Press Releases
- Berkeley Data Systems launches Mac Mozy Beta
- Unlimited Backup for $4.95 a month
SALT LAKE CITY — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Berkeley Data Systems releases Mac Mozy public beta — the first unlimited online backup service for Mac users worldwide. At $4.95 a month, the service allows millions of Mac users to encrypt and automatically back up all of their digital media content online, including collections from iTunes and iPhoto.
"The public beta was built by Mac engineers who understand the needs of the Mac community," says Josh Coates, founder and CEO of Berkeley Data. "With more than 1,000 participants in our limited beta, we're excited to be the first to embrace the Mac community with this unlimited online backup service."
Designed as a consumer service, Mac Mozy leverages Apple's innovative Spotlight Search technology, allowing users to easily select the types of files they want to back up. The service installs quickly and runs quietly in the background. Backup speeds vary from user to user, largely determined by the upload speed of the consumer's internet connection.
Mac Mozy offers an added measure of privacy by allowing its users to choose between a Mozy encryption key and a private encryption key. Incremental backups and block level differentials are included, which means subsequent backups complete at a much faster rate than the initial backup. Mozy's servers also retain the most recent version of a file as well as 30 days worth of previously modified file versions. Customers may retrieve files or versions of the files via the internet or by requesting a DVD restore with next-day delivery.*
Berkeley Data Systems is the creator of Mac Mozy and Mozy for Windows. Since the launch of Mozy for Windows in April 2006, the company has scaled to more than 180,000 customers. It now offers online backup to consumers and businesses from the small offices to the large enterprises. Berkeley Data is the industry leader in online backup with the first unlimited online backup service for the Mac.
About Berkeley Data Systems
Berkeley Data Systems is an emerging software technology company that specializes in data protection. In 2006 Berkeley Data released the Mozy Online Backup service to home users; and in 2007, Berkeley Data released MozyPro to businesses and resellers. Today the company has more than 180,000 total customers worldwide. Founded in 2005, Berkeley Data Systems is funded by Novell co-founder Drew Major, Tim Draper of Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson; and Wasatch Ventures. For information, visit www.berkeleydata.com
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More than 2,500 remote backup business customers in 90 days
SALT LAKE CITY — Tuesday, April 3, 2007 — Berkeley Data Systems today announced the general availability of the MozyPro remote backup solution, and its initial customers include more than 2,500 businesses. The new professional remote backup service has the simplicity and ease of use that is synonymous with Berkeley Data's consumer online backup service, Mozy; but MozyPro has the enterprise features, power, support and scalability that businesses demand.
"We've changed the economics and usability of enterprise backup with our proprietary software technology," said Josh Coates, founder and CEO of Berkeley Data Systems. "We quietly opened MozyPro for business in December; and in just the last three months, we've had more than 2,500 businesses sign up for the service."
Until now, businesses have had no other option except to use local backup methods including tape, disk, DVD or external hard drives; and traditional enterprise class disaster recovery solutions are expensive and complex. Today, more businesses are looking for a secure off-site backup solution because of government regulations, such as HIPAA.
Berkeley Data meets a pressing market need with MozyPro, a remote backup solution with easy to use enterprise quality features at dramatically reduced prices. The service provides a multi-tenant administrative console that includes reporting and configuration tools to simplify deployment and centralize management. Bandwidth throttling and near continuous data protection allow backups to take place quietly in the background. Military grade encryption ensures the data is protected before it's sent to Berkeley Data's world class data center. Many other remote backup solutions are 10 times more expensive than MozyPro.
Berkeley Data is the leader in simple and safe remote backup for enterprises, businesses, resellers and consumers. The company today has more than 170,000 customers backed up to its petabyte storage cluster. Resellers and service providers may contact Berkeley Data directly for information on its reseller and business development opportunities.
