How Relevant are Internet Application Services?

In today’s scenario, Internet has gained widespread popularity not only as a global networking system connecting computers from various parts of the world through satellite connection, but also for the purposes of social interaction and business promotion.

It also facilitates other services for social networking like electronic mailing, online gaming and online chatting. It is a medium with which we can view information from anywhere in the world and access it from anywhere in the globe. Documents from the World Wide Web and various other services such as instant chat, email are available through the internet.

Internet is rapidly becoming the dominant platform for various applications and services. Various technological innovations such as XML, AJAX and JavaScript have accelerated development cycles and enhanced functionality. Open source software, together with advancements in hardware performance, has lowered the cost to build and run these applications. In addition, new service-oriented architectures make it easier to integrate with complementary web applications to deliver more compelling user experiences.

Internet Application Services are also gaining importance in the corporate scenario today as it simplifies the protection of all the company's servers, including file, database, and application and Exchange servers, thus this virtually eliminates the risks and burdens of traditional backup methods.

It automates and streamlines the protection of your data through the following functions:

Continuous backup - IAS continuously protects your distributed data, from any location, ensuring complete recovery after a loss

Fully automated backup - Backups occur automatically over the Internet or via private network connection. No manual staff intervention is required

Rapid recovery - A unique delta restore technology automatically recovers only the data that has changed since your last backup, accelerating recovery so you can resume operations almost immediately after a data loss

Built-in protection of open files and databases - IAS provides built-in support for open file and database backup without complex plug-ins or costly third-party tools

Web-based management - Through a Web portal interface, you have point-and-click access to your data - at any time, from anywhere - for simplified backup and recovery

Internet Application Services, therefore, are a complete server data backup and recovery solution for remote offices of large Enterprises and small & medium-sized businesses. They are being offered extensively as they enable you to operate your business more efficiently, thereby increasing competitiveness and maximizing profitability.