Friday, 5 September 2008

EMC & Lenovo Launch Unlimited Online Data Backup Service

EMC and Lenovo said Thursday that they have drawn up a global partnership that will see both companies collaborate to provide an unlimited online data backup service designed especially for the small businesses.

The new service is available on all new Lenovo ThinkPad SL series notebooks and is powered by EMC’s online data backup service EMC® Mozy.

“Because data protection and security are growing concerns for businesses we wanted a world-class online data backup and storage solution to complement Lenovo’s…products. EMC’s Mozy delivers that with the right level of security and quality,” said Henry Hicks, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Lenovo Worldwide Services.

As small businesses around the world look for a cost-effective and easy way to protect their information, they are increasingly looking to online backup says EMC. Mozy provides an automatic and secure online backup service to more than 850,000 users across the globe.

Key features of the new Lenovo Online Data Backup service include:

• Unlimited online backup capacity, which enables professionals to focus on their work without managing a data storage quota

• Open and locked file support, enabling business professionals to back up information without having to shut down any programs or interrupt workflow

• Bandwidth throttling, allowing users to control the amount of bandwidth the online data backup service consumes

• Privately managed encryption option using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

The Lenovo Online Data Backup service is currently available in Singapore, Philippines, Ireland, United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada.

The service will soon be offered on a worldwide basis for all Lenovo Think branded systems and will support six other languages besides English including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Universal Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.