Concentric Network Corp. Offers Connected Online Backup in its Business Solution Center Portal; Concentric Joins the Growing List of ISPs to Offer Connected Backup.Business/Technology Editors NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 Connected Corporation, the leading provider of Internet-based backup, repair and recovery services for PCs, today announced that Concentric Network Corporation (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 :CNCX), a leading provider of e-business solutions for growing companies, will add Connected's IP-based PC disaster recovery solution to its Concentric Gateway. Concentric Gateway is a collection of &uot;best-of-breed&uot; business solutions designed to enable small and medium sized companies to improve their efficiency, increase their productivity and grow their businesses through more than 40 task specific online applications. The free online business solution center is located on Concentric's web site at http:// www.concentric.com. &uot;Concentric joins our select roster of leading service providers such as everdream, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Internetworking, HarvardNet, PeoplePC and US West. These companies want to attract and retain customers by offering value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services that includes outsourcing certain business applications,&uot; said Glenn Gaudet, Connected's Director of Product Marketing. &uot;Small and medium sized businesses will be able to automatically and securely back up all of their PC data, thereby guaranteeing that critical business data is protected without the need for manual intervention.&uot; Independent surveys show that as much as 80 percent of corporate data resides on users' hard drives. The average PC loss/disaster rate exceeds 25 percent a year. With the explosion of consumer demand for PCs, the reliance upon the data on these PCs has increased exponentially. Connected's technology ensures that all system information, applications and data are backed up silently and efficiently on a regular basis, and that all information can be restored anytime, anywhere. Specific benefits to users include 24x7 availability from any location, secure transmission of data through state-of-the art encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. and pre-virus configuration or rollback A DBMS feature that reverses the current transaction out of the database, returning the data to its former state. A rollback is performed when processing a transaction fails at some point, and it is necessary to start over. See two-phase commit. of any damaged file or PC. &uot;Small businesses are particularly vulnerable to losing their data because they often lack the complex software and expensive hardware,&uot; said Donna Nims, market development manager, Concentric. &uot;Viruses, fires, failures or power surges An oversupply of voltage from the power company that can last up to 50 microseconds. Although surges are very short in duration, they often reach 6,000 volts and 3,000 amps when they arrive at the equipment. Power surges are a common cause of damage to computers and electronic equipment. can be disastrous, which is why we're delighted to partner with Connected to give Concentric Gateway customers a solution for protecting valuable data.&uot; About Connected Connected is the Internet backup leader, delivering automatic PC self-repair and recovery solutions. Connected's solutions provide industry best practices for users and organizations of all sizes, while reducing the total cost of desktop and mobile PC support. Connected's solutions have garnered numerous industry awards including: PC Magazine's &uot;Editor's Choice&uot; and &uot;Best of 1999&uot; InfoWorld's &uot;Hot Product,&uot; InfoWorld's &uot;Best of Test Center,&uot; InfoWorld's &uot;Hot Companies,&uot; CNET's &uot;Buy It,&uot; PC Computing's &uot;4 Star Award&uot; and Upside's &uot;Hot 100.&uot; Connected is based in Natick, Massachusetts Natick (Pronunciation IPA: /ˈneɪtɪk/) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Natick is located near the center of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with a population of 32,170 at the . For more information visit http://www.connected.com or call 1-800-353-3078. The Connected Corporation logo is the property of Connected Corporation. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holder. About Concentric Network Corporation Concentric Network Corporation provides complete Internet business solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises, including DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary access, Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and e-commerce. The company also offers data center services, virtual private networks, dedicated access, and application infrastructure services for delivering applications over the Internet or a VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. . Concentric's services are offered through a nationwide network of data centers and a private, nationwide ATM network. All Concentric services are backed by 24/7 customer care and most include service level agreements. Publicly traded (NASDAQ: CNCX), Concentric is headquartered in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA with operations in Irvine, CA, Chicago, IL, St. Louis, MO, Saginaw, MI and Secaucus, NJ. For more information, visit http://www.concentric.net/ or contact Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at publicrelations@concentric.com. Concentric Network Corporation is a registered trademark, and the Concentric logo is a trademark of Concentric Network Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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