Berkeley Data Systems Launches Mozy.com, the World's First Free, Secure Remote Backup Service5 April 2006
Berkeley Data Systems launches free, secure remote backup at Mozy.com, an automatic remote backup service for any PC in any home or office. Users can access their encrypted data from any computer in the world with Internet access. Mozy offers a free alternative to external hard drives, expensive subscription services, or the complications involved with burning CDs or DVDs to the over 65 million home broadband users in the US*. Mozy software and two gigabytes (GB) of backup capacity are immediately available at http://www.mozy.com. Mozy software is simple to install, configure and contains no adware or spyware.
"At some point, everyone goes through the heartache of data loss -- either through a hard drive crash, an accidental deletion, a theft, a flood or a fire. The obvious solution is automatic remote backup. The problem is that backup is complex and expensive. We wanted to make remote backup simple and free, so we built Mozy," explains Josh Coates, founder of Berkeley Data Systems. "Mozy is designed to provide truly automated, secure backup to users without requiring training, investment, or regimented routines. Mozy is simple, secure and free -- plus it allows users to encrypt data with their own 448-bit private key, which means it's Dick Cheney proof."
Secure, Automatic Remote Backup
Mozy has a number of qualities that make it superior to alternative backup methods:
* Simple: Mozy can be set to automatically backup photos, email,
contacts, financial records, and office documents. Users
simply need to check the box, and Mozy figures out what needs
to be backed up. Advanced settings are also available to
users to customize backup sets by file type, size or location.
Mozy also provides full support for email, including Microsoft
Outlook files, even if the files are open and in use. Backups
can be scheduled during off hours, or set to run automatically
in the background throughout the day. These features allow
users to set it and forget it.
* Scalable: Berkeley Data Systems has developed proprietary software
that allows Mozy to handle millions of users and securely store
thousands of terabytes of data. The data is stored in racks of
commodity hardware running specialized software capable of storing and
retrieving billions of encrypted files across thousands of disks.
Berkeley Data Systems has developed a proprietary type of Reed-Solomon
encoding algorithm to ensure data integrity.
* Private and Secure: Users can opt to have their data automatically
encrypted with their own private 448-bit symmetric key on their PC
before transferring them to the Mozy servers. The data is encoded by
448-bit Blowfish encryption and then transferred to Berkeley Data
Systems' data centers using 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
encryption. The full Berkeley Data Systems privacy policy is available
for review at http://www.mozy.com/mozy/privacy.
* Economical: Mozy is provided free-of-charge to consumers thanks to
sponsored newsletters to users once a week. Users who wish to opt out
of the sponsored newsletter can upgrade to Mozy Premium, which for a
limited time is offered for just $19.95 for a year of service (that's
less than $2 per month), and comes with 5 GB of backup capacity. This
price is about 10 times less than traditional online backup companies.
About Berkeley Data Systems
Berkeley Data Systems is an innovative technology development company founded in 2005 that specializes in large scale, parallel storage systems and software. Berkeley Data Systems' flagship offering is Mozy.com, which provides free, secure and scalable remote backup solutions to small businesses and online backup for consumers. Berkeley Data Systems is venture funded by Wasatch Partners, Tim Draper and Novell co-founder Drew Major. For information, please visit http://www.mozy.com or call (877) 588-8747.
* Pew Internet Project, 2005
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