Iron Mountain Digital and N-able Technologies are working together to supply backup and archiving services using software as a service (SaaS) technology. The alliance will help SMBs to monitor and remotely manage server-data backup and recovery.

N-able provides SaaS platforms that supply managed service providers (MSPs) with remote monitoring, management, and desktop support technology. In that co-marketing relationship with Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of storage giant Iron Mountain, the two companies will introduce channel partners to the other’s services to educate the market on the benefits to SMBs of using managed services for backup and storage.

“We monitor and manage devices,” looking at the network and its assets, and monitoring how much backup space is available, explained Elias Diamantopoulos, chief operating officer of N-Able. Iron Mountain’s services, which address both instant backup needs and offline backup, will be integrated into the N-able platform.

That hasn’t happened yet, but will soon. The theory, Diamantopoulos said, is

that corporations will identify the goods to be retained and create retention policies. N-able software will monitor how much storage is available for the backups, and next key documents will be automatically moved offline and archived via Iron Mountain Digital.

“The positioning is that end users can enable software to ensure that their networks and devices are managed and protected properly, and the subject matter equivalently is managed and protected properly with Iron Mountain software,” he said.

Outsourcing Trend

The partnership highlights the growing trend of SMBs to outsource as a way to save money, while getting a predictable amount for budgeting IT expenditures.

“All these products can be delivered in a way that’s cost-effective for SMBs. Once it’s cost-effective for them, why not outsource it? You don’t have to manage the day-to-day maintenance and management of the system,” Diamantopoulos said.

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