Higher Ground’s automated off-site backup service is called Tereo - the Greek word meaning “to guard against loss or injury”.  It is a fully automatic service that securely sends your encrypted and compressed data or other files across the internet to our backup server. It is very easy to setup and you will get a confirmation e-mail every day from the server. Files may be restored at any time from any where with username and password.

• It supports both full backup (database backup) and incremental backup (transaction log backup) for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0/2000, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003, Lotus Domino/Notes 5.0, Oracle 8i or above and MySQL 3.24 or above.
• Runs on Windows, Mac OS X, NetWare, Unix, Linux and all other platforms supporting a Java2 Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.3.1 or above.
• Increment backup strategy ensures that only new or updated files are sent to backup server
• Customizable backup schedule allows backup to be scheduled at any time.
• Compress and encrypt data automatically before sending them to the server (server stores only encrypted data)
• Access backup data anytime, anywhere by using a browser
• Comprehensive backup report lists all files being backup. Backup report will be delivered to user automatically via email when each backup job is completed. 
• Backup data are CRC validated before they are stored on server.
• Customizable data retention policy allows user to access files even when they have been deleted.
• Select files to be backed up easily by using backup filter, e.g. selecting all *.doc and *.xls in your computer in a single operation.
• Run any custom OS commands before/after a backup job.
• Easy to use web interface

Security

• Point-to-point SSL communication between server and client
• Support HTTP/HTTPS Proxy and Socks v4/v5 firewall 
• Data are 128-bit encrypted when stored on backup server
• Choice of different encryption algorithms, e.g. TwoFish, Triple DES, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
• Choice of different encryption modes, e.g. Electronic Cook Book (ECB) and Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)
• An random initializing vector, salt and iteration count will be generated by the software automatically when encrypting your data
• Each backup user can restrict online access to his files to his pre-defined list of IP addresses