An image from the CWCS website, showing an annual discount for backup services
Backup software provider R1Soft (www.r1soft.com) announced this week that UK-based managed hosting provider CWCS Managed Hosting (www.cwcs.co.uk) is using R1Soft’s CDP backup and disaster recovery technology to provide fully-managed and self-managed offsite backups.
R1Soft says the CDP software possesses the unique ability to bypass file system, read data at the sector level and create point-in-time images. Because it only records changes since the last backup session, it does not interrupt current requests to a server.
A post on the CWCS website says the company has become a “gold partner” of R1Soft.
“Client data protection is paramount to CWCS, which is why we chose a reputable and demonstrably reliable backup and disaster recovery solution. R1Soft’s ongoing technical support is also of great importance, helping CWCS to ensure a smooth backup system implementation and client assistance,” said Karl Mendez, chief executive officer of CWCS Managed Hosting, quoted in the press release.
Using R1Soft’s tools, CWCS customers can deploy offsite backups instantly, say the companies. In the event of a disaster, R1Soft’s Bare Metal Restore tool bypasses the OS reinstallation step, in order to rapidly restore large file systems.
New customer stories are not unusual for R1Soft, but quite often new customers for the US-based company are US-based companies themselves. The CWCS deal illustrates the fact that R1Soft is making progress overseas. Several of its last few customer wins have included such locations as Korea, Australia, Portugal and Brazil.
An image on the CWCS site says customers signing up for annual backup services will receive two months free, though the site does not appear to have any specific pricing info.
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Liam Eagle has worked as a contributor to the Web Host Industry Review since its inception in 2000, and as editor since 2003. He has been editor of the WHIR's print magazine since its launch. His daily involvement in the gathering and reporting of Web hosting news and his regular interaction with Web hosting leaders gives him an uncommonly broad appreciation of the issues and tends facing the business. Through his WHIR blog, Liam spots Web hosting trends and offers opinions on the industry-wide impacts of major developments and the motivation behind big announcements. Follow him on Twitter @liameagle
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