![]() ![]() “SMBs might have been reluctant to trust their data to an unknown startup,” he said. He says it has brought stability, expansion, better data center capabilities and brand recognition. As a result, the company is setting up a data center in Dublin, Ireland to deal with overseas users and foreign language users.Īs for the EMC deal, Checketts thinks it has worked out very well. According to Checketts, 25 percent of its users are now outside of the USA. “We are also bringing out MozyPro for Mac this summer as we are seeing a lot of demand from Mac users in such fields as education and graphic design,” said Checketts.įurther, the company is expanding globally. While Mozy has always been a Windows stronghold, it recently expanded its base by announcing MozyHome for Mac. “I believe that the enterprise market has the potential to show similar growth.” “We still have the highest growth in customer numbers in the consumer space, but the percentage growth rate in SMB is now higher,” he said. ![]() While consumer has traditionally been the area of most rapid growth, it is currently being outdone by SMB expansion. Checketts reports that Mozy is seeing growth in all segments. It also has the benefit of security features imported from EMC’s RSA Security Division. The back end is built upon EMC Fortress, which is a secure platform for SaaS delivery. “MozyEnterprise automates secure online backup and recovery over the Internet for consistent and reliable off-site data protection for remote desktops, laptops and branch office servers,” said Checketts. On the server side, it costs $9.25 per month per supported Windows server plus $2.35 a month per gigabyte protected. It is priced at 5.25 per month per desktop and 70 cents per month per GB protected. MozyEnterprise, said Checketts, requires a little more tech savvy – at least someone around who is looking after desktop support. The big change, though, is at the top end. Alternatively, it can be licensed for a central server at $6.95 per month plus $1.75 per GB. “Next comes MozyPro which might take you as high as about 250 users or so.” This one is priced at $3.95 per month per user with an additional fee of 50 cents per gig. “MozyHome provides unlimited amounts of backup from that one device,” said Checketts. ![]() You can actually use up to 2 GB of online backup free, or pay $4.95 a month per laptop or desktop. What you have now is a version for the home, the SMB and the enterprise. As a result, its product line has been expanded with the release of Mozy Enterprise. Now that the company has access to the vast resource network of EMC, far more is expected. Prior to becoming part of EMC, Mozy was content to acquire a big account or so each year. “But it’s interesting to note that GE made Mozy the standard for backing up laptops and desktops.” “Mozy has a customers ranging from General Electric to the home office, but the fastest growing segment is SMB,” said Vance Checketts, chief operating officer of Mozy. This emphasis has the folks at Mozy more than happy with the EMC stewardship. At the vanguard of this downward thrust is Mozy, which represents EMC’s first foray into the SaaS world. What he means is that EMC will provide the central repositories for vast stores of data, and everything else all the way down to the consumer and small business. “The individual consumer is generating 85 percent of all information and that information has to live centrally,” said Tucci. He sees the companies Lifeline, Iomega and Mozy product lines as being key to that strategy. Company CEO Joe Tucci admits to SMB and consumer ambitions. EMC seems to be setting great store in its Mozy acquisition as an integral part of its strategic thrust into the consumer marketplace. ![]()
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