Secure Data

We fully understand that Data Security is paramount in any IT system.

Please be reassured that PWFSL has incorporated multiple levels of security and redundancy. Our servers are Unix based and all drives have multiple levels of redundancy. There are multiple drives employed in managing data and the system can afford to lose more than one at any one time without shut down or any affect on performance (RAID).

Every night backups are taken and stored offsite for security and there is an additional online NAS (Network Available Storage) device that periodically backs up all data during the day to ensure a virtual mirror of the system should recovery be required.

Don't forget:
In the unlikely event that the all levels of the system fail completely, you will not be left high and dry, all you need to do is go back to the old "steam driven" management approach. All assets will still be with whoever generated them, Copyeditors will still have their files, Proofreaders will still have their original files and Typesetters will still have the work they have done. Look on the system as a highly efficient assistant who works 24/7 and makes no mistakes, never gets tired and is never angry at having to work so hard or under too much pressure. It will never talk back and never gets in a mood. Don't we wish all our staff were like that!