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MELBOURNE and BOSTON - October 15, 2008 - Carbonite Inc., the leading provider of online backup services to consumers and small businesses, today announced a major upgrade to Carbonite Online Backup, Carbonite Release 3.7. The new version is based on feedback from Carbonite’s customers about features they wanted to see and includes enhancements such as an easy-to-use interface that allows customers to search for and restore files by name, file type and date.
“We spent a significant amount of time talking with customers for this upgrade of Carbonite,” said David Friend, founder and CEO of Carbonite. “We’ve always had the goal of Carbonite being the simplest online backup to use and we’ve been lauded for our success in that goal, but we are seeking perfection for the day-to-day experience of using Carbonite. We found that our users had some great feedback that, when implemented in Release 3.7, makes Carbonite even easier to use.”
Carbonite also spent time honing performance for version 3.7. Through a series of improvements to the way Carbonite monitors computer resources, Carbonite will offer better system performance during the initial scan and backup upload.
“The initial upload is the most important process the user goes through,” Friend said. “To make the process simple for the user, Carbonite has always worked in the background with little interference to every day computer usage. With these improvements, Carbonite will continue to use very little of the computer’s memory and bandwidth while improving upload speed.”
Carbonite Release 3.7 features other enhancements to the initial sign-up process. Upon installation, Carbonite will now automatically scan a user’s computer for programs known to conflict with the installation of Carbonite. If any such programs are found, Carbonite will provide step-by-step instructions for how to work around the potential conflict, eliminating the need to contact Customer Support for assistance.
Subscribers to Carbonite will be upgraded over the next several weeks to Release 3.7.
About Carbonite
Carbonite launched its Online Backup service in May 2006. Carbonite’s industry-first offer of unlimited backup space for a flat low price revolutionized the market for consumer and small business backup services. So far, the company has backed up more than 4 billion files, has restored more than 300 million lost files for its customers and has a large data center where capacity is measured in petabytes. There are Carbonite users in more than 110 countries.
Founded in 2005, Carbonite believes that computer users should not have to think about backup. The company’s mission is to provide an affordable, reliable, secure and easy-to-use solution for the mainstream computer user. Carbonite is available to consumers and small businesses through numerous channels, including its corporate Web site, major US retailers and international distributors.
For more information, please visit www.carbonite.com.au
For further information please contact:
Arthur Koulianos Carbonite Australia 1300 88 66 73
Shuna Boyd BoydPR 02 9418 8100
Melbourne 8 October 2008 - Carbonite Australia Pty Ltd, the distributor of Carbonite online backup services for consumers and small businesses, today announced the release of its Australian website www.carbonite.com.au
Carbonite Australia is one of the first Carbonite Partners to localise its website providing Australian customers with a 30 day trial (as opposed to the standard 15 day trial), Australian pricing on a 1, 2 or 3 year subscription (starting at less than $6 per month) as well as product information.
Existing customers can use the website to access their Carbonite account and keep up to date with the latest product enhancements and releases through its News section.
“The awareness of Carbonite in Australia continues to grow since we launched the service in May this year,” said Arthur Koulianos, Carbonite Australia’s Product Manager. “The launch of our localised website shows our commitment to the service and our belief that Carbonite is an amazingly inexpensive and simple alternative for the home PC user and SOHO markets.”
Another exciting development for Carbonite customers is the launch of the beta version for Mac users. Customers who are interested in trialling it can simply visit www.carbonite.com.au where they will find the link to the beta site. The final release is planned for later this year.
Carbonite Australia also plans to launch both an Affiliate and a Reseller program in the next few months. Affiliates can register their interest by emailing info@carbonite.com.au. Resellers can complete an online enquiry form from the Carbonite Australia website.
“We have already received significant interest from many resellers, particularly those that service small business. At this stage we are still working on our Reseller System, but once complete it will allow resellers to order and manage subscriptions and associated clients online. These are very exciting times for Carbonite,” Mr Koulianos said.