About Berkeley Data Systems
Berkeley Data Systems is an emerging software technology company that specializes in data protection. In 2006 Berkeley Data released the Mozy Online Backup service to home users; and in 2007, Berkeley Data released MozyPro to businesses and resellers. Today the company has more than 170,000 total customers worldwide. Founded in 2005, Berkeley Data Systems is funded by Novell co-founder Drew Major, Tim Draper of Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson; and Wasatch Ventures. For information, visit www.berkeleydata.com.
Mozy passes 150,000 customer milestone
SALT LAKE CITY — Wednesday, January 31, 2007 — Berkeley Data Systems announced today the release of Mozy 1.8, which supports Windows Vista. With more than 150,000 subscribers, Mozy is the first online backup provider to support Microsoft's new operating system. In addition, Berkeley Data today announced the availability of its Mozy Unlimited backup service at established retailers, including OfficeDepot, CompUSA, Frys and Microcenter.
"With the release of 1.8, Mozy Online Backup is now even easier to use, yet it retains the flexibility that power users demand," said Josh Coates, founder and CEO of Berkeley Data Systems. "With Mozy, we're providing a service that is simple, automatic and secure."
Berkeley Data offers Mozy free, which provides 2 GB of automatic online backup for free, and Mozy Unlimited, which provides unlimited online backup for just $4.95 a month. Both versions include standard features such as incremental backups, block level differential backups, 30-day file version archives, large file support, private key encryption, custom backup scheduling, continuous backup options, bandwidth throttling, Microsoft Outlook file detection and backup, unlimited restores within Windows and unlimited restores from the Mozy website. Mozy also provides an option for next-day DVD restores via FedEx.
In the last 60 days, Mozy has welcomed more than 50,000 new customers and added more than 600 million files to its clustered petabyte storage system. About Berkeley Data Systems
Berkeley Data Systems is an emerging software technology company that specializes in data protection. In 2006 Berkeley Data released the Mozy Online Backup service to home users and has since grown to more than 150,000 subscribers. Founded in 2005, Berkeley Data Systems is funded by Novell co-founder Drew Major, Tim Draper of Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson; and Wasatch Ventures. For information, visit www.mozy.com.
- Mozy offers consumers unlimited backup capacity with unlimited restores for $4.95 a month
- Mozy passes 100,000 customer milestone
SALT LAKE CITY — Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 — Berkeley Data Systems, creators of Mozy online backup (www.mozy.com), today announced the release of Mozy Unlimited Backup. For $4.95 a month, users may now back up unlimited amounts of data and have access to an unlimited number of restores. Users may choose month-to-month or annual plans, and Mozy will continue to offer consumers 2 GB of automatic online backup for free.
"Since announcing our beta in April, we've grown to more than 100,000 users." said Josh Coates, founder and CEO of Berkeley Data Systems. "The goal of Mozy is to be super simple for mainstream users but also offer power users advanced functionality. Mozy has always been free, automatic, and secure; and now for $4.95 a month, it's unlimited."
Mozy Unlimited Backup also includes a major overhaul to its previous restore process. Users can now conduct unlimited restores within Windows Explorer simply by right-clicking on a file or folder. Users on the road can access and restore their data via the Mozy website.
Mozy now also offers consumers the option to order a copy of their data on DVD, shipped next-day air via FedEx. Other important features include private key encryption, custom backup scheduling, continuous backup options, bandwidth throttling, block level incremental backups, 30-day file version archives, support for files larger than 2 GB, single instance storage and automatic Microsoft Outlook file detection and backup.
David Guggenheim of Washington D.C. was concerned about the security of his daughter's documents and pictures that were stored on her personal laptop. He had reminded her time and again about the importance of regular backups. One day when she called home from school in Montreal, Canada to tell him her laptop had been stolen.
"I was just grateful my daughter had been regularly backing up her computer documents," Guggenheim said. "Our family travels extensively, and I travel frequently overseas. Since Mozy works from anywhere we can connect to the Internet, I can back up automatically just about anywhere in the world."
