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Mozy has joined the Spiceworks Cloud Program. As a member, Mozy’s cloud backup technologies are now integrated into Spiceworks’ free IT management application, allowing 2.4 million Spiceworks users to access their Mozy account directly from Spiceworks.

“The ability to monitor our Mozy account from Spiceworks is a big win for our IT department,” said Jeremy Beeson, network administrator at Renaissance Financial Corporation. “Spiceworks’ cloud integrations help us work more efficiently by enabling us to monitor and manage our cloud services from a single interface.”

The integration of Mozy capabilities into Spiceworks will help IT professionals:
• Understand when the last backup was completed or if there was an error in the last backup process
• See which devices on their network are being protected
• Assess the storage quota for each device so they can reallocate or purchase additional capacity from Mozy
• Receive alerts in the Spiceworks Cloud Services Dashboard or via email when storage capacity is running low.

“Many of our business customers also use Spiceworks, and we want to make it as easy for them as possible to administer Mozy through Spiceworks,” said Gytis Barzdukas, Senior Director of Product Management at Mozy. “It’s a growing community of IT managers and service providers, and we’re happy to team up with Spiceworks so that more IT professionals and businesses can learn about the world-class cloud backup service we offer.”

The Spiceworks Cloud Program gives cloud providers a way to simplify the lives of IT professionals by reducing the number of management interfaces they need to use each day. It also helps them reach 2.4 million Spiceworks users from the application they use to discover, monitor, manage, and provision their favorite services.

“As SMBs continue their push to the cloud, Spiceworks is disrupting how the latest services are discovered, managed and marketed,” said Scott Abel, co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks. “We’re providing a platform cloud vendors can use to tap into the power of our network and reach IT professionals as they’re researching and deploying the latest services.”

Current and prospective Mozy customers can access the Mozy interface for free by downloading or updating their Spiceworks application to the latest version 6.2.

Mozy’s industry leading cloud back up service for small and medium businesses, MozyPro, has joined the Upware marketplace from Comcast Business to offer the industry-leading Mozy backup service to small businesses.

The Upware™ marketplace is a suite of cloud-based business tools that can be purchased through one easy-to-use web portal. It contains cloud apps covering every aspect a business might need: data backup, data security, document collaboration and web collaboration. Upware helps simplify the world of IT for small businesses.

Small businesses like the Snohomish Fire Department benefit from using cloud tools like MozyPro Online Backup.

More and more, small and medium-sized businesses are purchasing bundles of cloud-based business applications from a single trusted provider. The Upware™ marketplace from Comcast Business makes it easy to purchase and manage those applications all in one place. With a selection of the best business apps, Upwire allows businesses to deal with one administrative console and one consolidated bill.

“Comcast has sought out the best providers of business applications that our SMB customers need to run their business,” said Kevin O’Toole, senior vice president/general manager, new business solutions at Comcast Business Services. “We’re proud to partner with Mozy to offer a data protection and backup solution that can help our customers keep their information securely stored in the cloud.”

“We’ve heard from an increasing number of service providers looking to offer our best-of-breed cloud backup solution to their customers,” said Russell Stockdale, GM of Mozy. “In response Mozy has made it even easier for service providers to include Mozy as one of their core market offerings. By including Mozy in this marketplace we’re enabling Comcast Business Class to offer their valued customers the world-class cloud backup service they’re looking for.”

Mozy is available now on the Upware marketplace for Comcast Business at https://upware.comcast.com/home

Dave Robinson, Mozy’s VP of Global Marketing, has been honored as one of the 40 Under 40 by Utah Business Magazine. This award honors the top 40 executives under the age of 40 in the state of Utah. More information (and voting for the magazine cover) can be found at 40 Under 40 on Facebook.

Dave was hired in 2006 as Mozy’s first marketing employee. Over the past seven years, Dave has grown Mozy’s marketing operations, which now spread across North America, Europe and China. Dave’s team is responsible for marketing MozyHome, MozyPro, MozyEnterprise, and Mozy’s newest feature, Mozy Stash.

Prior to Mozy, Robinson worked for several other Utah companies, including the Publicis agency in Salt Lake City, Webmiles, and Ancestry.com, helping grow its email marketing business significantly over a three-year period.

Mozy is grateful to have such a marketing expert leading the charge to spread the Mozy awesomeness. Dave’s leadership and experience are critical in a fast growing technology industry like online backup. Thanks, Dave!

If you’d like to see Dave on the cover of Utah Business Magazine, you can vote for him here! Voting runs from now through January 22, and you can vote once daily.

No one wants to lose their laptop but, with the best will in the world, mistakes happen. And more of them happen at this time of year than any other.

According to new research from Mozy, more items go missing in December than any other month of the year. And 70 per cent of us, the figures show, have lost a data storage device such as a smartphone or laptop.

