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HP shutters its Upline online data backup service – Why commoditized online backup service is not a sustainable business

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

I was contacted by ChannelWeb to comment on HP’s decision to shutter their Upline online data backup business. The gist of what I commented was carried in the article “HP To Shutter Upline Online Storage Backup Service” by ChannelWeb’s Senior Editor Joseph F. Kovar. I felt it’s a good idea to post here my full comments along with my view about commodity online backup services like Carbonite and EMC’s Mozy.

Hope these are not perceived as just wishful thinking on my part. My comments are based on our experience supporting more than 1000 partners offering backup services … Read the rest

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Posted in CRN, Online Backup, SMB, SP Edition, Vembu StoreGrid | 7 Comments »

Backup Services are No. 2 on SMBs list, says VAR Business Magazine

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Online Backups are booming

The September issue of VAR Business has an interesting article on the “Top 5 Tech Segments SMBs Will Spend Money On”. While the first segment mentioned is Network Security, Backup & Archiving ranks number 2. Online Backup Services are especially mentioned and the article says:

Online backup services is also an area where resellers are starting to see increased interest in the SMB market, and vendors are now better enabling resellers to offer such services as part of their managed services portfolios—opportunities that can help them lock into recurring revenue streams.

We recommend that you read the article; … Read the rest

Posted in CRN, General, SMB, Trends, VARBusiness, Vembu StoreGrid | No Comments »

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