Vanguard Distributing United Computer Group Backup as a Service

United Computer Group, Inc. (UCG), an information technology services firm, and Vanguard Systems, Inc., supplier of enterprise document management systems, announced a partnership agreement.

It enables Vanguard to offer UCG’s VAULT400 Backup as a Service (BAAS) and remote hardware DR to clients nationwide.

For over 25 years, Vanguard has supported a diverse client base across the globe including several fortune 100 companies. It provides a suite of document imaging, forms design, workflow, data extraction, and content management solutions.

United Computer Group, Inc., in addition to VAULT400 BAAS, has delivered value-based technology solutions for the IBM mid-range market for over 27 years, serving 1,500+ clients worldwide.

David Engberg, president, Vanguard, said: “This agreement enables Vanguard to offer clients a turnkey solution-scan, store, retrieve, protect and recover. The UCG VAULT400 offering will be available in SAAS, appliances, and software licensing depending on raw data requirements of 10GB to >100TB.“

Vanguard clients’ data will be available 7/24/365 for recovery of granular files or in totality. Options are available for remote hardware RTO of 72/24/12 or < 1 hour.

“We are excited and eager to move forward with UCG, a company that has had a noticeable impact on the IBM mid-market with its BAAS and remote hardware DR offerings,” stated Bill Wilson, VP sales, Vanguard.

Vanguard’s selection of UCG’s solution was made after an evaluation process from a variety of cloud backup and DR solutions.

“UCG is pleased to have been selected by Vanguard and look forward to being their clients’ provider for a wide range of remote storage and DR solutions. Vanguard clients will benefit and can leverage our knowledge to obtain a solution that best suits their requirements“, says Jim Kandrac, UCG’s founder and president. “With solutions that cover a broad spectrum, we are unbiased and can do what’s best for Vanguard clients.”

UCG’s VAULT400 is a managed risk mitigation and BC planning service for secure online backup and DR. It backups an entire organization’s business-critical data to UCG’s secure data centers. Safe and off-site, the encrypted data is available online at all times for immediate, user-initiated recovery. VAULT400 works within an organization’s existing infrastructure with no additional hardware required.