The research suggested that commuting puts everyone at risk, with 6:00 pm being the peak time of day to lose something and cars and public transport featuring highly on the list of locations where things are mislaid.

For IT managers, that means a flood of requests coming your way for replacement devices. But it’s not just the devices themselves that will be slipping through fingers. Unless it’s properly protected, the data on the devices will be walking out the door with them.

So, if you want to minimise the impact of unintentional loss, make sure that you’re prepared before it happens. It’s easy to insure a laptop but the best insurance for your data is comprehensive backup.

To find out more about how to protect the devices at your company, visit mozy.com/pro.

Or to read more results from Mozy’s research, head over to mozy.com/lost.

Family gatherings, catching up with friends, the school holiday performance … there are so many reasons why we take more pictures with our smartphones in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

But, the memories you’re trying to preserve may not last as long as you’d hoped if your phone doesn’t come home with you at the end of the day.

According to new research from Mozy, Saturday evenings in December is the most dangerous time to lose something, and a smartphone is the most commonly lost item. In fact, 70% of us have lost a gadget such as a smartphone or laptops.

And, if it’s the memories on your phone that you value most, you’re not alone. The majority of people who took part in our survey told us that it was the pictures, contacts and other documents on their phones they missed most.

If you want the peace of mind to snap happy this Christmas, make sure that the stuff on your phone is protected. Sync your phone with the Mozy app and make sure that your laptop is backed up with Mozy. It’s simple, automatic and you can even get a version for free.

To check out Mozy sync and backup, visit mozy.com. Or, for further results from the survey, head over to mozy.com/lost.

Does this schedule sound familiar: Get kids ready for Christmas party and shopping. Coats on. Shoes on. Go to the bathroom? Coats off. Bathroom. Coats on. Lost shoe. Find shoe. Leave house. Go back for forgotten present. Get in car. Out of car. Arrive at friend’s house. Shoes off. Coats off. Swap gifts. Shoes on. Coats on. Leave house. Arrive at shops. Coats on. Coats off. Coats on. Coats off. Call home to check which Lego set you were supposed to get. Call home to check what to get when that one’s sold out. Coats on. Coats off. Drop bag. Juggle bags. Coats on. Wipe noses. Leave shops. Go back for lost coat. Back in car. Arrive home. Collapse!

It’s no wonder that many of us find ourselves missing one or two things – once we get a chance to check. According to new research from Mozy, December is the time of year when most things are lost, and Saturdays are the worst days and that most stuff goes missing – at around 6:00 p.m. as we head home.

And with the top reasons for losing things including “getting carried away,” “carrying too much” and “getting distracted,” it’s understandable how the Christmas season creates a hotbed for loss.

Frustratingly, although hats, gloves and other lower-cost items do feature highly on the list of things that don’t make it home with us, the most commonly lost item is a smartphone. In fact, 70% of us have lost a phone or other electronic gadget.

And, when we do lose our electronic gadget, it’s not just the device itself that we have to say goodbye to. It’s often the pictures, music, contacts and other data that we lose too. The majority of people who took part in Mozy’s survey told us that it was their data they were most upset about when they lost their phone or laptop – not the hardware.

So, before you head out once more into land of lost items, make sure the stuff you care about is protected. You can sync your phone or backup your laptop with Mozy. It’s simple, automatic and you can even do it for free.

To find out more about how to protect your data, visit mozy.com. Or, to get more results from Mozy’s Lost and Found survey, head to mozy.com/lost.

If you’re out and about this month, keep an eye on your stuff – as December is the most common month for items to go missing. And, more precisely, keep a tight grip at 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays, as that’s the time when people are most vulnerable to loss.

According to our new research, Americans will lose $39 billion worth of items this year – the average person in the U.S. has misplaced nearly $250 worth of possessions in the past 12 months.

Proportion of total number of items lost nationally

It’s most important to keep an eye on your electronics as 70% of people have lost a data device such as a smartphone or laptop. In fact, the smartphone is the item most commonly lost.

Of course, it’s not just the device itself that you may never see again. Photos, documents and all manner of other irreplaceable information can disappear with it. And the majority of people taking part in our survey told us that it was losing their data that upset them far more than losing the device itself.

So, if you’re heading out this Saturday, make sure you’re prepared! Make sure that the stuff on your device doesn’t contain the only copies of your pictures and other data. Sync your phone and backup your laptop – it’s simple to do and it’s free with Mozy if you visit mozy.com/home/free. To find out more about the lost and found items from our research here in the U.S. and around the world, head to mozy.com/lost.

We acknowledge the sensitivities of reaching out to customers at a time like this. In addition to our attempt to reach our U.S. East Coast customers through other means, our reason for communicating in this way is the hope that through word of mouth the message will reach those who still have no access to power.

