Data Startup Wins GE, Reveals Hot Online Backup Market

25 employees have been snared in Utah launched a multimillion-dollar contract, provide a large number of General Electric Company and software can automatically backup Documentation of office computers, jolting the market seems to be getting hot.

The transaction, expected to be announced this week, called for backup software mozypro from Berkeley Data Systems, was eventually installed in more than 300,000 personal computers used by GE employees around the world. GE declined to comment, but people familiar with the situation who pointed out that the company has been supporting its software from PC more mature vendors, including Iron Mountain Limited baltazar Henry, an analyst for the 451 Group, said that Berkeley is the data fertilizer benefits An efficient data storage devices, the founder of Design Josh coates, it profitable for the company to 10 times lower than that of other automated backup providers.

Therefore, the United States Fork, Utah-based Berkeley data that it had signed a 3000 companies since December, when it launched commercial version mozy, , and previously has been a consumer-oriented products. Most of these business customers have smaller organizations, which is why GE contract - which can be value of about 10 million US dollars a year - so staggering.

"Overnight, which makes them the leader in the space," said baltazar. "This is pressure to drive for other manufacturers." Like anti-virus software, automatic backup software running in the background on computer, copying files, and sending them through the Internet to a remote server - alternative to fire back to the computer, in case of disaster or computer crash.

The technology already exists for a long time, but there are several factors are increasing its popularity. Among them: cheap data storage and proliferation of broadband connections ferry so that the large files.

For consumers, online backup, the insurance companies for all videos, photos and documents Filling in the home computer. Companies also have similar motives - and the new requirements This growing demand for the Lockdown business information, or even living in the East and West on the PC .

Which leading provider of enterprise backup has been the Boston-based Iron Mountain, 2.4 billion US dollars of companies, the best known of the possible recovery and business records storage custody.

Dihankelanxi, president of Iron Mountain Digital acknowledged that several competing online backup products have sprung up everywhere, but he said it is a good thing market. He believes that, Iron Mountain has not been to lower prices significantly because of the huge needs of customers, its high-end level of service.

Such a situation could soon change. GE said mozypro baltazar catch not only Comment on "br> costs, but also with flexible features not found elsewhere. And the whole, Stephanie Balaouras, an analyst with Forrester Research said, it appears that many large information technology provider. " is not consistent with the need "for large companies Backup.

"They are missing the boat," she said.