Venyu and InSite One Announce Partnership to Bring New Image Storage and Virtualization Solutions to Healthcare ProvidersMonday, March 08, 2010Hardware and software data backup and recovery leaders join forces to meet the demand for secure, reliable and always available PACS storage and recovery solutions Baton Rouge, LA and Wallingford, CT– March 1, 2010 – Venyu, a leader in commercial solutions for data protection, availability and recovery and InSite One, the market leader in medical data archiving, exchange, and business continuance solutions, today announced a joint partnership aimed at helping healthcare institutions and providers manage soaring amounts of electronic medical data. Venyu, a PHNS subsidiary, also brings expansion opportunity to the partnership through geographically-diverse, SAS70 qualified, datacenters.In the last five years, the amount of picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) imaging and traditional electronic data generated in the healthcare industry has grown exponentially. In addition, HIPPA regulations have ushered in new regulations governing how data must be protected and accessed in the event of a human or natural disaster. “Advances in medical imaging technology, electronic medical records (EMR) and online medical collaboration between doctors, departments and specialists have created unique challenges for healthcare IT departments struggling to protect ever-growing amounts of electronic data,” said Venyu CEO Scott Thompson. “The Venyu and InSite One partnership will give hospitals and healthcare providers a powerful solution to tackle current and future data protection challenges with minimal disruption to existing environments.” Venyu’s data protection and recovery solution is fully automated and maintains the highest industry standards for security, regulatory compliance, and recoverability. The Venyu Virtual Disaster Recovery platform enables rapid availability and recovery by virtualizing production servers and negating the need for duplicated hardware or unreliable – and often inaccessible - tape backup systems. “InSite One together with Venyu will deliver to the healthcare market necessary and demonstrated data protection and data delivery with the InDex vendor-neutral enterprise archive that ensures on-demand access to archived studies from any authorized application,” comments Jim Champagne, InSite One’s President and CEO. “The blending of our companies technologies offers a uniquely qualified and cost-effective toolset that protects digital healthcare data from imaging to the elements of electronic medical records.”
InSite One services have become the de facto standard for the diagnostic imaging industry, in use at hundreds of hospitals, radiology departments, imaging centers, and physician group practices around the country. Clients vary considerably in size and complexity, and include Good Samaritan (CA), Washington Hospital Center (Washington, D.C.), Hartford Hospital (CT), InSight Health (CA), and Arizona Breastnet Both Venyu and InSite One will be exhibiting at HIMSS10 March 1-4 in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit Venyu at Booth #3445 and InSite One at Booth #7555 and in the Interoperability Showcase #233. About InSite One® and InDex® Enterprise ArchiveFor more than a decade, InSite One, Inc. has distinguished itself as the market leader in storage content management services, medical data archiving and disaster protection. InSite One’s InDex Enterprise Archive and family of related storage services provide a comprehensive and flexible platform for enterprise management and sharing of patient information across clinical applications and entire healthcare communities. Through strict adherence to IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) standards (DICOM, HL7, XDS (cross-enterprise document sharing) and XDS-I (cross-enterprise document sharing for imaging), InDex services ensure the rapid retrieval of clinical information by patient and provides a platform for participation in Health Information Exchanges (HIE). By design, the InDex Enterprise Archive retains and protects all data files in a tamper-proof HIPAA-compliant environment. InSite One managed solutions deliver scalability, continuous IT support and state-of-the-art hardware and software upgrades that keep pace with evolving technologies. Beginning in 2010 with over 2.9 billion objects in its InDex Enterprise Archive, InSite One is the single-source for medical data storage, management and consolidation supporting ‘meaningful use’ in today’s increasingly important integrated patient record. InSite One is headquartered in Wallingford, CT. www.insiteone.com, 800-441-0091. Venyu Remote Online Backup and Virtualized Disaster Recovery Solution Receives High Marks in Independent ESG Lab ReviewTuesday, February 02, 2010Venyu combines its AmeriVault® backup service with standby virtual servers, reducing the time, complexity and risk associated with protecting and recovering rapidly growing volumes of data Baton Rouge, LA – February 1, 2010 – Venyu, a leader in commercial-grade, customizable solutions for data protection, availability and recovery, today announced that its AmeriVault® remote online backup and virtualized disaster recovery (VDR) solution received high marks in an independent lab review from IT analyst and business strategy firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). The scope of the review included operation of Venyu’s remote backup service running on ESG’s own production servers and the recovery of over half a Terabyte of data to virtual servers at a Venyu datacenter located 1,500 miles away. Five servers, including Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and SQLServer were evaluated for backup efficiency and recovery times. According to ESG’s latest research, 30 percent of midmarket organizations identified improving backup