Leading data protection specialist Iomega Corporation has announced an industry first in integrating local and remote backup in a single product offering.
Michelle Kasselman, Key Account Manager of Iomega South Africa, says the company's external hard drives are now rolling out with a new downloadable software bundle that integrates EMC Retrospect Express backup and recovery software with the Mozy online backup service.
“This vastly improves the convenience of securely storing, protecting and accessing important files,” Kasselman says.
The announcement marks the first time that EMC-owned brands and market leaders Iomega, Retrospect and Mozy have united to offer consumers a single integrated hardware and software solution for near-line and online backup. EMC acquired Iomega in June, having previously purchased Dantz Development Corporation, makers of Retrospect backup software; and Berkeley Data Systems, the developers of MozyHome and MozyPro online backup software.
“The combination of Iomega external hard drives with Retrospect backup software integrated with Mozy online backup service means storing, protecting and accessing digital files is now easier than ever before,” Kasselman says. “Computer users now have a seamless backup system for local backup of every file, as well as backup to the cloud for files that warrant another copy. This bundled solution provides the versatility of any time, anywhere access.”
Industry-leading Iomega storage devices provide excellent capacity and dependability for storing all a user's files, while Mozy and Retrospect Express work seamlessly with each other so the user has both regular local backups of all files as well as an extra level of security and remote access for files stored online.
“This integrated product combination is the first example of EMC's consumer and small business product division bringing computer users an unparalleled combination of the best hardware, software and services in the market today,” Kasselman points out.
EMC MozyHome is a consumer service that enables Windows and Mac users to securely back up important files - such as photos, music, videos, financial documents and more - over the Internet to world-class EMC data centres. By automatically sending copies of these files to a safe, remote location, MozyHome provides protection against fire, theft, natural disaster, and all the other unexpected events from which a local backup provides little or no relief. And because MozyHome backs up throughout the day and night, it provides an additional layer of protection from hardware failure and accidental deletion. With 2GB of free storage, MozyHome makes it easy to try online backup.
There are three free download options of Retrospect software available to new owners of Iomega hard drives:
* Retrospect Express HD 2.5 for Windows (includes MozyHome integration) works seamlessly to enable simple, reliable backups;
* Retrospect Express 7.6 for Windows (with integrated launch into MozyHome or MozyPro) is more configurable for advanced users, protecting a single Windows desktop or notebook computer by backing up to internal and external hard drives, NAS devices, CD/DVDs and removable drives such as Iomega's award-winning removable HDD technology, the REV Backup Drive; and
* Retrospect Express for Macintosh 6.1 protects a single Macintosh desktop or notebook computer by backing up to internal and external hard drives, NAS devices, CD/DVDs and removable drives such as REV.
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