EFI launches remote data protection at drupa

Available now, EFI offers new online back-up, storage and data recovery options for Print MIS and web-to-print customers preferring to host their own solutions, to ensure protection, redundancy and speedy recovery in case of disaster. Operations are monitored continuously and customers are notified immediately of conditions that could impact service.

EFI’s current cloud-based Software as a Service offerings include EFI Pace and EFI PrintSmith Vision management systems, the EFI Digital StoreFront web-to-print platform, and the new EFI Fiery Dashboard business information service. Unlike many other applications on the market today that are designed as client-server products, EFI applications run in a browser, enabling customers to use powerful, Web-based tools without investing in any hardware or dedicated IT personnel on site. The system is continuously available to administrators, print operations personnel and print requestors via the Internet, without any need for local software.

EFI MIS client, Commercial printer Freeport Press, Inc., was an early adopter of EFI’s disaster recovery services. "After a fire in our facility, EFI was able to recover our back-up data and have us up and running from their cloud as soon as our replacement hardware was available," said David G. Pilcher, President and CEO of Freeport Press. "Without EFI’s help and quick response, and their expertise in delivering cloud-based solutions, we would have lost countless hours of business from not having our systems available."

Customer data are transferred automatically every day using secure protocols to allow a full recovery into EFI’s cloud which uses the latest border security, access control techniques, active virus filtering, and centralised monitoring. EFI provides MIS and Internet know-how combined with 24×7, real-time situation handling to deliver reliable services from the cloud as well as superior recovery into the cloud.