Softwerx and Databarracks provide cloud backup and recovery services in new partnership

Cloud service providers Softwerx and Databarracks have joined forces to provide award-winning backup and disaster recovery (DR) services to the UK market.

On the partnership, David Smart, managing director at Softwerx, commented: "The backup and disaster recovery market has changed a lot in the last few years. It's not about selling an organisation an expensive set of hardware and leaving them to it anymore – it's about providing a reliable and scalable service, and managing that service seamlessly.

"As organisations are improving their connectivity, they're realising they can update and modernise their business continuity processes at an affordable price – something that wasn't an option before now. A manual, tape-based backup system just isn't viable anymore. Businesses need reliable, automated solutions that help them meet their regulatory requirements, without putting a drain on their in-house IT team.

"That's one of the reasons working with Databarracks was an easy choice for us. They've been providing business continuity services for over a decade - they understand how the market is changing, and they're growing with it. They have technicians available 24/7 and their flexible approach to pricing means organisations can scale their service up and down, only ever paying for what they actually use."

Peter Groucutt, managing director at Databarracks, added: "We're very excited to be partnering with Softwerx. Like us, they are certified by the Cloud Industry Forum and are ISO 9001 and 27001 accredited so they appreciate how important security is when providing cloud services.

"Organisations that in the past may have been hesitant to adopt cloud services due to security, compliance or cost issues are beginning to take their first steps with cloud service providers, and backup and DR are usually their starting point. Working with a trusted provider like Softwerx, that has the skills and experience to advise their customers when selecting the right cloud services for their business, is invaluable."

Smart concluded: "At Softwerx, we believe in building long-term relationships with partners who offer best-in-class solutions; as a technology company – more than anybody else - we have to believe in the products and services we are selling. On this basis partnering with Databarracks is a perfect fit. Like Softwerx, Databarracks understand cloud services; they are forward-thinking and have invested heavily in new technologies in order to provide the very best in the market place today.