and recovery as a top IT priority over the next 12-18 months. As storage capacity grows at a rate of more than 20 percent annually and the business impact of downtime intensifies, IT managers are looking for ways to reduce the risk and cost associated with protecting vital company information while also minimizing the amount of time needed to maintain backup solutions. While using a top-rated on-premises solution, ESG was also seeking to improve backup efficiency and maintain a remote offsite copy that they could quickly recover from in the event of an outage or disaster. ESG’s Director of IT, Jeffrey D’Entremont, often had to set aside strategic projects due to the hassle associated with traditional backup methods. Upon experiencing the Venyu backup, technical support, and remote recovery service, he summarized the test by saying, “I sleep better at night knowing that in the event of a disaster, Venyu’s got my back-up. It was very easy to test our DR plan by virtually recovering our infrastructure at Venyu. I’m confident that the experts at Venyu can get us back in business after a disaster.” Venyu’s AmeriVault backup service gives mid-size companies an easy way to configure remote backups that run automatically using a WAN efficient, secure, and tape-free procedure. In the event of an outage or disaster, Venyu’s VDR service can manage the entire data recovery process using an out of region datacenter that leverages virtual server technology. “Venyu made it easy to get started with remote backup and recovery services. The AmeriVault VDR service got us up and running in a virtual environment within hours of a simulated disaster and our IT Director expressed his total confidence in our ability to recover from any loss, small or large,” said Brian Garrett, Vice President, ESG Lab. “Any medium-sized business worried about the complexity and risk associated with data backups should consider Venyu’s online backup and virtual recovery services.” “Businesses today have a lot to consider when it comes to protecting and storing their data, but the bigger question is whether it will be available when they need it,” said Venyu CEO Scott Thompson. “The issue of availability is critical when you consider the revenue, productivity and brand reputation lost for every minute of downtime. The AmeriVault remote online backup and VDR solution gives companies daily, hassle-free offsite storage and the confidence that their data is available when they need it.” To view the full ESG Lab review, please visit: www.venyu.com/esg. Green Bay Packers Strengthen Defense with Venyu’s AmeriVault BackupTuesday, October 13, 2009
Baton Rouge, LA – October 13, 2009 – Venyu, a leader in commercial-grade, customizable solutions for data protection, availability and recovery, today announced a new partnership with the Green Bay Packers to deliver its cost-effective and reliable AmeriVault online data backup and recovery solution. The Packers join a long line of professional sports teams partnering with Venyu to outsource and streamline their offsite data backup and recovery strategies.
### LSMS Physicians Services, Inc. Prescribes Venyu as Data Backup and Protection Solution for MembersTuesday, August 11, 2009Venyu, a leader in commercial-grade, customizable solutions for data protection, availability and recovery, today announced endorsement from LSMS Physicians Services as its preferred data protection provider for members. LSMS Physicians Services is a subsidiary of the Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS). LSMS Physicians Services endorsement encourages the 6,500 members of the LSMS to partner with Venyu for off-site storage and backup of patient and practice data. A Venyu customer since 2006, LSMS – the statewide professional association for physicians and medical students – relies on Venyu to host its information systems and to provide secure backup and continuity services. The partnership encourages members of the Louisiana State Medical Society to use Venyu to backup and secure patient data and practice information. Member practices that partner with Venyu are eligible to receive a group rate. “The LSMS chose Venyu to host and maintain its network based on the company’s ability to provide a dependable, cost-effective and accessible solution,” said Dave Tarver, Executive Vice President of LSMS. “Given our experience with them, and the hurricane threat that faces this region, each year, we want our members to enjoy the same level of confidence and recoverability.” The Venyu Healthcare Difference A subsidiary of Dallas-based PHNS, a leading provider of end-to-end healthcare IT services, Venyu manages and protects hundreds of terabytes of data at multiple off-site locations for a growing list of leading healthcare providers. Venyu operates under the code of conduct mandated by HIPAA guidelines, making it the premiere vendor for the protection of healthcare-related information. Venyu offers customizable backup settings such as data selection, start time, retention history, and encryption to meet the needs of each individual customer. Once an initial backup is established, data is secured offsite in geographically-diverse storage vault facilities and is available for restore through a step-by-step interface. Venyu solutions require no hardware burden and the company’s team of technicians are available for training, emergency response needs, or to answer any questions customers may have, at no additional cost. “The healthcare industry is heavily dependent on the confidentiality and security of patient and provider information,” said, Scott Thompson, CEO of Venyu. “We understand the sensitivities of this industry and the difficulty that independent physicians have in maintaining data protection and recovery procedures while focusing on their patients.” About LSMS The Louisiana State Medical Society is a voluntary association of physicians