Mozy is offering free DVD restores for its online backup customers and resellers affected by Hurricane Sandy. The number to call is 1-877-MOZY411 (1-877-669-9411) and the email is restores@mozy.com.

Although Mozy never charges customers or resellers to download their data restores from the web, natural disasters often interrupt Internet access. The alternative method to restoring one’s data involves Mozy creating DVDs and mailing them directly to the customer. Mozy will absorb all DVD restore processing and shipping fees for individuals and businesses impacted by Hurricane Sandy to assist them in getting back up and running as quickly as possible.

More details:

• This offer applies to Mozy customers residing in the United States of America or Canada.
• For those affected by Hurricane Sandy, Mozy will pay the full cost of the media restore, including costs of the DVDs, labor, and shipping.
• The offer is good for restores of up to 100GB of data.
• The offer is good through December 31, 2012.
• Mozy reserves the right to decide whether applicants meet the above requirements.

Contact:

Phone: 1-877-MOZY411 (1-877-669-9411)

Email: restores@mozy.com

Today, at MSPWorld, Mozy is showcasing significant enhancements to its Mozy Reseller Program in 2012.

These include:

• A revamped Reseller Program and portal 2.0 in the U.S. and Europe
• The debut of fully customizable, co-branded marketing and sales materials
• A new MDF program
• New lead management tools (including opportunity registration) to help resellers grow their businesses with Mozy
• Lead sharing for Mozy PlatinumTM resellers
• New channel-friendly pricing for MozyPro® and MozyEnterprise®

Mozy has been able to double channel business the past three years and rapid growth in new markets including Europe and Asia.

“We’ve never been more focused as a company on selling Mozy through the channel than we are right now,” said Darrell Gamble, Director of Channel Sales at Mozy, recognized as a CRN Channel Chief for 2012. “Since we rolled out our all-new reseller portal and new pricing for MozyPro and MozyEnterprise earlier in the year, the feedback from our resellers has been tremendous. We’re here at MSPWorld talking to MSPs about how they can introduce recurring revenue streams into their business by reselling Mozy’s industry leading suite of world-class cloud services.”

“Before we became a Mozy reseller we went through several of the online backup competitors and reviewed their products,” said Dan Winterhalter at Infitech LLC (www.infitech.net), a managed service provider (MSP) based in West Chester, OH. “What we found right off the bat was that the Mozy pricing was right, the product worked well, and it had the best feature set when it comes to server backup. Those things were the most important to us. Since then we’ve been able to get to know their people and watch Mozy constantly improve the product and the reseller program over time. We now have over 400 active clients on Mozy, backing up multiple terabytes of data. And we’re only just getting started.”

“Seven years ago when Mozy was founded, our mission was to ‘back up the world,’” said Gamble, “We’re now covering everything from home computers to mission-critical servers and workstations, and Mozy backup is in use at SMBs, mid-market companies and large enterprises. And we have our trusted partners to thank for much of that growth. Our partners told us what tools they needed to be successful, and ever since we’ve been focused on delivering a world-class channel program.”

You can find more information about the Mozy Reseller Program and the enhancements announced earlier in 2012 are available at http://partners.mozy.com.

Rush-hour traffic jams and crowded commuter trains could soon be a thing of the past now that employers across the globe have spoken: It’s OK to get to the office at a time that’s convenient for you.

That’s not to say that employers are fine for every day to be a WFH (working from home) day. But they appreciate that most white-collar workers are busy on their smartphones, tablets or laptops while away from the office. And they believe workers should be cut some slack about when exactly they arrive at their desks.

According to our new research, the average boss has no problem with their employees showing up for work as much as 32 minutes after their scheduled start time, safe in the knowledge that they’ll have been working long before they arrive.

And they’re right! The average person has already put in 46 minutes of work before they walk through the office door.

However, employees have yet to realize the flexibility their bosses are willing to offer them, with 76% of employers taking a relaxed attitude as to when employees clock in, but less than half of workers believing this to be the case.

But employees expect a bit of a give and take in return for the time they’re putting in after hours – by carrying out some personal tasks during “work hours.” The majority of employees in the U.S., as well as in the UK, Ireland, France, and Germany, said they often fit in personal activities, such as online shopping and social networking, during the day.

And what’s driving this change? The cloud! Being able to access files remotely, use mobile apps and remotely log in to get documents from the office means that we’re now able to work when and where we choose.

So, if you want to go to your kid’s school play in the afternoon, you can still be in contact with the office for anything urgent, and you can finish up any work when you get home in the evening.

Which means, it’s goodbye to 9-to-5 and hello to spreading your work and personal life throughout the day when it’s more convenient for you

You can read all the findings from our research here: The New 9-to-5

What difference has mobile working made to your working patterns? We welcome your stories in the comments section.