Awards and ReviewsLiveVault Server Backup is Readers Choice winner
LiveVault Insync and LiveVault InControl named 2005 Readers Choice Award winners by Windows IT Pro
Sept 19, 2005 - Backup Direct, the leading supplier of online services to UK business, today announced that LiveVault InSync and LiveVault InControl were named winners in the Enterprise Backup/Recovery/Archive Service category of the 2005 Windows IT Pro Readers Choice Awards. Kim Paulsen, group publisher of Penton Media's Windows IT Pro Group, announced the winners of the fourth-annual contest earlier this month. The other winning product in this category, Iron Mountain Server Electronic Vaulting, is powered by LiveVault technology, meaning that LiveVault products secured all top three spots for backup and recovery solutions.
"The Windows It Pro Readers' Choice Awards are highly coveted in the IT industry because our readers, who are the buyers and users of these products, are the ones who choose the winners," said Paulsen. "These awards are the ultimate acclamation an IT Company can earn from its peers in the IT community."
Readers voted on their product preferences in 12 broad technology categories, choosing from more than 750 products and services.
"Windows IT Pro readers are the most knowledgeable people in the market with regard to the best values in technology products and services," said Paulsen. "We've done extensive research among our readers and know that they are the ones who make the buying decisions on behalf of their organisations. The Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards give IT professionals the opportunity to voice their opinions and give the leading technology companies the recognition they deserve."
LiveVault InSync, for small and medium businesses, and LiveVault InControl, for medium and large companies with remote offices, provide unparalleled data protection and recovery capabilities that address all four aspects of data protection, data backup, offsite storage, archiving and data recovery succeeding at doing what no other product has; giving organisations a simple, automatic way to guarantee the safety of their data.
LiveVault offers the first and only solutions that seamlessly couple network - and disk- based backup and recovery to create a complete and fully automated data protection solution. LiveVault delivers automatic and Continuous data Protection, backing up business server data via a secure Internet connection, and storing the data securely offsite, where it is available for immediate recovery in the event of a system failure, virus, human error or other disaster.
About Backup Direct
Backup Direct is a leading supplier of online data backup services for UK business. Backup Direct delivers: automated data backup, secure off-site storage, archiving and guaranteed fast data recovery. Clients receive reliable and secure data protection to maximise business continuity in case of disaster. Backup Direct's combination of business focus, leading technology, operational systems, SLAs and committed support combine to ensure simple, secure and affordable data protection. Founded in 2002, Backup Direct has more than 2000 UK business clients protecting over 30 terabytes of customer data. It is a leading Tier One provider of Iron Mountain Digital Services in the UK. Visit the company's website at www.backupdirect.net or call 0800 0 789 437.
About Iron Mountain Digital
Iron Mountain Digital is the world's leading provider of data backup/recovery and archiving software and services. The technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated offers a comprehensive suite of data protection and e-records management software and services to thousands of companies around the world, directly and through a world-wide network of channel partners. Iron Mountain Digital is based in Southborough, Mass. with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
