base in the country it is crucial that we can provide our customers with around the clock backup for their businesses. The keepITsafe Backup Utility is used to automatically check the consistency of the Navision data inside the SQL Server. Data can be restored quickly and gives our customers the crucial consistency check that their data is continuously being monitored in a secure environment."
Charlie Donnelly, Managing Director, Sysco Ltd
" A full restore was conducted recently when a power cut took place. Our team were not affected and the system kept running flawlessly"
Carl Mc Keon, Hamilton Park
"Last month we had to recover our complete Exchange server, after a hardware crash.
Thanks to keepITsafe, our critical data is back on our mail server. We are delighted we chose keepITsafe."
James O'Rourke CEO, ATG - Limerick
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