DATAFORT UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING INTEGRATED OFF-SITE BACKUP SERVICE FOR HOME / HOME BUSINESS AT ISPCON 2004
PCFort will provide ISPs with key to $2.3 billion broadband value added services market… Stand 210, Santa Clara Convention Centre, November 3-5 2004
DataFort, the leading provider of managed off-site data backup, today announced that it will unveil an innovative backup service for broadband customers and all home PC users - PCFort - at ISPCon 2004, the leading event for wired and wireless ISPs.
“PCFort is the answer to a growing need from the ISP industry’s end-users,” explains Founder and CEO, Gavin Smith, “Computer crashes and theft have become a fact of life. So with more and more of our personal lives being stored on computer - from digital photos to schoolwork - backup has become paramount.”
With PCFort, ISPs can provide their customers with a backup solution built to the same security and reliability standards that DataFort provides corporate users worldwide. “ISPs have a choice,” continues Smith, “of either bundling PCFort with broadband services or offering it through their web portal. And for the duration of ISPCon, the service will have a special retail price of $0.99 per 250MB of information to be backed up. While providing an excellent rate of ROI for the ISP.”
Off-site backup is a key growth area in the broadband market. According to Point Topic research, the total broadband market is worth over $50 billion. Businesses are currently spending $2.3 billion per year on BVAS (Broadband Value Added Services) – namely ASPs, videoconferencing, VoIP and remote data backup - in addition to $13 billion on basic broadband access. This lucrative market has created an environment where a valuable service like high-security backup bundled with broadband may lure customers away from more basic competitive services.
PCFort is not the first time DataFort has launched a compelling offering to the ISP market. In 2002 it worked with the global carrier Viatel to provide what Yahoo! Finance describe as a “networked storage service called Bytesure which combines enterprise performance and flexibility with carrier-class security and 24/7 support.”
DataFort is a leading commentator on Business Continuity trends and issues, with recent announcements including:
  • September 04: Seminars for dealers and IT managers on Microsoft’s Data Protection Server and a combined ‘Data Protection Solution’
  • July 04: Support for AXA Insurance alert over business usage of webmail for off-site backup
  • May 04: Provision of free ‘Backup Health Check’ during Sasser Worm outbreak
  • April 04: Advice to businesses in light of suspected Citibank security breach over lost tape drives
  • April 04: Guidance notes on new legislation for business continuity
The company is also known for its intimate knowledge of the EMEA BC market and is the leader in the region having won awards such as Storage Product of the Year at Gartner/British Computer Society’s Information Management Awards, 4 and 5 star approval rating from SC Magazine and a ‘Recommended’ qualification from PC Pro’s Enterprise Edition.
About DataFort
DataFort Corp. provides dependable secure off-site computer information storage with a focus on functionality and convenience for the end user. DataFort has been adopted by IT support companies, ISPs and software development companies to power their own backup services. DataFort’s proprietary software works onsite, within the security of the client’s firewall, to shepherd company data via the Internet to a secure data complex. DataFort provides enterprise level disaster recovery services to the both micro and SMB market. The software uses 256-bit encryption to encode data on the customer premises before sending it over the Internet to a high security data complex. The service includes a remote administration system that monitors conditions that may impact on backup events. This system can be accessed by customers or their advisors through a secure Web site. The Premium DataFort Managed Service also includes account monitoring and proactive management from the DataFort N.O.C. DataFort provides a scalable service with customers ranging from micro businesses through to listed corporate entities . DataFort Ltd. is based in Guildford, Surrey UK. For more information, visit www.datafort.co.uk. DataFort Corporation’s sales office is based in New York. www.datafort.com.
About PCFort
PCFort is an easy, reliable offsite backup service for the SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) market and concerned consumers. By creating a PCFort account on their desktop or laptop computer, customers, will have their data automatically backed up to a off-site high security data center. PCFort is a high security backup service benefiting from the same security protocols and features as those used by the premium DataFort Backup Service. All of the data centers used to contain the company’s servers adhere to the same strict protocols developed by DataFort’s Chief Technical Officer Gavin Smith. These features include 24x7 security and engineering personnel, recorded camera monitoring of all building and internal access points. Diesel powered generators, multiple bandwidth providers and multiple fire and smoke detection systems. DataFort is headquartered in New York City.
Further information on DataFort – including interviews, reviews, users stories and site visits – is available from:
Catherine Carlson
Trylon Communications, Inc
.212-725-2295, ext. 28