Global Music Production Company Audio Network Chooses Securstore

Audio Network
plc, a provider of production music for both TV and
advertising with over 60 staff and 18 locations across every continent, has
agreed to backup its data to the cloud using Securstore UK Ltd.

With a catalog of over 60,000 tracks, 60 staff
members, 18 global locations, and monthly releases of about 1,000 tracks and
400 active composers, Audio Network protects its data
using Securstore’s Agentless Solution

It engages with 400 composers to produce quality music and releases up to 1,000
tracks per month. Its ethos centres around quality, ease of use and
creativity (i.e. collaborating with the best composers and musicians),
alongside a first class service to meet the needs of its customers.

As surveys by senior IT personnel suggest, the tide is
changing with tape systems or other on-site technologies not being able to cope
with backing up vast amounts of data or complex infrastructures. This in turn
has resulted in offsite cloud backup or ‘cloud offerings’ being the way forward. Securstore’s solution meets the
requirements of the modern enterprise, which benefits Audio Network as a key
focus for the company is recoverability and having the ability to restore
single files/emails or large amounts of data.

Securstore provides an agentless solution that removes
the tiresome task of needing to install software on every machine. It isn’t a
pay per user, server, or desktop licensing model – it’s all about how much data
is stored. Therefore, it allows Audio Network to be in control of its
costs by letting it decide what it wants to backup by selecting what files it
wants to send offsite. The technology supports all OSs, applications,
laptops, smartphones and virtual environments as well as offering brick level
backups/restores of Exchange, Lotus Notes, GroupWise and SharePoint.

Kieran Lewer, head of IT and operations at Audio
Network, said: "The market is a
minefield when it comes to choosing the right solution for any product or
service. There are so many offerings from various providers and especially with
cloud backup. The only difference when choosing a solution to protect our
business critical data was more caution and thorough research had to be applied
– there was no way we could commit to anyone without extensive due diligence.
Thankfully Securstore provided us with the confidence to partner with them for
this project. This was enforced by its UKAS accredited ISO 27001 certificate,
PC Pro Recommended Award and being Asigra Partner of the Year. We look forward
to a long term relationship with them."

When data security is concerned, it is not enough to
be able to just perform backups and restores. What distinguishes one solution
from the other is the guarantee that global security standards are being met
and followed to ensure sensitive data is tightly protected and cannot be
accessed by any third party. Securstore’s solution is automated
and complies with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPPA), Gram-Leach-Bliley
Act (GLBA), Payment Card
Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Basel II, and others, while
also being FIPS 140-2 certified. Tape-based backup systems require manual
intervention and are not compliant with these regulations; this was a key
factor in the decision process for Audio Network.

Saaher Muzafer, CSO of Securstore, said: "We are pleased Audio Network has come on
board with us, its reputation is such of credibility that its needs have to be
aligned with a backup solution that can help protect the business should a
disaster scenario ever occur. The ability to add more sites and consolidate
into an all-one-solution is also important for Audio Network as it means
resources can be wisely used in other areas of the business."