BT Selects LiveVault Backup and Disaster Recovery Services
1 December 2003
LiveVault Corporation(R) (www.livevault.com), the leading provider of online backup and recovery solutions for business servers, today announced that BT Group plc (NYSE: BTY), one of Europe's leading providers of telecommunications services, is extending its data protection services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the LiveVault Online Backup and Recovery Service(TM). Through this partnership, BT customers will be able to completely protect their data from disaster by continuously backing up business server data and making it available for immediate recovery. BT will market the LiveVault service under the brand BT Datasure Online Server Backup.
BT Datasure, powered by LiveVault, is designed for customers whose servers reside outside of major data centers, such small and mid-sized businesses, and who have primarily relied on in-house tape backups to keep their data safe. According to ImperaData, LiveVault's European channel partner working closely with BT, 60 percent of these businesses in Europe have no formal technical staff on their premises, and find traditional tape backup to be complex and often expensive. Analysts estimate nearly 50 percent of tape-based backups for servers fail to restore properly, seriously compromising the operations and potentially the viability, of affected companies. BT Datasure eliminates this business risk and removes the need to rely on staff to perform backup procedures or maintain costly equipment that often fails.
"Traditional recovery services have depended on expensive or complex IT systems, causing too many companies to ignore data backup," said Mick Hegarty, ICT general manager at BT. "This has resulted in too many situations where companies lost customers or revenue as a consequence of lost data. Broadband has provided a real opportunity to deliver a service to small and mid-sized businesses, allowing them to safely guard their data without the heavy investment in time and resources."
BT Datasure, powered by LiveVault, works by automatically and continuously backing up business server data via a secure Internet connection and storing it in a secure off-site facility, where it is available for immediate recovery in the event of a system failure, virus, human error or other disaster.
"By partnering with BT, a major service provider trusted by businesses throughout Europe, LiveVault can reach thousands of small and mid-sized enterprises where there's a tremendous need for reliable data backup and immediate recovery," said Bob Cramer, president and CEO of LiveVault. "Together with ImperaData and BT, we look forward to making sure these businesses are fully protected, no matter what disaster may occur."
BT Datasure, powered by LiveVault supports users of Windows, Sun Solaris or Linux operating systems and protects all databases, applications and file types. The service is offered in association with ImperaData, a business continuity service provider and LiveVault Partner. To find out how BT Datasure can provide cost-effective data protection and business continuity for your business, please contact BT Business Direct at +44-800 400 400 in the U.K. or visit www.bt.com/business/datasure.
About BTBT Group plc is the listed holding company for an integrated group of businesses providing voice, data and video services in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. British Telecommunications plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group, holds virtually all businesses and assets of the BT group.
BT is one of Europe's leading providers of telecommunications services. Its principal activities include local, national and international telecommunications services, higher-value broadband and internet products and services, and IT solutions. In the UK, BT serves over 20 million business and residential customers with more than 29 million exchange lines, as well as providing network services to other licensed operators. For more information, visit www.bt.com
About ImperaDataImperaData is a leading provider of online data backup and recovery and business continuity services in Europe. Headquartered in London, and through its partnerships with BT, LiveVault and others, the company offers a broad range of service packages, tailored to meet the needs of organisations of all sizes.
About LiveVault CorporationLiveVault Corporation is the leading provider of fully managed online data backup and recovery services. LiveVault automatically and continuously backs up server data, protects it offsite at a secure facility, and makes it immediately available for recovery 24x7. Through its partnerships with Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and others, LiveVault helps ensure the business continuity of small and mid-sized businesses, as well as branch and remote offices. LiveVault is based in Marlborough, Mass. For more information visit www.livevault.com or call (508) 460-6670.
