Top law firm signs business continuity deal

Norton Rose uses BT to provide storage and remote data centre facilities

International law firm Norton Rose has signed a deal with BT to provide business continuity and disaster recovery services for the next decade.

The contract, worth over £5m, means Norton Rose will use BT to provision its data storage and remote data centre facilities, including related security and high-speed network links between centres around the world.

'Our business generates enormous volumes of data on a daily basis,' said Kevin Mortell, Norton Rose's chief operating officer.

'Security threats and natural disasters are a real and present danger to paper records, and with today’s regulatory environment demanding an ever-increasing volume of data be stored, it is critical that our storage is completely secure.'

As part of its strategy, the law firm is consolidating six separate offices into one central London location and must ensure business continuity throughout the process.

Legal practices face challenging security and regulatory pressures with regards to the volume of information they generate and are required to keep. Given that current legislation demands firms hold relevant data for 12 to 15 years, Norton Rose predicts its storage requirements will grow at 40 per cent per annum.

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