About Carbonite
Carbonite launched its Online Backup service in May 2006. Carbonite’s industry-first offer of unlimited backup space for a flat low price revolutionized the market for consumer and small business backup services. So far, the company has backed up more than 4 billion user files, has restored more than 250 million lost files for its customers and has 2 large data centres where capacity is measured in petabytes. There are Carbonite users in more than 100 countries.
Founded in 2005, Carbonite believes that computer users should not have to think about backup. The company’s mission is to provide an affordable, reliable, secure and easy-to-use solution for the mainstream computer user. Carbonite is available to consumers and small businesses through numerous channels, including its website and resellers.
About Carbonite Australia
Carbonite Australia is part of the Avalanche Technology Group of Companies. Carbonite Australia is the distributor of the Carbonite online PC backup service.
For more information, please visit www.carbonite.com.au
For further information please contact:
Arthur Koulianos Carbonite Australia 1300 88 66 73
Shuna Boyd BoydPR 02 9418 8100
September 25, 2008 - Carbonite, Inc., a leading provider of online backup service to consumers and small businesses, announced today the launch of its new data center in Beijing, China. Carbonite is the first American online backup vendor to offer a local data center in China. The new data center is highly scalable and will eventually handle millions of users.
“China presents a very big opportunity in online backup. But it’s also a market that requires a substantial commitment of resources to be successful. To succeed in this market, we felt it was essential to have a physical presence in China, so we picked Beijing as the site for our first China data center.” said David Friend, co-founder and CEO of Carbonite. “Having a data center in China allows us to be closer to our Chinese partners, and it allows Carbonite to provide far superior backup performance for everyone in the country.”
China and India have been cited for rapid expansion in the area of broadband connections.
“The fastest growth in broadband connections over the next few years will be in the China/India region, which are still adopting DSL at a rapid rate and we expect this trend to continue,” said Claudio Castelli, Senior Analyst for Ovum, in a recent article in Computerworld Singapore.
Carbonite has made a significant commitment to international expansion and now has users in more than 120 countries.
“We recently released a Chinese version of Carbonite and the addition of our data center in Beijing is a strategic foothold in the largest and fastest growing broadband market in the world,” said Keith Cooper, President and COO of Carbonite. “Carbonite is committed to the Chinese market since we are determined to become a global player in the backup industry.”
Good news for Apple lovers: Carbonite, has just released beta version for Macs. Just visit http://beta.carbonite.com and the software will recognise that you are on a Mac, Carbonite does the rest. Carbonite silently and securely saves your precious pictures, documents and more remotely so that you don’t have to. Mac lovers; save yourselves…with Carbonite . We are very excited to announce the beta of Carbonite Basic for Mac, and encourage you to try it today!
To get started, please use your Mac to visit http://beta.carbonite.com to sign-up for a free trial and install Carbonite. Our installer will recognise you are coming from a Mac and download the appropriate package.
Below are the components available during the beta period:
Automatic Backup - There are no schedules to set, no backup jobs to run; Carbonite automatically updates your backup whenever and wherever you’re connected to the Internet
Unlimited Storage - With Carbonite, you don’t have to worry about how much data you have to back up; you can back up as much or as little as you’d like for one low annual cost. No hidden fees for storage, or restoring files.
Bandwidth Saver - Carbonite slows down when you’re actively using your Mac so that it doesn’t interfere with your system’s performance.
Mac OS Integration - There’s no new interface to learn.
Carbonite is fully integrated with the Mac OS:
- Carbonite appears alongside other items in your System Preferences
- Control-click (or right-click) on any file or folder to view its backup status, add it to or remove it from your backup
- Optional menu bar icon allows you to view the status of your backup and access frequently-used options
Easy Restore - Carbonite makes it easy to restore files to your Mac with just a few clicks. Visit the Carbonite panel in System Preferences to view all of the files and folders in your backup arranged just as they are on your Mac. Simply select any file or folder and choose whether to restore it to its original location or to a new location on your computer.
