Attix5, St Bernard combine to form critical data protection partnership

Protecting corporate data is a critical element of any corporate security process. An age-old problem with backing up data has been that open files - such as e-mail databases or documents that are being worked on - are not saved during normal backup procedures.

To overcome this problem and ensure that its clients can backup their data without any concerns over which files may or may not be saved, Attix5 has bundled St Bernard`s Open File Manager for use with every copy of Attix5 Backup Professional Server Edition.

St Bernard`s Open File Manager works with Attix5`s software to successfully backup all corporate data, including mission-critical files that remain open or in-use during the backup process.

"The ability to capture open files eliminates the conventional limited backup window and enables the 24/7 access to enterprise-wide networks increasingly required in the emerging global economy," says Gary Novitzkas, Sales and Product Marketing Director of Attix5. "Uninterrupted network availability also significantly contributes to increased productivity."

Attix5 will make the bundled Backup Professional Server Edition and Open File Manager solution available for purchase or lease in Europe, SA and the US via its international network of channel partners. These include companies such as Dimension Data, Cable & Wireless, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The company`s international reach will establish a valuable revenue channel for St Bernard and serve to introduce Open File Manager into new markets.

The Backup Professional suite is a secure, automated backup system that intelligently backs up critical files to a remote or local storage server, ensuring that all internal and remote corporate data is protected. Completely automatic, it requires no end-user action and makes use of intelligent file selection to protect important files. Should a restore be necessary, Backup Professional has built-in version control that allows documents to be restored in the state in which they were created. As an extra layer of data protection, all backed-up data is stored and transmitted in encrypted format.