Georgia MSP uses Altaro VM Backup as a sure-fire remedy against ransomware attacks
January 21, 2019 - The best defense against ransomware is to have a solid backup solution in place so that you can recover the data being held at ransom without paying a cent, MSP Trinitas Technology Group has found.
"A client's network recently encountered ransomware. It was a Wednesday morning and I received a call from the owner who informed me that he was trying to access files on the share drive of the server. He spoke those dreaded words of "the files are all encrypted" and he was unable to open them," recalls Ed Klotz, Co-Founder and Vice Present of Design & Implementation at Trinitas Technology Group.
"Once onsite, we quickly determined which PC the ransomware originated on and removed it from the network. We then restored the file server from the previous day's backup using Altaro VM Backup and the office was up and running in a few hours. The client was worried that the network was going to be down all day, which meant lost revenue. He was completely amazed at how fast the network was back online with full access to the previously encrypted files."
This was one incident out of many where Trinitas has used virtual machine (VM) backup solution Altaro VM Backup to quickly and easily help their clients when they were struck by ransomware attacks.
It is crucial for the Trinitas team to know that they can count on Altaro to do its job when their customers experience a disaster. Altaro has proved this to them time and again.
"Altaro has provided a product that is very reliable. It is very easy to implement, and it just works. It doesn't get any simpler than that," he says. "In a disaster recovery scenario, I have full confidence in restoring a backup. We have had to do this a few times for clients that have encountered ransomware and they were back up and running in no time."
He adds: "We quickly saw that Altaro was a product that was streamlined and it just works. It was easy to install and very easy to set up."
Another compelling factor is Altaro's price point and straightforward pricing model: "It's a no brainer to get clients to make the transition. The backup industry has so many options available and they appear to be all overpriced. For businesses that have a private cloud / virtual environment, it is hard to justify thousands of dollars a year on a backup solution that may or may not save the day. Licensing is easy as opposed to other competitors that charge for a base license plus additional client licenses and application licenses."
Altaro VM Backup is available in Romania through Simple IT, Altaro Partner.
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