ION is a new solution for monitored backup software, developed by Universe Point. The software revolutionizes the field of data backup by adding a third-party monitoring service to an in-house backup solution. Backups can fail for a variety of reasons including lack of drive space, inadequate permissions, transfer errors and countless other minor causes. Many users, in the experience of Universe Point's founders, don't discover these errors until they attempt to recover lost information, and by then its too late. ION is created particularly to prevent such a catastrophic experience.

    Universe Point CEO Jeff Snader, stated: "We discovered during our time as IT professionals that most of our clients had no idea whether or not their backup software was working, and, frighteningly, we often discovered that it wasn't. Eventually the repetition of this scenario convinced us that something needed to be done."

    In addition, CIO Dan Heckman, said: "Basically, we think of this program like a home security system. Something goes wrong, and we give you a call. We eliminate the doubt and fear and make life easier on the small business managers and the IT guys." Snader and Universe Point co-founder, Dan Heckman, left their IT company in pursuit of this new idea; backup software that is easy to use and alerts the user when backup processes fail. They created a straight-forward, intuitive piece of backup solution, and a monitoring center to compliment it.

    ION™ offers three options for backing up our important information. Each option brings different benefits in storage size, recoverability and speed. If you aren't sure which type of backup is right for you check out our Best Practices for Backup. The ION™ storage algorithm preserves your file structure as it backs up. ION™ simplifies recovery of a single file or folder because the files and folders look just like they do when you browse on your hard drive. ION™ backup processes are continuously monitored by Universe Point's Monitoring Center. If something goes wrong with your backup, a friendly monitoring technician will give you a call and tell you the problem. Stop wondering if you will be able to recover in case of a data disaster and be sure with ION™.

For more information visit http://www.universepoint.com/ION.aspx.