Why Reading backup needs to clear a higher bar
Reading concentrates tech-corporate customer data + NHS BOB + telco data + fintech. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
NHS DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 for NHS BOB
For Royal Berkshire and BOB ICB-affiliated organisations, DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 requires demonstrable backup and recovery.
SOC 2 + customer-data protection for tech-corporate
For Microsoft / Oracle / Cisco / HP UK customers, backup architecture supports SOC 2 evidence requirements and customer-data-segregation across multi-tenancy repositories.
NIS Regulations for Vodafone UK telco
For Vodafone UK as an Operator of Essential Services, NIS-Regulations-aligned backup architecture, incident reporting capability, recovery time objectives.
FCA for Thames Valley fintech
For Reading fintech, backup is a control under Important Business Service resilience.
What Servnet backup delivers in Reading
Veeam Data Platform deployments
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, Veeam for M365, Veeam Hardened Repository.
Rubrik Security Cloud + r7000
For high-value Reading customers — Rubrik Security Cloud + Cloud Vault.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Reading enterprise customers.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants. Microsoft retains, doesn't back up.
Air-gapped vault at Equinix LD4 (Slough)
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault at Equinix LD4 — typically as second-tier vault if primary is ARK Spring Park or Pulsant Reading.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores, validated, documented for DSPT / SOC 2 / FCA audit.
Reading backup + recovery customers
- ▸Microsoft / Oracle / Cisco / HP UK HQThames Valley Park + Green Park — customer-data backup, SOC 2-aligned retention, multi-tenant isolation.
- ▸Vodafone UK + telco supplyVodafone UK at Newbury — telco-operations backup, NIS-Regulations-aligned recovery.
- ▸NHS BOB + Royal BerkshireRoyal Berkshire + BOB ICB-affiliated — clinical-system backup, DSP-Toolkit-aligned retention.
- ▸Thames Valley fintechReading fintech — Veeam or Rubrik with FCA-aligned retention.
- ▸University of ReadingUniversity of Reading — research-data backup with funder-aligned retention.
- ▸Reading BC + Berkshire authoritiesReading BC + 5 Berkshire authorities — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, statutory record retention.
How a Reading backup engagement runs
Assessment + design — weeks 1–2
Existing-backup audit, RPO / RTO targets, ransomware scenario stress-test, regulator-mapping.
Hardware + software deployment
Backup repository racked in agreed Reading / Slough DC.
First successful restore — week 6
Pick a non-critical workload, restore end-to-end to isolated infrastructure.
Ongoing operations + quarterly testing
Day-to-day job monitoring, restore-on-demand, quarterly tested restores documented for audit.
Reading backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" actually mean for our Reading backup data?
Data even an admin with full credentials cannot delete or modify before retention expires.
How do you protect a Microsoft 365 tenant — surely Microsoft does it?
Microsoft retains, they don't back up. For any Reading tenant of meaningful size we deploy a third-party M365 backup tool.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault at Equinix LD4 (Slough)?
Yes — typical design lands primary in one DC (ARK Spring Park or Pulsant Reading) and air-gapped vault at Equinix LD4 with network isolation and immutable storage.
Do you do quarterly restore testing for Royal Berkshire / NHS BOB?
Yes — for NHS BOB ICB-affiliated organisations we schedule quarterly tested restores aligned to DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Reading estate?
For a typical 200-VM estate with Veeam or Rubrik and immutable repositories: critical-service restore within 4–8 hours, full estate recovery 24–72 hours.
How do you price backup for a 100-VM Reading firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (typically £25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k).
Other services we deliver in Reading
Need Reading backup that survives a regulator review or ransomware incident?
Send the workloads and the RPO / RTO you need.
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