Press Release (U.S.)
Asigra Unveils Assurance Resellers
Initiative
Continuous Revenue Program Allows Resellers to Offer Software
or Managed Backup Services for Multi-Site Storage Environments
Toronto – August 16, 2004 – Asigra, the technology
specialists in distributed backup and recovery software for network
computing, today announced the launch of its Assurance Reseller
Program, giving resellers the choice of selling the powerful and
innovative Asigra Televaulting software to their customers, or
offering storage services as a utility, with revenue based on
data being managed. This dual-choice revenue option promises significant
growth potential for resellers in the enterprise data storage
market as distributed backup and recovery becomes a critical component
of regulatory compliance.
In addition to offering customers a storage solution through the
actual sale and installation of Asigra’s product into its
clients’ infrastructure, Asigra Televaulting software features
a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) that is built for utility
service provisioning, allowing resellers to offer a recurring
revenue service by performing backup and restore operations for
their customers, with a capacity-based monthly fee. This service
provisioning functionality includes a multi-tier storage billing
system, agentless architecture, SLA monitoring and management,
storage resource management tools and WAN-optimized compression
technology.
"Asigra’s Assurance Reseller Program allows resellers
and service providers to purchase an Asigra license to deliver
an unsurpassed managed backup service," said Eran Farajun,
Asigra Executive Vice President. "This option is particularly
appealing to enterprise customers with geographically dispersed
sites and/or those who would prefer not to handle the challenges
of reliable backup and restore on their own."
According to Ron Roberts, President of BluPointe DRS, Asigra’s
first North American distributor, "Asigra fills a vacuum
for backup/restore solutions that protect an entire geographically
dispersed business. For the first time, central office IT can
be in control of their enterprise-wide data, taking advantage
of fast, disk-based backup and restores without expensive and
complex replication systems. I look forward to working closely
with resellers to facilitate quick implementation of Asigra’s
technology and supporting their bottom line."
Assurance Reseller Program members have access to a variety of
marketing and business tools to ensure their success. Asigra’s
program offers customizable sales and marketing materials and
online training support so that resellers are quickly educated
on Televaulting software and best prepared for presenting the
product to customers. A capacity-based licensing model allows
resellers to better differentiate product and offer software that
is not based on an agent-fee model. Additional support is given
to participants of a deal registration program that helps close
the sale.
Asigra Televaulting is agentless multi-site backup/recovery software
that combines utility service provisioning with a disk-based,
WAN-optimized architecture to shatter the limitations of traditional
distributed backup software. Asigra Televaulting provides grid-based
performance and capacity scaling for virtually unlimited data
growth, allowing the software to support any backup load. Asigra
eliminates many storage pain points through technology that is
designed for enterprise-wide centralization, built from the ground
up to perform on a global level. It is tested and certified compatible
by leading infrastructure providers, not to take the place of
data center backup software, but complement it for remote sites.
Business benefits that differentiate Asigra’s offering from
other backup solutions include true regulatory compliance, reduction
in worldwide IT management expenditures, compounded reduction
of hardware/software capital and enterprise-wide license costs,
a pay-as-you-grow pricing model and the highest level of assurance
that all company data is protected.
For more information about Asigra’s Televaulting solution
or its Assurance Reseller Program, interested parties can contact
the company’s first Authorized Specialist Distributor, BluPointe
DRS online at www.bluepointe.com or by phone at (877) 224-2707.
About Asigra
Founded in 1986, Asigra is the specialist in distributed data
backup and recovery solutions for network computing. With Asigra's
Televaulting software, enterprises can reliably protect mission-critical
information across all their geographically dispersed "data
islands," whether they reside on servers, desktops or laptops.
The privately held company is based in Toronto, Canada. For more
information, contact Asigra at 416-736-8111 ext. 101 or visit
the company’s website at www.asigra.com.
