In the past year, BackupAgent has gone through a process of intense customer feedback in which BackupAgent has collected typical usage behavior and compared this with wishes and ideas coming in from partners. This results in the a major release of our successful, award winning, online backup software platform. I will be presenting and announcing Version 4 at HostingCon 2010, on Monday July 19 at 11:00 AM local time. Version 4 will represent the next generation of online backup software focusing on significant product improvements to enhance the experience of both SME customers and BackupAgent’s partners; service providers, hosters, and telcos.
One of the most compelling new features in V4 is storage of backup data based on retention policies, resulting in a better and more consistent behavior during restore over a long period. Also, backup accounts will sustain a more even level of data storage usage over time. BackupAgent V4 comes with a redesign of the management console to allow faster and more consistent monitoring of backup accounts and running backups, resulting in a significant reduction in required monitoring effort for administrators.
During the course of 2010 and 2011 BackupAgent will also add more cloud-related features as part of BackupAgent V4. The software will support cloud storage protocols natively in the near future and will open more parts of the software as API or SDK for integration with other services.
So….do you offer SaaS services to your customers as an alternative to on-premise software applications? An important service often overlooked for small, medium and enterprise businesses is hosted backup. Next to announcing Version 4, during my session I will highlight for you the key discoveries in the online backup market. You will also learn the best practices for online backup service providers in today’s market, such as how to reach your customers and how to build a reliable and scalable infrastructure.
About Roland Sars
Roland Sars is co-founder of BackupAgent in 2004. Roland is a genuine entrepreneur; born with a truly commercial instinct and vision on business growth. Roland is responsible for all marketing activities and is the public face of BackupAgent. Roland’s power lies in listening and reviewing new market movements closely and anticipating on those by developing new product-market combinations and business opportunities in many regions and segments. Roland holds a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
