VARs, XSPs to write future of data backups: Vembu Technologies

Technologies has released the Service Provider Edition of
Vembu StoreGrid, a data backup software that works with existing hardware. Built
for IT service providers who wish to provide backup services, typically online
backup services, for their customers, this edition will be exclusively offered
through channel partners.

"We believe that value added resellers, managed service
providers (MSP), ISPs, system integrators and other IT solution providers are in
the best position to take data backup, especially remote backups, to the
masses," said Sekar Vembu, CEO of Vembu Technologies. "They already
have a fundamental asset - the trust of their customers. This is especially
important as companies are in effect, trusting someone with safekeeping their
confidential data."

Root Consulting Inc, an SMB/mid-market focused solution
provider with offices in four US states agrees. They started offering data
backup services with StoreGrid's Professional Edition and are currently
migrating to the new SP Edition.

SEKAR VEMBU VARs, ISPs, SIs and solution providers in best position to take data backup, especially remote backups, to masses

"Each of our clients' requirements is different and
StoreGrid's software helps us meet those diverse needs. We provide a fully
automated online backup solution that backs-up critical server data as well as
work stations and laptops. We've also deployed a staged backup solution
leveraging on-site servers. We needed a solution flexible enough to cater to
different network configurations and one that would scale with our business
needs, which was addressed by StoreGrid," noted Bill Insull, GM-Root
Consulting, Inc., Houston.

StoreGrid's SP Edition is expected to generate considerable
interest amongst the MSP community. According to Charles Weaver, President of
the MSP Alliance, a global organization made up of service providers and
technology enablers advocating the 'Managed Services' model, "The
demand for disaster recovery and other storage needs is only going to increase
in the next several years. In order to remain integral to their clients,

MSPs must have a 'ready to implement' solution. Online backup is quickly
becoming the standard, even for the smallest of businesses."

StoreGrid works on Windows, Linux, Mac and FreeBSD operating
systems, and is perfect for disk to disk backups of various kinds: client-server
backups, remote/online/off-site backups, and its own unique 'trusted P2P
backup' configurations. With a basic server and some storage thrown in, a VAR/XSP
can be up and running with online backup services in under 30 minutes.

StoreGrid's Service Provider Edition is one of its three
editions on offer. While the 'Free Edition' is targeted at Soho and home
users, the Professional Edition is especially relevant to the Indian SMB and
enterprise market "where there is a severe dearth of good backup
practices," says the company. StoreGrid's data backup solution is
expected to reduce barriers to deployment as companies can, as required,
implement it in a typical client-server scenario or leverage its Peer to Peer
backup model to increase utilisation of their existing storage capacity.