Carbonite Announces Agreement with Packard Bell

All Packard Bell PCs sold in Europe will include Carbonite Online Backup

BOSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ — Carbonite, Inc., the leading provider of
online backup services to consumers and small businesses, today announced it
has signed a partnership agreement with Packard Bell. The first partnership
between an independent online backup company and major PC manufacturer,
Carbonite will be providing all purchasers of Packard Bell desktop and notepad
computers in Europe a free 4-month subscription to Carbonite’s award-winning
online backup service.

The collaboration agreement between Carbonite and Packard Bell serves as a
milestone in the online backup industry, trailblazing the incorporation of
pre-installed online backup services on PCs.

“Carbonite is very pleased that Packard Bell decided to bundle their
desktops and notebooks with our online PC backup,” said Floyd Bradley,
executive vice president international for Carbonite. “Our mission is to
provide the most secure, reliable and easy-to-use backup solution for
consumers. Packard Bell demonstrates the same commitment by providing the best
design, security, performance and entertainment experience to their
customers.”

New purchasers of Packard Bell computers can begin safeguarding their
digital lives immediately via the bundled, free four-month subscription of
unlimited data storage via Carbonite Online Backup. The only requirements
needed to start the service are an email address and password for encrypting
the transmitted data. At the end of the free subscription period, Packard Bell
customers can renew their protection for an additional year for only euro 49
including VAT (pounds Sterling 29.99 in the UK and SEK 450 in Sweden).

“With Carbonite Online Backup, users can now quickly and easily back up
their digital content and enjoy peace-of-mind, knowing their lifetime of
memories is secure,” said Philippe Guyon, Partnership & Marketing European
Director at Packard Bell. “As a company that offers design, ease of use and
performance, we naturally understand the importance of protecting all the
personal content in a simple way. Packard Bell is pleased to partner with
Carbonite, the best solutions for PC backup, to bring our customers a better
digital experience.”

The pre-loaded software for Carbonite’s Online Backup will be available to
Packard Bell customers in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German,
Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish. Users in multi-lingual countries such
as Belgium and Switzerland will have their choice of language at the time of
the PC setup process.

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 3 billion files, has restored more
than 200 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.

About Packard Bell
Operating in Europe since 1991, Packard Bell is one of the leading home PC
brands in Europe. As consumers have become more tech savvy and discerning, and
the world of personal computers and home electronics have converged, Packard
Bell has continued to extend its brand and expand its range of products, which
today includes leading-edge desktops, notebooks and digital entertainment
solutions (MP3 players, home networking, GPS and storage). Packard Bell’s
unswerving dedication to the consumer market is embodied in its recognized
ability to anticipate and meet the ever-changing users’ needs.

For more information, please visit www.packardbell.com.

SOURCE Carbonite, Inc.

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