Berkeley Data Systems has conducted more than 2.5 million backups in the past month alone. Currently, it has more than 450 million files stored in its high security center. Mozy is the only online backup solution in the world that offers both 2 GB for free and unlimited backup capacity for $4.95 a month.
About Berkeley Data Systems
Berkeley Data Systems (www.mozy.com), creators of Mozy online backup, is a technology company based in Utah that specializes in large scale, parallel storage systems and software. Founded in 2005, Berkeley Data Systems is funded by Wasatch Ventures, Tim Draper of Draper Associates and Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson; and Novell co-founder Drew Major.
Founder and CEO presents with Microsoft and Google at Telecosm Conference Panel
SALT LAKE CITY — October 3, 2006 — Josh Coates, founder and CEO of Berkeley Data Systems (www.mozy.com), will speak with Microsoft and Google representatives at the 2006 Gilder/Forbes Telecosm conference in Lake Tahoe Thursday, Oct.5 regarding the topic, "Storewidth Cyberplexes: Can Google Be Stopped?" The session will be moderated by George Gilder and aims to answer the question, "Are massively parallel, shared-memory computer farms destined to rule the Net?"
"Google is the clear leader in search innovation, but I think the field is open when it comes to mass Internet storage systems," Coates said. "At Berkeley Data Systems, we're solely focused on the petabyte storage problem and have innovated beyond simple mirror-based systems."
A technologist whose entire career has been dedicated to building large scale storage systems, Coates is an expert in petabyte storage technology. Soon after graduation from the University of California, Berkeley, Coates founded Scale8 in 1999, which became the world's largest online storage system at the time. Later he assisted Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive in its mission to archive all human knowledge in building out their petabyte data center. In 2005, he founded Berkeley Data Systems and in April 2006 disrupted the backup industry by launching Mozy — the first free, automatic and secure remote backup service in the world.
"Josh Coates is a storage entrepreneur and creator of a unique cure for conventional accessibility and storage management headaches," said Gilder. "We have invited him to join us at Telecosm 2006 to share his ideas on the growing storage clustering and petabyte technology challenge."
Celebrating its 10th year, Gilder/Forbes Telecosm 2006 will celebrate the heroic and triumphant ascent of technology and the entrepreneurial singularities of the past ten years, and it will attempt to envisage the crucial telecosmic breakthroughs of the next decade to come.
About Berkeley Data Systems
Berkeley Data Systems (a href="http://www.mozy.com">www.mozy.com), the creators of Mozy, is a technology company based in Utah that specializes in large scale, parallel storage systems and software. Founded in 2005, Berkeley Data Systems is funded by Wasatch Ventures, Tim Draper of Draper Associates and Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson; and Novell co-founder Drew Major. About Gilder/Forbes Telecosm 2006, October 4 — 6, the Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe:
For a decade, the Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference ‐ hosted annually by George Gilder and Steve Forbes ‐ has been recognized as one of the most prestigious venues in the world for information on breakthrough technologies,forward-thinking companies and investment strategies. It is an exclusive gathering of engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, public policy decision makers, and the top thought leaders and business executives from the world's leading technology and communications companies.
In addition to JOSH COATES, the list of confirmed Telecosm 2006 participants includes: GORDON BELL, Senior Researcher, Microsoft; Forbes Editor in Chief, STEVE FORBES; Ask.com Founder, APOSTOLOS GERASOULIS; PETER HUBER, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; ANDY KESSLER, Author of Wall St. Meat, Running Money, The End of Medicine; Stanford Law Professor, LAWRENCE LESSIG; CalTech's CARVER MEAD; MICHAEL MILKEN, Chairman, Milken Institute; Chairman, FasterCures; ROBERT MUNDELL, Economics Nobel Laureate and International Economist; Intel CTO JUSTIN RATTNER and Global Economist JOHN RUTLEDGE.
For more information and registration details for Gilder/Forbes Telecosm 2006, see: http://www.TelecosmConference.com.