providing leadership for the advancement of the health of the people of Louisiana and serving as the premier advocate for patients and physicians. Since its inception in 1878, LSMS has worked for a singular purpose: to advance healthcare in the state of Louisiana. Today, LSMS boasts a membership of over 6,500 physicians, residents, and medical school students from 42 parish component societies. LSMS is dedicated to support the physicians of Louisiana in continually improving the provision of quality health care for its citizens. For more information about LSMS, please visit http://www.lsms.org/. About Venyu Venyu is a premier provider of data protection, recovery, and availability services tailored to support the recovery objectives and service levels companies require to stay competitive. Venyu’s progressive portfolio includes online data backup, physical and virtualized recovery solutions, managed hosting, SaaS, and co-location services. Venyu, headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, with offices in Waltham, MA, is backed by geographically-diverse, Tier IV datacenters, highly-qualified technicians, and stringent security controls. For more information about Venyu, please visit www.venyu.com. ###
Media Contact: Massachusetts Medical Society Names Venyu Preferred Data Protection Provider for MembersFriday, May 22, 2009
The agreement means that members of the Massachusetts Medical Society may use Venyu to provide off-site and highly secure backup storage of patient data and practice information as mandated by Federal regulatory guidelines or HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Through its work with its parent company, Dallas-based PHNS, a leading provider of end-to-end healthcare IT services, Venyu is at the frontline of medical data protection, managing and protecting hundreds of terabytes at multiple off-site locations. The Medical Society selected the company based on Venyu’s proven ability to deliver cost-effective, accessible, off-site data backup and disaster-recovery solutions. “With today’s emphasis on the confidentiality and security of patient and provider information,” said Mario Motta, M.D., President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, “it is imperative that we offer our members the best tools available to safeguard such data. Venyu offers a reliable, proven service and provides an excellent complement to our extensive package of member benefits.” “The selection by the Massachusetts Medical Society opens doors to our growing relationship with the healthcare market,” said Scott Thompson, CEO of Venyu. “We understand the sensitivities of this industry and that it’s difficult for independent physicians to maintain data protection and recovery procedures while focusing on their patients.” HIPAA laws require information safeguards that encompass data integrity and access controls, and data backup and contingency procedures. As a subsidiary of PHNS, Venyu operates under the same codes of conduct making it uniquely positioned to protect healthcare-related information. Venyu offers customizable backup settings such as data selection, start time, retention history, and encryption, to meet the needs of each individual customer. Once an initial backup is established, data is secured offsite in multiple storage vault facilities and is available for restore through a step-by-step interface. Venyu solutions require no hardware burden and the company’s team of technicians are available for training, emergency response needs, or to answer any questions customers may have, at no additional cost.
About the MMS Indianapolis Colts hand off data backups to VenyuThursday, April 23, 2009Venyu Inc., the company formed out of online backup service provider AmeriVault Corp. and data center disaster recovery managed service provider NTG, has added another team to its roster of NFL clients based on AmeriVault's reputation in the league. The Indianapolis Colts this week became the fourth team to publicly announce it is outsourcing backups to Venyu. Director of football information systems Ryan Fannin said he evaluated competitive services, but went with a vendor already known in the NFL. "These guys were well known in the NFL," Fannin said. "The Patriots, Jets and Ravens all use them and we're comfortable knowing they're solid for those other teams." The Colts decided to outsource backups because they wanted to get rid of tapes the team was backing up to through Symantec Backup Exec. "We wanted to make sure everything was 100 percent backed up, and wanted to be able to get rid of tapes, which were failing and added cost to replace," Fannin said. The Colts send approximately 140 GB per night over a T3 pipe to Venyu, with a Microsoft Exchange email database making up most of the traffic. The first upload of about 1.5 TB of data to Venyu required a portable hard drive "seeding" device. Fannin said he is happy with the nightly email alerts from Venyu on backup successes and failures. Not all of the Colts' data is a good fit for the online backup service, Fannin said. Even with a fairly wide pipe, the Colts have chosen to keep backup of team photos in-house. "They upload a massive amount of photos after every game," usually at least 20 GB, Fannin said. The images would also have to be restored over the wire if they were backed up to Venyu, which might take too long. The Colts still use Backup Exec internally to back up the images to an iSCSI SAN. The offsite backup service provides built-in geographic redundancy for the Colts, and that's something they lacked with the local backups. Venyu can also offer disaster recovery using server images, but Fannin said the Colts are sticking to backup for now. The team's primary storage is directly attached to its client servers, which are not virtualized. "The [server] hardware is replaceable," Fannin said. "As long as we can get the data back."
