December 8, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Storage management solutions provider Incentra Solutions (insentrasolutions.com) said on Wednesday that its subsidiary ManagedStorage International (msiservice.com) has renewed and expanded its agreement with Cable & Wireless IDC (cw.com), a provider of voice, data, IP and hosting solutions based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Cable & Wireless already provides MSI backup with backup and restore services out of its Tokyo data center. Under the newly signed agreement, Cable & Wireless IDC will add MSI’s online backup and restore service RemoteStor.
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MSI will install and manage the data protection infrastructure enabling Cable & Wireless IDC to provide managed backup services to existing and new hosting customers. Cable & Wireless IDC will market and sell the backup and restore service through its existing sales channels as part of its managed hosting portfolio.
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“Our agreement with Cable & Wireless IDC is proof that companies around the world are continuing to realize the need to properly protect their assets against a potential loss,” says Rocky Atkins, managing director of MSI Asia-Pacific. “It was also apparent to Cable & Wireless IDC that through working with MSI it can offer its customers an improved portfolio of data protection services.”
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The data protection services are available on a monthly fee basis and customers will have access to GridWorks, a Web-based portal for managing storage environments.
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“By working with MSI, we are able to provide our hosting customers with a premium backup offering managed by the industry’s leading storage management company,” says Yukio Ito, vice-president, Corporate Sales Division, Cable & Wireless IDC. “The customers in our Tokyo data center can be assured that their data is backed-up and protected on a daily basis.”
