Staples Pins Growth Plan on IT Service

19 Sep 2008

September 19, 2008

Staples Inc. is planning to make it easy to back up your company’s PCs.

The Framingham retail giant is expected to introduce next week a suite of services that goes beyond selling office products, including technology services, all while deepening Staples’ presence among its core customers — small and midsize businesses.

Staples’ IT services will include online backup sold through Staples subsidiary Thrive Networks Inc., which is based in Concord and provided by a division of Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC).

The deal is expected to provide a huge sales channel to business customers for EMC subsidiary Mozy Inc., said Mozy COO Vance Checketts, who plans to double the company’s percentage of lucrative business backup customers during the coming year.

“In terms of the SMB market,” he said, “it’s hard to beat a partner like Staples.”

Expanding to data backup may be just the tip of the iceberg for …

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