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DataFort Corp.
Signs First US ISP Deal |
| San
Diego’s PCS WorldNet Will Offer PCFort Backup Service
to SOHO Users |
| Release
date: March 2005 |
| San Diego
and New York - DataFort Corp. has signed its first U.S.
ISP reseller deal with San Diego-based ISP, PCS WorldNet.
The ISP will offer its subscribers DataFort Corp’s
PCFort, a new offsite backup service for small office
and home office (SOHO) personal computer users. |
PCFort,
sold and marketed by New York City-based DataFort Corp,
is a secure, offsite data backup service that provides
SOHO businesses and concerned consumers with access
to the same level of automated, secure offsite backup
technology used by large multinational corporations
and financial institutions. PCFort is sold as a turnkey
solution to ISPs, which can then offer the service to
their small and medium sized office customers. To ease
the integration, PCFort’s end-to-end solution
includes software, web-based customer management tools
and comprehensive customer support. |
PCS
WorldNet will offer PCFort’s offsite backup services
to its subscribers, effective April 1, 2005, under the
name of HookUpz E-Safe. New customers will receive their
1st month free with pricing starting at only $2.99 per
month for 250 MB and $5.99 for 1GB of storage. |
“We’ve
structured PCFort so that our partners can offer a high
quality backup service at a reasonable price, which
is what the market now demands,” said Marcie Terman,
chief operating officer of DataFort Corp. “Forty-seven
percent of surveyed broadband customers are willing
to pay for a value added service (VAS) such as security,
and PCS WorldNet recognizes the need to provide its
customers with secure offsite backup.” |
The
PCFort service is easy to use. PC WorldNet customers
simply need to download pre-configured software onto
their computers and follow simple installation instructions.
PCFort is preset to backup the ‘My Documents’
folder, but customers can refine their selections under
the ‘setup’ menu. The user then selects
a backup schedule or opts to initiate backups whenever
connected to the Internet, as in the case of laptop
users on the road. |
“Small
to medium sized businesses and concerned consumers realize
the risks associated with storing crucial data, personal
documents and even family photos, on their computers,
“ said Carlton “Steve” Walters, Chief
Executive Officer of PCS WorldNet. “PCFort’s
automatic offsite data backup service is the perfect
solution and should prove a great value to our customer
base.”
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About
PCFort
PCFort is an easy, reliable offsite backup service for the SOHO
(Small Office, Home Office) market and concerned consumers.
By creating a PCFort account on their desktop or laptop computer,
customers, will have their data automatically backed up to a
off-site high security data center. PCFort is a high security
backup service benefiting from the same security protocols and
features as those used by the premium DataFort Backup Service.
All of the data centers used to contain the company’s
servers adhere to the same strict protocols developed by DataFort’s
Chief Technical Officer Gavin Smith. These features include
24x7 security and engineering personnel, recorded camera monitoring
of all building and internal access points. Diesel powered generators,
multiple bandwidth providers and multiple fire and smoke detection
systems. DataFort is headquartered in New York City. For more
information, visit www.pcfort.com. |
ABOUT
DATAFORT
DataFort provides
dependable secure off-site computer information storage with
a focus on functionality and convenience for the end user. The
company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Guildford,
UK and New York, USA. It’s software and services are used
by thousands of businesses worldwide - ranging from small SMEs
and schools through to quoted companies and local government.
Every hour of every day someone, somewhere backs up with DataFort.
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About
DataFort Corporation
Established in 2004, DataFort Corp. provides dependable secure
off-site computer information storage with a focus on functionality
and convenience for the end user. DataFort has been adopted
by IT support companies, ISPs and software development companies
to power their own backup services. DataFort’s proprietary
software works onsite, within the security of the client’s
firewall, to shepherd company data via the Internet to a secure
data complex. DataFort provides enterprise level disaster recovery
services to the both micro and SMB market. The software uses
256-bit encryption to encode data on the customer premises before
sending it over the Internet to a high security data complex.
The service includes a remote administration system that monitors
conditions that may impact on backup events. This system can
be accessed by customers or their advisors through a secure
Web site. The Premium DataFort Managed Service also includes
account monitoring and proactive management from the DataFort
N.O.C. DataFort provides a scalable service with customers ranging
from micro businesses through to listed corporate entities.
DataFort Ltd. is based in Guildford, Surrey UK. For more information,
visit www.datafort.co.uk. DataFort Corporation’s sales
office is based in New York. www.datafort.com. |
About
PCS WorldNet
Established in 1987, San Diego-based PCS WorldNet offers its
subscribers a number of services including web hosting, high
speed Internet, e-commerce solutions and web design.. The
ISP supports both Unix and Windows/2003 operating systems
and Offer Up to multiple, redundant OC-3 (155Mbps) connections
to independent major backbones, a 99.0% uptime guarantee,
plus 24h/365 live server monitoring and customer support.
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CONTACTS
Jill Sutcliffe
T: +44 (0) 1483 872 052
E: jill.sutcliffe@datafort.co.uk |
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