Cloud Backup Services for UK Businesses
Protect your business data with a backup strategy built around recovery, resilience and your existing environment.
Qual provides Cloud Backup Services for UK businesses that need reliable protection for business-critical data, cloud applications and workloads. We can review your existing backup approach, help identify potential recovery or resilience gaps and recommend an appropriate solution. Where additional technology or licensing is required, Qual can source, supply and support its implementation.
Why businesses use Cloud Backup
Cloud backup provides an offsite copy of important business data so information can be recovered following accidental deletion, hardware failure, cyber incidents or other disruption.
The right backup approach depends on what needs protecting, where that data is held, how quickly it may need to be recovered and which protections are already in place.
A well-planned cloud backup strategy can help organisations improve resilience while reducing dependence on individual devices, systems or locations.
What effective business Cloud Backup should provide
Scalable, cost-effective, and automated data protection, eliminating risks like hardware failure and ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery.
Start with your recovery requirements, not a product list
Choosing a cloud backup service should begin with understanding what your organisation needs to protect and recover.
Qual can help review areas such as:
- which business systems and data require protection;
- Microsoft 365 and other SaaS applications;
- servers, endpoints and cloud workloads;
- existing backup arrangements;
- retention requirements;
- how quickly important information may need to be restored;
- resilience against accidental deletion, system failure and ransomware;
- whether existing tools already provide useful protection;
- where backup or recovery gaps may remain.
The objective is not to add another backup product unnecessarily. It is to establish what needs protecting, what recovery capability the business requires and which approach is appropriate.
How Qual approaches Cloud Backup Services
Qual takes a consultative approach to business cloud backup.
Rather than starting with a particular vendor, we begin by understanding the environment, the data that matters and the recovery outcome the organisation needs.
1. Review your current backup environment
We discuss what is currently protected, where copies are stored, which applications or workloads are included and how recovery would work if data became unavailable.
2. Recommend an appropriate approach
We help determine which backup technologies or services are appropriate for the requirement, taking account of existing systems rather than replacing technology unnecessarily.
3. Supply and support the solution
Where additional software, licensing, storage or services are required, Qual can source and supply the appropriate solution and help support its implementation.
Cloud Backup solutions and technologies we can help you evaluate
When selecting a cloud backup service, businesses should assess:
Not sure which brand to choose for cloud backup? Our guide breaks down the strengths of top brands helping you find the perfect match for your needs and preferences.
Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup
Amazon S3 Glacier
Microsoft Azure Backup
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
Wasabi (Cloud Backup)
Google Cloud Backup
Veeam Backup & Replication
AWS Backup
Unsure what cloud backup software suits your needs? Explore the examples top software brands below.
Commvault
Datto Cloud Backup
Druva CloudRanger
IBM Spectrum Protect
Unitrends Backup
Veritas NetBackup
Where Cloud Backup can help
Cloud backup requirements vary depending on where data is stored, how critical it is and how an organisation operates.Cloud Backup Services beyond the licence
Buying backup software is only part of the job. Organisations also need confidence that important systems are protected appropriately and that recovery has been considered before an incident occurs.Backup readiness is more than technology
Technology alone does not create a reliable recovery strategy.
Organisations should also understand who is responsible for backup, how recovery decisions are made, how failures are escalated and when recovery procedures should be tested.
Qual can help customers consider backup as part of their wider IT resilience, Cyber Security and business continuity planning.
Protecting Microsoft 365 Data
Microsoft 365 is central to how many businesses work, but organisations should still consider how important cloud data would be recovered following accidental deletion, account compromise, malicious activity or a cyber incident.
A separate backup and recovery strategy can help protect important Microsoft 365 data and give the business greater control over how information is retained and restored.
When reviewing Microsoft 365 backup, consider:
- Which Microsoft 365 services and data need protecting?
- How long should backups be retained?
- How quickly could important data be restored?
- Who is authorised to recover deleted or compromised information?
- When was the recovery process last tested?
Not sure how well your Microsoft 365 data is protected? Talk to Qual about your backup and recovery requirements.
Cloud backup should give your organisation confidence that important data can be recovered when it is needed.
The right approach depends on your systems, applications, recovery requirements and existing protection. Qual can help review those requirements, recommend an appropriate Cloud Backup Service and supply the technology needed to put that approach in place.
From backup review to recommendation and supply
Speak to our Cloud Backup team
Use the form below to let our team assist you.
Tell us what you currently back up, which systems or applications matter most and any concerns you have about recovery. Qual can help review the requirement, identify the next useful step and, where appropriate, recommend and supply a suitable Cloud Backup solution.