Restore Assistant - With Carbonite, it’s just as easy to restore all of your files to a new Mac after a major catastrophe: just log in to our website from your new Mac and click “Restore” to download Carbonite and launch the Restore Assistant. The Restore Assistant will help you create new user accounts to match the ones on your old Mac.
In an effort to help us test, we’d like to encourage you to help us identify any outstanding issues. Please submit any questions, comments or issues to macsupport@carbonite.com
We appreciate your help and thank you for taking the time to follow-up with feedback. Your assistance with this testing will ensure that we deliver a quality product to all of our customers.
Sydney, 15 September 2008 – Carbonite, Inc has announced a partnership with Lenovo, one of the world’s largest makers of personal computers. Carbonite’s award-winning online backup service will soon be available to Lenovo’s consumer PC customers in numerous markets, including Australia and New Zealand, around the world. Beginning in October 2008, a free trial of Carbonite Online Backup™ will be shipped pre-loaded on all of Lenovo IdeaPad and IdeaCentre PCs in key countries and in multiple languages.
“Carbonite has created the top online backup service for the consumer market,” said Feng Lee, Senior Director of Lenovo’s Worldwide Consumer Software Group. “Carbonite created a simple interface that makes it very easy for consumers to back up their valuable data. We knew this ease of use would be a great fit with our consumer customers purchasing Lenovo Idea-branded computers.”
Technology developments in storage capacity and pricing have allowed consumers to have the same protection of off-site backup that businesses have utilized for years. Since its launch in May 2006, Carbonite has backed up more than 4 billion files for consumers and small businesses around the world and has restored more than 250 million files that would have otherwise been lost forever.
The commercial preload agreement includes all models of Lenovo’s IdeaPad and IdeaCentre consumer PCs in the US, Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India and South Africa. Future territories will include Mexico, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates.
“We are proud to be working with a world class partner in Lenovo,” said Bill Cunningham, EVP of Business Development at Carbonite. “We believe that someday every PC will ship with online backup pre-installed. Studies show that users are more likely to switch PC brands if their computer crashes and they lose valuable data. This move by Lenovo demonstrates its commitment to helping users protect their files. With so many people keeping irreplaceable business documents and personal files (such as photos, music, emails, spreadsheets, presentations and correspondence) on their PCs, users need a simple way to keep everything safe.”
Lenovo’s technical integration with Carbonite works in the following manner:
• When pre-installed on Lenovo Idea-branded PCs, Carbonite prompts users to initialize the backup service the first time the new computer is connected to the Internet.
• Once activated by the user with an email address and password, Carbonite runs quietly in the background, continually creating an initial remote backup of all data files.
• After the first backup is complete, Carbonite continually scans the PC for all new and changed files and backs them up whenever the PC is connected to the worldwide web via a broadband connection.
• Storage capacity is unlimited: users never outgrow their Carbonite subscription no matter how much data they need to store.
• Carbonite never interferes with the speed of the users’ PCs or their Internet browsing.
• Data is double-encrypted before leaving the local computer and is transmitted to Carbonite’s secure data center using HTTPS (SSL) for total privacy.
About Carbonite
Carbonite launched its Online Backup service in May 2006. Carbonite’s industry-first offer of unlimited backup space for a flat low price revolutionized the market for consumer and small business backup services. So far, the company has backed up more than 4 billion user files, has restored more than 250 million lost files for its customers and has a large data center where capacity is measured in petabytes. There are Carbonite users in more than 120 countries.
Founded in 2005, Carbonite believes that computer users should not have to think about backup. The company’s mission is to provide an affordable, reliable, secure and easy-to-use solution for the mainstream computer user. Carbonite is available to consumers and small businesses through numerous channels, including its corporate website, major US retailers and international distributors. For more information, please visit www.carbonite.com.au
For further information please contact:
Carbonite Australia 1300 886 673
