Notebooks and mobile workplaces
Backed up, even when the notebook is closed.
Sales, authorised signatories, management and the board rarely work in the office – and their notebooks are often not backed up at all or only insufficiently. AegisGrid backs up in the background and, after every interruption, carries on where the backup stopped.
The most important data is often the worst backed up
Offers, calculations, contracts, presentations and the email of recent years: the notebooks of executives and field staff hold a lot that exists nowhere else in full.
These are exactly the devices that are rarely in the office long enough to be backed up over the fast company network. With large amounts of data, a backup is not done in a few minutes – and whoever closes the notebook between two appointments does not think of the backup. With many solutions this means: the backup breaks off and starts from scratch next time.
- No involvement needed: the backup runs on a schedule in the background, nobody has to start or watch anything.
- Interruptions are planned for: closing the lid, shutting down or a flat battery cost no work already done.
- Only the rest is transferred: what has arrived safely once never goes over the line a second time.
- No half backups: a backup only counts as finished once it is complete.
How it carries on after an interruption
Resumption is always switched on. It needs neither to be set up nor to be triggered by the user.
Lid closed or connection lost
If the notebook goes into standby or the internet connection drops, AegisGrid reconnects by itself afterwards, checks what has already arrived and continues the same backup.
Switched off or battery flat
AegisGrid remembers every backup it has started. After the next start it picks it up again by itself; if there is no connection yet, the next scheduled run takes over.
Continue instead of starting again
Only what is still missing is transferred. This way, even a large first backup reaches its destination safely over several stages – at home, in the hotel or in the office.
Unobtrusive in the background
A backup must not disturb the work. AegisGrid shows consideration for the person at the device and for slow lines.
- Background mode: low priority, and the busier the notebook is, the less the backup works.
- Limit the bandwidth: so that video conferences and the mobile connection stay free.
- Pause at the push of a button: a small progress window shows the running backup; whoever needs every second of performance right now pauses it. After an hour (adjustable) it continues by itself. During a presentation the window stays hidden.
- Missed dates are caught up: if the notebook was off at the scheduled time, the backup starts after it is switched on.
Secure on the road
The data is encrypted on the notebook before it leaves it and is transferred over a secured connection to a pinned server. A public Wi-Fi only sees encrypted data.
A suitable destination is your own backup server that the notebooks reach over the internet, or the AegisGrid cloud storage: there the backups are kept in certified data centres in Germany. In both cases the notebook does not have to be in the company network.
At a glance
- Windows 10 and Windows 11
- Encryption before transfer
- Transfer over TLS to a pinned server
- Resumption after standby, power-off and a lost connection
- Storage in Germany in the cloud storage
Frequently asked questions about notebooks
What happens if the battery runs flat in the middle of a backup?
Nothing is lost. AegisGrid remembers the backup it started and picks it up again by itself after the next start. Only what had not arrived by then is transferred. An incomplete backup never results: only when everything is there does the backup count as finished.
Does the user have to do anything for this?
No. The backup runs on a schedule in the background, and resumption is always switched on. The user can pause a running backup in the progress window, but never has to.
Does the notebook slow down during the backup?
In background mode, AegisGrid works with low priority and steps back all the more, the busier the notebook is at the moment. In addition, the bandwidth can be limited. In a pilot project we tune both to your devices and lines.
Does it also work over hotel Wi-Fi or mobile networks?
Yes, as long as the connection allows outgoing traffic to the backup server. Some guest networks block individual ports; then the next backup with a suitable connection takes care of the rest. In a pilot project we check which connections your staff typically use.
How well are your notebooks backed up today?
In a pilot project we back up selected devices of your company – on the road, in the home office and in the office.