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AMERICAN FORK, Utah — November 9, 2007 — EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced an initiative by its Mozy subsidiary to help victims of the fires in Southern California. The initiative provides a toll-free number to help residents of Southern California who have questions about their computer data. Mozy is also offering complimentary DVDs with restored data to business and consumer customers affected by the disaster.
"We at EMC Mozy are concerned and want to do all we can to help," said Vance Checketts, director of business operations at EMC Mozy. "Those affected by the disaster need to focus on the safety of their families and friends, not how to get data back from their computers. Any Mozy customer in the region can get a free DVD restore and anyone else should use our free version and start backing up today."
Mozy is the leading provider of online backup for consumers and businesses. It provides ...
HOPKINTON, Mass. — October 4, 2007 — EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has acquired Utah-based Berkeley Data Systems, Inc., a privately-held provider of online information backup and recovery services. Berkeley Data Systems provides Mozy – the industry's premier online subscription services for the protection of data that resides on desktops, laptops and remote office servers. The transaction will not have a material impact on EMC revenues or EPS for 2007.
"Mozy's technology and online delivery model has proven itself to be one of the industry's most admired offerings for customers looking to safely and cost-effectively backup and recover their digital information stored on desktops, laptops, and remote office servers," said Tom Heiser, EMC SVP, Corporate Development and New Ventures. "The acquisition of Mozy is a natural extension of EMC's leadership in the protection and security of personal an...
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 se...
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 ex...
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 includ...