By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer Indianapolis Colts Draft Venyu for Data Backup and Recovery DefenseWednesday, April 22, 2009 Venyu, a leader in commercial-grade, customizable solutions for data protection, availability and recovery, today announced a new partnership with the Indianapolis Colts to deliver a cost-effective, accessible, off-site data back-up and recovery solution. The Colts join a growing list of NFL franchises teaming with Venyu for a more reliable disaster recovery plan. As more companies work to update their data back-up practices, there is an increasing focus on the importance of disaster recovery as part of the holistic data protection strategy. Encouraged by the NFL to consider the repercussions of natural disasters, media failures and hardware malfunctions, the Colts decided to abandon cumbersome and outdated tape data back-up, in exchange for Venyu’s accessible, off-site solution. “Hurricane Katrina caused many of us around the League to evaluate our ability to recover from disasters and consider proactive solutions that would mitigate these threats as well as other potential outages,” said Ryan Fannin, Director of Football Information Systems for the Indianapolis Colts. “The limited solutions were unrealistic until we heard about Venyu. Our data is now reliably protected out of region, to multiple storage vaults, and we can easily manage back-ups for two separated networks while keeping the information secured with encryption.” The Colts franchise joins the many SMBs – particularly 2-20 server environments – choosing a process that offers off-site and online storage, advanced recovery solutions and technical support. “Business data continues to become a more critical component to an organization’s vitality. As such, the concern to protect data and ensure business continuity is on the rise,” said Brad Nisbet, program manager, IDC Storage and Data Management Services program. “Disaster recovery solutions that employ online backup, such as those from Venyu, are quickly becoming an attractive alternative that allow resource-constrained SMBs to protect exploding amounts of data without the expense needed to design, implement, and manage their own solutions.” “Owning our datacenters and having technical expertise in areas like virtualization has put us in a strong position to address recovery and availability goals organizations have today,” said Scott Thompson, CEO of Venyu. “For the Colts, we provide offsite backup and recovery for the franchise’s Exchange environment, file servers and databases so they can focus on strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations with the assurance that their data is continually backed-up and protected out of the region to separate storage vaults.” Venyu, introduced earlier this month, is the result of a merger between 11-year data backup leader, AmeriVault, and 20-year hosting services and data protection veteran, NTG. Venyu operates as a subsidiary to health information technology provider, PHNS. AmeriVault And NTG Announce New "Venyu" For Data ProtectionMonday, April 06, 2009AmeriVault, a leading online backup provider, and NTG, a hosting services and data protection veteran, recently announced the launch of "Venyu"—a newly combined company created to deliver commercial-grade, customizable solutions for data protection, availability and recovery. Bolstered by the financial strength and stability of parent company PHNS, Venyu gives small-to-medium sized businesses more reliable data protection and recovery alternatives and eliminates the need for courier services, back-up tape and on-premise hardware. As data volumes and privacy concerns increase, IT resources are being stretched thinner. Companies need progressive ways to run critical applications and ensure they can recover from any outage in a timely manner. They need secure, reliable and scalable solutions that require minimal maintenance so they can focus on their core business. "The data backup market is crowded with solutions that do little to help companies manage their data resources in a fast, reliable and efficient manner across the enterprise," said Scott Thompson, president and CEO of Venyu. "By providing an automated, comprehensive solution, Venyu gives companies consistency, peace of mind and assurance that their data will be available how they want it, where they want it, when they want it." Emmi Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based healthcare communications solutions that engage patients across the continuum of care, currently utilizes the backup, hosting and data protection services of Venyu. "We did an extensive search for a provider with the healthcare industry knowledge and technical expertise to meet our expanding needs," said David Dahl, Chief Technology Officer at Emmi Solutions. "Venyu provides the hosting services we need to support the high-volume, interactive communications solutions Emmi offers to the healthcare industry." "A growing number of organizations face backup and recovery redesign but lack the facilities and resources to execute on it," said Jerome Wendt, Lead Analyst and President, DCIG. "The launch of Venyu provides organizations with a solution for their immediate backup needs while enabling them to address their more strategic disaster recovery and availability objectives."
