Simply put, this means that you can start or expand your online backup business with StoreGrid running on the Amazon Cloud computing service (EC2) and store backup data on the Amazon Cloud storage service (S3).

Unlike other backup players that use Cloud services primarily for storage of the backup data, StoreGrid leverages the computing cloud offering of Amazon (EC2) along with the storage service (S3) to create a powerful backup platform for service providers.

We decided to release our StoreGrid Videos section in time for our Amazon Cloud launch.   Check out this video “StoreGrid Cloud AMI for Amazon Web Services” – from our Quick Videos in Plain English series.

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StoreGrid Cloud AMI for Amazon Web Services

John Foley (of InformationWeek fame) points out that Amazon Web Services has grown steadily in popularity among smaller businesses than in large companies.  Amazon’s non-retail business, that includes Amazon Web Services, grew 45% in the third quarter of 2008.

Along with the production release of StoreGrid Cloud AMI, we believe that innovative Cloud based technologies targeted at MSPs will have an impact on the economics of the managed services marketplace.

With its promise of cost savings and ‘pay-for-what-you-use’ pricing, the Amazon Cloud is an irresistible platform for MSPs, VARs, ISPs and hosting service providers to offer managed services like online backups.   With StoreGrid Cloud AMI running on the Amazon Cloud, starting up cost-effective, dependable and versatile online backup services has never been easier!

More on our ‘StoreGrid Videos in Plain English’ section in my next post!

The above post was written by Gokul Sriram of Vembu Technologies. Vembu Technologies is a backup software vendor whose product, StoreGrid, powers the online backup services of a large number of service providers across the globe. Besides remote backup, StoreGrid is also used for on premise backups of workstations and servers at various companies & universities.