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Partner Program Delivers Service Providers and Resellers Powerful Online Backup and Offsite Storage Solutions

Toronto, ON - October 11, 2007 – Storagepipe Solutions, (http://www.storagepipe.com) launched its partner program to broaden the reach of the company’s strong solutions in online data backup, remote storage and data recovery. The program, designed specifically for the company’s partners to deliver data protection to their customers, focuses on key data protection activities such as backup, archive, recovery, and business continuity. It also supports the industry’s largest variety of platforms, operating systems, and applications with modules for email, databases, application servers and enterprise resource planning.

Toronto, ON - October 3, 2007 - Storagepipe Solutions, (http://www.storagepipe.com) today launched its Service Provider Platform, targeted specifically to service providers and value added resellers across North America.

The online data backup platform will debut at IBM Information on Demand 2007 in Las Vegas, October 14-17, 2007.  

Using the platform, forward thinking service providers and resellers are able to:

• Offer their own branded online backup service, helping increase customer loyalty
• Add value for their existing customers base through an easy to use subscription service
• Increase margins and create strong customer relationships with this Software as a Service (SaaS) offering
• Deliver remote data backup and recovery services to enterprises and consumers with desktop, laptop and server support
• Support expanding subscriber bases with a complete customer management portal
• Provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) and proven off-site data recovery capabilities without costly investments
• Control their own pricing, branding and service bundling

The Storagepipe Service Provider Platform protects critical files from alteration, deletion, viruses and corruptions, increases user productivity, simplifies management of the backup and recovery function, and is scalable as systems expand in complexity and user bases expand in size.  It also delivers centralized protection for all systems.

The platform is a turn-key solution including hardware and software as well as comprehensive training and includes sales and marketing support to ensure the success of service providers.

The Service Provider Platform delivers many innovative features for end-users of the service including:

• Invisible real-time file replication protection
• Versioning of files
• Self-service point-in-time restores
• Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes support
• Effective backup for remote and mobile users
• File include and exclude options

“As experts in data backup and recovery with blue chip clients and a stellar track record, our newest offering enables service providers and resellers to provide secure, compliant and reliable data protection solutions through a suite of easy-to-manage services,” said Steven Rodin, Chief Executive Officer, Storagepipe Solutions. “Our platform facilitates continuous data protection, compliance with regulations, and is engineered to provide end-users with the comprehensive coverage they need.”

Online storage becoming businesses' backup

Alternatives to conventional data archiving methods such as tapes, CDs or external drives, are winning corporate converts 

JOANNA PACHNER

Here is a startling statistic, courtesy of research company IDC: 40 per cent of small and mid-sized businesses never back up their data. Here's another that puts the first one in perspective: 70 per cent of small businesses go belly up within a year of suffering a major loss of data. 

Steve Rodin, president of Toronto-based Storagepipe Solutions, a six-year-old online backup company, says signing up for his service is like getting a techie dedicated to protecting your data without having to pay a full-time salary.

"There's more interest in having specialists do the data backup now," he says. "The importance of disaster recovery and offsite data protection have become more top of mind after 9/11, Katrina and the East Coast blackout."

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Channel Viewpoint: VARs looking to leverage SaaS opportunities should consider online backup

By Steven Rodin

Software as a Service isn’t new, but it can be complex to deliver and it can be difficult to demonstrate the value of online applications to companies who are used to having applications in-house and completely within their control.

But with Web 2.0 offering up online applications for the business world, not just consumers, many VARs are no doubt looking at how they might leverage the trend to create new opportunities and generate additional revenue.

Online storage and backup is an excellent first choice for VARs wishing to dip their toes in the SaaS pool: It has a very clear value proposition. Online backup can enable any organization to reliably back up data within its budget and staff constraints. It’s also an ideal solution for many firms because it optimizes on-site data storage by archiving old data off-site; helps them meet regulatory requirements and adhere to internal policies; enables small branch offices to back up easily and reliably with no on-site IT support required; and, most importantly, it enables data to be retrieved and restored quickly and reliably to minimize downtime without impact on obligations to customers in a world where everything must run in real time.

The best approach for a VAR who wants to start selling and delivering managed services is to partner with an online backup provider to deliver the service to its customers rather than making the capital investments into technology and equipment.