Studentnet® Newsletter
6 May 2011
Disaster Recovery , Remote Offsite Backups for your School's
onsite Data
Schools generate huge amounts of important data just in
the course of their normal day-to-day activities. Backing up that
data in a secure, reliable, and easily recoverable fashion is a
major issue.
Studentnet now offers a cloud based backup service that
automatically accesses your school's nominated backup directory
and securely transmits and backs it up to our Sempernet Datacentre
located inside Globalswitch-Sydney - the largest and most secure
server facility in the southern hemisphere.
Studentnet DR Backup is a part of our Nextbase Infrastructure
product line. It includes the following features:
- School collects and collates all of the data required
to be backed up in a shared folder for the purpose
- On a nightly schedule Studentnet intelligently, and
securely, transmits and stores the designated directory to its
datacentre
- Zero footprint on existing school servers, no
requirement to install a software client
- OS Independent: Backups can be created from Windows,
Linux and Mac servers
- School IT administrator has access to all backed up
data via a secure web interface
- School IT administrator has a web based configuration
facility to vary the number of versions retained and the
length of storage
- Only changed or newly created documents are transmitted
in the nightly backup transfer
- All backups are held and securely stored in our
dedicated local Australian based facility
- Optional: initial backup set can be established by
transportation of physical media
- Optional: physical backup sets can be generated and
transported at any time
Our DR Backup facility is now installed in production and
ready for you to use.
Nextmail Backup for your School's Cloud Data
Studentnet's new Google docs backup
feature, developed specifically for our NextMail users, has now
been released into production.
As you all know, Google Apps is a popular way for staff,
administrators and teachers to create, share and collaboratively
work on new and existing documents whether they be word
processing, spreadsheets or presentations. Of course the school
has a great deal of interest in preserving the intellectual
property asset represented by this work. Studentnet's Nextmail now
relieves IT administrators of the burdensome task of ensuring that
adequate off-site backups are available for these documents.
Nextmail Backup includes the following features:
- Set and forget backup activation for individual
NextMail accounts
- Automatic nightly backup of all Google Apps documents
for all activated accounts
- Access by the IT administrator to all backed up
documents via a web interface integrated into the NextMail
administration pages (look for the backup tab)
- Backups are retained nightly for the past 31 days,
weekly for the prior 31 days, and monthly for the prior 4
months
- Full retrieval capabilities for deleted documents
within the retained period
- Only changed or newly created documents are transmitted
in the nightly backup transfer
- For the moment accounts are activated by sending an
email to support@studentnet.net
The NextMail backup facility is now installed in production
and ready for you to use.
Studentnet: 1st with AISI, now 1st with iCode!
In 2009, Studentnet was the first Internet Content Host(ICH)
to participate in the ACMA's Australian Internet
Security Initiative. Now, in 2011, Studentnet is
proud to announce that we are the first ICH to formally commit to
AISI's further extension: iCode. Studentnet can
also announce that the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has
chosen the Sempernet network infrastructure, upon which our
services are based, to host the revamped iCode web site(www.icode.net.au).
Studentnet has been involved in these new security and compliance
initiatives in preparation for the forthcoming Cyber Security
Awareness Week(30 May - 3 June, 2011).
These initiatives are all a part of our ongoing commitment to
ensuring the security and integrity of our cloud based services
tailored to the needs and requirements of Australian schools.
iCode compliance now applies to all Studentnet
provided cloud services including: Nextmail Collaboration,
Nextsphere Learning, and Nextbase Infrastructure. Look
forward for the iCode compliant seal on our Studentnet home page.
Best Regards
The Studentnet Team
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