Cloud Solutions & Backup · Canadian Data Storage
Your Data. Backed Up, Verified and Kept in Canada.
Fully managed cloud backup for your servers, workstations, and Microsoft 365. Every backup is encrypted, monitored daily, and stored on servers located in Canada. Your data never leaves the country.
- Bare metal image or single-file restores
- Microsoft 365 backups kept for 7 years
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
Serving Ontario businesses since 1983|Microsoft Partner|N-able Elite Partner|Millenium Micro Group Member
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Why It Matters
Is Your Business Data Really Protected?
Your business data is irreplaceable. Client records, financial documents, emails, project files: losing any of it to a hardware failure, ransomware attack, or accidental deletion can shut down operations and damage client trust.
Microsoft 365 includes retention and recovery features, but they have limited retention windows and are not designed for long-term, point-in-time recovery. A dedicated backup adds multi-year retention, isolated immutable storage, and malware defence, so your data stays recoverable even after permanent deletions or a ransomware incident.
All shawcsIT cloud backup data resides on servers located in Canada, keeping it subject to Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA) rather than American or international jurisdictions. For businesses in healthcare, legal, or government sectors, Canadian data storage may be a compliance requirement.
Microsoft 365 Backup Includes
- Exchange, Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint retained for 7 years
- 1 TB of pooled storage per user
- Point-in-time restoration from any date
- Immutable storage, isolated from your production environment
- Microsoft Defender integration blocks restoring infected files
- Granular recovery of individual items
What We Provide
Our Cloud & Backup Services
Server & Workstation Backup
Automated backup for your on-premises servers and workstations. Choose bare metal image restoration to return an entire machine to the exact state it was in, or recover individual files and folders. Backups run on a schedule you choose and are verified daily by our team.
Microsoft 365 Backup
Managed backup that securely retains, protects, and rapidly recovers your Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams data, guarding against accidental or malicious deletions, departing employees who wipe their OneDrive, and malware.
Azure Cloud Services
For businesses moving beyond on-premises infrastructure, we handle the procurement and deployment of Azure, then design, migrate, and manage environments including virtual machines, storage, networking, and identity management.
Business Continuity Data Replication
For businesses that cannot afford downtime, real-time data replication maintains a continuously updated copy of your critical systems. In a disaster, we can bring your operations back online in minutes, not days.
How It Works
Getting Started Is As Easy As 1, 2, 3
Book your free consultation
Tell us about your business, your current setup and what is slowing you down. You will speak with a real person on our local team.
Get a clear plan
We review your current setup, identify gaps, and recommend the plan and services that fit your needs and your budget.
We protect and verify
We deploy automated, encrypted backups on a schedule you choose and verify them daily, with your data stored on servers in Canada.
The shawcsIT Difference
Your Local IT Partner, Not a Faceless Call Centre
Shaw Computer Systems Inc. (shawcsIT) is a locally owned managed IT services provider based in Peterborough, Ontario. For over four decades, we have helped small and medium businesses across Peterborough, the Kawarthas, Durham Region and Northumberland keep their organizations running securely and efficiently.
When you call our office, you reach a real person who knows your business by name. As a member of the Millenium Micro Group, a Canadian network of independent IT providers, we combine the personal attention of a local company with the purchasing power and technical resources of a national organization.
- A trusted IT leader since 1983
- Offices in Peterborough and Whitby, with on-site visits across the region
- Backup data stored in Canada, under Canadian privacy law
- Microsoft Partner and N-able Elite Partner
- Scalable plans with no long-term lock-in
Testimonials
What Our Clients Say
Fairhaven would like to extend our gratitude to Martin, Carlye and their team at Shaw Computer Systems for the continued delivery of outstanding services. The team at Shaw Computer have understood our needs and produced technology solutions for over 25 years. As a business partner, we are very pleased and would highly recommend shawcsIT.
Thanks, Shaw Computer Systems, for the advice and support that you and your excellent staff have given to Brant Office Supply over the past years. It is comforting to know that GREAT help is so close at hand. We look forward to many more years of working together.
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Got Questions? We Have Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
How often are backups performed?
Backup frequency depends on your needs. Most clients run daily incremental backups with weekly full backups. For critical systems, depending on file size, we can configure backups to run every hour.
Where is my backup data stored?
All backup data is stored on servers located in Canada. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and it never leaves the country.
Can I restore a single file or do I have to restore everything?
Both options are available. You can restore individual files, folders, or mailboxes, or perform a full bare metal restoration of an entire server or workstation.
Does Microsoft 365 automatically back up my data?
Microsoft 365 includes retention and recovery features, but they have limited retention windows and are not designed for long-term, point-in-time recovery. A dedicated backup adds multi-year retention, isolated immutable storage, and malware defence, so your data stays recoverable even after permanent deletions or a ransomware incident.
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