About Venyu
About Emmi Solutions, LLC For more information, visit www.emmisolutions.com. NTG and AmeriVault Announce MergerMonday, March 16, 2009
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Online backup pioneer, AmeriVault and datacenter services veteran, NTG, are merging to bring our customers a new, higher level of expertise. With over 30 years of combined experience protecting your mission critical data, our enhanced portfolio includes online data backup, physical and virtualized recovery solutions, managed hosting, SaaS, and colocation services — all backed by geographically-diverse, Tier IV data centers, highly-qualified technicians, and iron-clad security controls.
The new name, logo and website will launch in just a couple of weeks — you will continue to receive the SAME GREAT SERVICE you've come to expect from NTG and AmeriVault.
Thank you for being a part of this exciting time for our organization!
NTG Featured in Byte & Switch article sharing the stage with EMC, IBM, Iron Mountain, and Seagate.Wednesday, December 03, 2008Consolidation Reshapes Online Backup Market: Big vendors have elbowed their way into the market via acquisitions The online backup market is evolving fast. The market is relatively small -- estimates are that it generates a couple of hundred million dollars in revenue in the U.S. annually. However small the numbers are now, the potential size of the market has attracted some very large players, READ REST OF ARTICLE New York Jets Sign with AmeriVault for Remote Online Data BackupMonday, November 03, 2008AmeriVault + NTG - a recognized leader in data protection managed services, including remote online data backup, offsite recovery services, email archiving, and data lifecycle solutions - today announced that the New York Jets professional football franchise has chosen AmeriVault for remote online data backup and data protection services. With AmeriVault, the Jets will enjoy several benefits that their previous solution - on-premise tape backup - did not offer, including automation, immediate offsite storage, and reliable recovery. Since online backup eliminates many of the manual steps associated with tape backup, from loading tapes to offsite transportation, AmeriVault's clients have more time for critical projects and strategic initiatives. For the Jets, the automation provided by AmeriVault's remote online data backup service allows their IT department to focus on strategic projects such as the move to a new practice facility. In addition, AmeriVault's online backup service provides one-step backup and offsite data protection. A cornerstone of any Disaster Recovery Plan, offsite data storage ensures data availability in the case of a regional disaster or outage. AmeriVault's service is a substantial improvement from an on-premise solution because there is no additional step, such as a courier service, to physically move data a safe distance away. Companies not only have to pay an additional fee for the courier service, but there is also an additional charge for storing the tapes in a safe, remote facility. With AmeriVault's remote online backup service, data is backed-up, transported, and stored in a remote facility - all in one step, for a much lower total cost of ownership. "With the move to the new training center, we really have a lot of work ahead of us in the IT department," says Jets' IT Director, Tom Murphy. "AmeriVault is helping us not only improve our data protection processes so we have more time for critical projects, but they're also providing us with a much better solution at the same time. Our backups are faster, and lost files are restored immediately with a few clicks. But I think the most valuable benefit of AmeriVault's service is that you get backup and DR readiness in the same solution. Now we are confident that we can recover quickly and reliably no matter what happens." AmeriVault provides data protection in a Storage as a Service (SaaS) model, requiring no investment in hardware, software, or maintenance. When it comes to backup, customers only pay for compressed, deduplicated data that is protected in AmeriVault's secure, top-rated datacenters. The New York Jets are enjoying the following features of AmeriVault-AV, AmeriVault's premium online backup service: * Complete Automation: Set It & Forget It * Highest Security & End-to-End Encryption * One-Step Backup & Disaster Recovery Readiness * Immediate Restores - from Anywhere * Advanced Features - Compression & Deduplication - Open File Backup - Customized Retentions - Optional Continuous Data Protection (CDP) - Optional Tier 2 Storage Integration - Optional Local Copy of Backups * Quick & Easy Implementation * Around-the-Clock Support AmeriVault Adds Hosted Exchange to Email Service PortfolioMonday, September 22, 2008Waltham MA, September 22, 2008 - AmeriVault (www.amerivault.com) - a recognized leader in data protection managed services, including remote online data backup, offsite recovery services, email archiving, and data lifecycle solutions - today announced the addition of Hosted Microsoft Exchange to its portfolio of email services.
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