Vodafone & Decho Partner to Deliver PC Backup Services
October 13 2009 - 4:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Vodafone Customers To Be Offered Secure, Offsite Protection And
Access To Their PC's Digital Files Over Fixed And Mobile Broadband
Connections NEWBURY, United Kingdom and SEATTLE, Oct. 13
/PRNewswire/ -- Vodafone has formed a strategic partnership with
Decho Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC, to develop a
range of cloud-based services for both business customers and
consumers. Vodafone PC Backup will enable customers to simply and
securely back up work-related or personal digital content from
their computer to a remotely hosted site. Once a customer has
backed-up their digital content they know it is protected and that
they will always be able to access it, even if their primary device
is lost, stolen or otherwise unavailable. Customers will also be
able to view and share the content from their account via the web
browser of a PC, laptop or netbook in the future, reducing the need
to transfer content from one device to another. Both business and
consumer versions of the services will be introduced, with the
former supported by a web-based management console to enable an
administrator to centrally control storage allocations and policies
for multiple users. The PC Backup capabilities join Vodafone's PC
and mobile anti-virus protection in a suite which makes it simple
and secure for customers to use fixed and mobile broadband services
to access, organize, protect and share digital content. Customers
will be able to use Vodafone PC Backup over both fixed and mobile
broadband connections via the web browser of desktop PCs, laptops,
and netbooks. The service will be introduced across a number of
Vodafone's major European markets throughout the remainder of this
calendar year and builds upon the Mozy(TM) online backup service
operated by Decho. "Our customers are often using a range of
connected devices each day, with different information and data
contained on each one," said Huw Medcraft, Director of Mobile
Broadband, Vodafone. "Vodafone PC Backup will enable them to
centrally store this content, providing users with the added
reassurance that as a Vodafone customer their files - be they
critical work documents for businesses or family photographs - will
be there when they need it and accessible through a variety of
devices and across both fixed and mobile networks." "The explosive
growth in both business and consumer information is driving demand
for new personal cloud services to help people protect, organize
and enrich their most valuable information," commented Harel
Kodesh, CEO of Decho Corporation. "Building on the proven Mozy
online backup service will differentiate Vodafone's services and
make it easier for millions of people to access and manage the
information they need to do their job or run their lives each day."
About Vodafone Vodafone is the world's leading international mobile
telecommunications company, with equity interests in 31 countries
and Partner Markets in more than 40 countries. As of 30 June 2009,
Vodafone had approximately 315 million proportionate customers
worldwide. For more information, please visit
http://www.vodafone.com/. About Decho Decho is dedicated to helping
people protect, organize and enrich their "digital echo" - that
valuable and ever-growing body of personal, digital information
reverberating through our lives. Mozy, the company's flagship
offering, is the leading online backup service for both consumers
and businesses. Decho is headquartered in Seattle and is an EMC
company. Mozy is a trademark of Decho Corporation. For more
information, please go to http://www.decho.com/. DATASOURCE: EMC
Corporation CONTACT: Media, Jody Peake, OnPR, office,
+1-503-802-4400, mobile, +1-503-997-3907, , for Decho; or Vodafone
Media Relations, +44 (0) 1635 664444 Web Site: http://www.emc.com/
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