Singapore, 19 October, 2015 - Acronis®, a global leader in new generation data protection, today announced that The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo) has deployed Acronis Backup on its fleet of deep sea vessels.
Any computer downtime and data loss can potentially result in costly delays and compliance fines from maritime inspectors. With Acronis Backup, CNCo is protected against data loss and system downtime at sea with the ability to quickly recover data and systems if needed without the need for on-shore technical support.
CNCo has deployed Acronis Backup & Recovery with Universal Restore software on 29 vessels, covering over 150 servers and workstations. Each vessel has a computer network consisting of a Windows®-based server and a number of client workstations responsible for the overall systems operation, data collection and staff management. It is a mission-critical system, failure of which may leave the ship stranded at sea.
Acronis Backup software is installed on the server and client workstations. Previously backup had to be triggered manually from each workstation. Now the new system allows management of all backups from the server.
Backups are stored on a local disk partition and on network attached storage devices, which would allow the server to be restored within minutes even on dissimilar hardware. Acronis Backup is scheduled to run in the background to make sure important data is never lost.
"While computer failures are not frequent, they do occur. In the past, we often had to send a specialist to come onboard to restore the system, which is costly and time-consuming. Acronis Backup has become a powerful tool for data restoration while out at sea without any need for outside help," said Lewis Too, Fleet IT Manager, CNCo. "
"The only effective way to protect data is to do a complete, full system backup that can restore everything, allowing companies and users to continue working without re-configuring their systems and settings," said Serg Bell, CEO and co-founder of Acronis. "We are honored to work with The China Navigation Company to meet their data protection needs today and in the future."
About The China Navigation Company Pte. Ltd. (CNCo):
CNCo is the wholly owned, deep-sea ship owning and operating arm of the multi-national Swire Group. CNCo was founded in 1872 in Shanghai and started its operations trading on China's Yangtze River. Since then the company has expanded globally while its primary operational focus remains in the Asia-Pacific region. The company operates a global network of multipurpose liner services for the transportation of containerised, break-bulk, heavy lift and project cargoes in addition to providing dry bulk and bulk logistics services on a worldwide basis, through its three core operating divisions - Swire Shipping, Swire Bulk and Swire Bulk Logistics.
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