FilesAnywhere.com Announces an Investment by Mark Cuban.DALLAS -- FilesAnywhere.com announced today an investment by Mark Cuban Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American billionaire entrepreneur.[2] He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA franchise[3] and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network. to own majority interest in FilesAnywhere.com, a leading Internet backup service and online file collaboration web site. The first round of the investment was completed earlier this year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company remains privately held. "I'm excited to be a partner in FilesAnywhere," says Mark Cuban. "The market for corporate and home remote backup is growing very, very quickly. FilesAnywhere is well positioned to be the feature and functionality leader in this space." FilesAnywhere.com provides automated PC backups to web, together with simple online storage, folder sharing for groups and advanced features, which can all be accessed using any standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . FilesAnywhere has received praise from several well-known publications, such as Ziff-Davis/PC Magazine's 4-star review, PC Today's #1 choice for 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 ConsumerGuide's Best Buy award. FilesAnywhere has recently experienced rapid growth in online PC backup plans for consumers, and in workgroup plans for corporate users who rely on FilesAnywhere to work on files together online from multiple locations. "We are thrilled about Mark's involvement and the vision he brings," says Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winning lyricist, author, radio presenter and television gameshow panelist. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of FilesAnywhere. "Mark's investment and his leadership give FilesAnywhere more traction to expand our data storage infrastructure, enhance our service offering with more capabilities, and continue increasing our share of this rapidly expanding market." About FilesAnywhere Officeware Corporation (d/b/a FilesAnywhere) a privately owned "C" corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. . The company was founded in 1995 as an information systems consulting firm. The company launched FilesAnywhere.com in July 1999, one of the original online file storage providers. FilesAnywhere plans come standard with many online features, including automated PC backup, folder synchronization, web-based folder shares, inbound and outbound file links, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. security, FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to and SecureFTP, WebDAV drive mapping, an online document viewer, content-based remote file search, online picture albums and file version history. FilesAnywhere Web Accounts start at $3.95/month for simple file storage. The WebAdvanced plan includes scheduled automatic PC backup features, WebFolders and other advanced features for $8.95/month at 2GB storage. Users can upgrade the file storage space online at will, up into the hundreds of gigabytes. The 5-user 5GB Workgroup plan costs $25/month. A FilesAnywhere Private Site with custom branding on the main pages is available starting at $99/month for 10 users. No-cost trials of all plans are available via the FilesAnywhere.com home page. For more information visit http://www.filesanywhere.com or contact 1-866-805-1991. FilesAnywhere Features List: http://www.filesanywhere.com/Features.htm |
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