Posted: 28th May, 2003 By: MarkJ
Global Data Vault UK (GDV) has launched a new broadband ADSL (datastream) product with a twist. For £38 per month the service also includes virus protection, spam filtering and secure storage space for up to 1.5GB of data:
High-speed Internet access and data storage are both important technical issues for businesses, and datastream 500+ may well appeal to a company that realises the importance of keeping secure back-ups but doesn't want the hassle of trying to handle the task in-house.
"Small businesses are notoriously bad at backing up their data, so for a company that is planning to move to broadband we can solve two problems with one product," Kurt Schmidt, director of European operations at Global Data Vault, told ZDNet UK.
Customers who sign up for datastream 500+ will need to equip themselves with an ADSL modem, and must also pay a £70 installation fee to cover the cost of upgrading their telephone line to broadband.The
ZDNet item reports that faster packages are on the way, yet sadly does not include a URL to the service.