According to a recent report by Gartner: Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions critical data needs protection whether it is in the data centre, the cloud, in SaaS applications or at the edge.

Unfortunately, notes the report, organisations are still faced with the daunting challenge of utilising security skills key areas as cybersecurity, data protection and cloud infrastructure management.

Dell APEX Backup Services is a cloud-based data protection solution that ensures predictable, controllable costs without increasing complexity. It delivers all-in-one secure protection with backup, disaster recovery, and long-term retention. The intuitive console provides centralised visibility and management.

“With Dell APEX Backup Services, organisations can bridge the IT skills gap whilst benefiting from automated protection of critical workloads and data across the multi-cloud infrastructure,” explains Jaco Erasmus, Enterprise Manager: Dell Technologies at Drive Control Corporation (DCC).

“Delivered as-a-Service, APEX Backup Services doesn’t require any infrastructure to be deployed or managed; it automatically scales as organisations’ data grow and provides built-in cyber-resiliency capabilities that quickly recovers data in the event of a ransomware or malware attack.”

APEX Backup Services offers the following important benefits:

Lower IT costs by eliminating infrastructure over-provisioning.Easy-to-use - junior level admins can protect and secure workloads with a few clicks.ESG’s Economic Value Validation of APEX Backup Services analysis shows it can eliminate up to 90% of instances where data is non-recoverable and reduce the time to recovery by up to 75%.Flexible model – organisations can choose capacity, upgrade it almost instantaneously and opt for the level of service that match their requirement. Backed by Dell’s hardware, software and services expertise.

Dell APEX Backup Services features include:

Centralised monitoring and management.Automated, no-touch feature updates.Regulatory complianceSource-side deduplication.Encryption, in-flight and at rest.Cloud-to-cloud backup and restore.