@Backup Powers Online Backup Service for Microsoft Money Users.Business Editors, High Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999 New Customized Version of Automatic, Secure Data Protection Service Now Live For Users of Popular Personal Finance Software @Backup, the leading provider of online information protection and access for small businesses and home users, today announced that Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) has selected its service to protect the files of users of Microsoft(R) Money 2000 personal finance software. The @Backup service is available immediately under the name Microsoft(R) Money Online Backup Using the Web to store copies of data for backup. There are numerous providers on the Internet that charge for storage, and fees are typically based on capacity. Online backup services provide offsite backup, which is essential for disaster recovery. See backup types. and is the first customized, application-specific version of the @Backup online backup service. Under the agreement, Microsoft is proactively encouraging its Microsoft Money Microsoft Money is Microsoft's personal finance software for computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system. A version is also available for Windows Mobile (available for Money versions 2000-2006, and up to, but not including Windows Mobile 5.0). customers to use Microsoft Money Online Backup to protect their important financial files. An in-product announcement carries users directly from the MS Money start page to a co-branded Web site (microsoftmoney.backup.com) where they can learn more about and install the service with virtually one click. Once installed, Online Backup automatically finds the user's Money files and includes them in a protected set that gets backed up every single day. "We are always concerned about the well-being of our customers' data, so it makes sense that we would provide them with an easy, secure tool for protecting it," said Ed Bland, Group Product Manager for Microsoft Money. "We view online backup as an exciting emerging technology, and @Backup meets our specifications for reliability, ease of use and functionality." Microsoft evaluated online storage providers and found that @Backup delivered a unique, powerful combination of enterprise-level data protection coupled with secure web-enabled file access. The @Backup and Microsoft teams developed the customized version of the Money-specific backup service. @Backup also developed and is hosting customized Web pages that maintain a look and feel that is familiar to Money users. "Personal financial information is among the most sensitive and critical information contained on a PC user's hard drive. Microsoft recognized that @Backup offered a useful way to protect these files in a secure, remote location to protect against loss or corruption," said Jim Till, vice president of marketing for @Backup. Microsoft Money Online Backup Service Money Online Backup service is an exclusive application-specific version of @Backup's standard backup, storage and remote access service. @Backup performs scheduled backups automatically so Microsoft Money users don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. need to remember to protect their data every day or hassle Hassle () is a location in Närke, Sweden, where a Celtic treasure was found in 1936. It comprises a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the Hallstatt type, a pommel of bronze, two bronze buckets with with removable storage devices. Subscribers to the Online Backup Service may execute unlimited backups and restores. All data is encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science twice before leaving the user's hard drive and then is securely transmitted and stored off-site at @Backup's facility. Users can restore backed-up files - including earlier versions of saved documents - any time from any browser-enabled PC. Money customers can receive a free 60-day trial of the Online Backup Service. A one-year subscription is priced at $14.95. Money customers are directed to microsoftmoney.backup.com to begin using the service. @Backup Partnership Strategy @Backup is committed to an aggressive business model for partnering with companies that will deliver its service to tens of millions of customers in the next year. @Backup currently powers the backup and storage functions for a number of leading PC manufacturers, software publishers and online service providers, including Dell, Intuit in·tu·it tr.v. in·tu·it·ed, in·tu·it·ing, in·tu·its Usage Problem To know intuitively. [Back-formation from intuition. , Toshiba, OfficeMax and Covad Communications. @Backup partners attract and retain customers by offering them a value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. that answers a critical need - the automatic, secure, off-site protection of valuable electronic information. The partnership distribution strategy complements @Backup's successful direct sales model. From its Web site, @Backup is growing its subscriber base at a steady rate of 20 percent per month. The company will carry this momentum into the New Year with additional agreements in months to come. About @Backup Founded in 1996 in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., @Backup is the leading online information protection and access company for small businesses and consumers. By outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. the storage, retrieval and migration of information, the company extends backup to create a user's virtual desktop from which information can be accessed anywhere, anytime. @Backup's massively scalable services are endorsed, distributed and marketed by industry leading ISPs, software publishers and hardware manufacturers. For more information about @Backup, please visit the company's Web site at www.backup.com. |
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