Microsoft Ignite 2015

CHICAGO, IL – May 4, 2015 — /BackupReview.info/ — Spanning Cloud Apps …

WHAT
Spanning Cloud Apps LLC, an EMC company and a leading provider of SaaS data protection, will be previewing its enterprise-grade backup and recovery solution for Microsoft Office 365 at Ignite, the sold- out, tech-fueled conference for all things Microsoft. Spanning will share the results of its successful beta program for Spanning Backup for Office 365, the latest expansion of Spanning’s product line, which also includes backup and restore offerings for Google Apps and Salesforce.

Spanning Backup for Office 365 will provide IT administrators and end users with a simple way to locate lost mail, calendars and contacts data from any point in time, from any device and accurately restore it to its original state.

Spanning Backup for Office 365:

  • Minimizes risk of data loss and assures availability for Mail, Calendars and People*.
  • Helps meet audit and compliance requirements for backup and recovery.
  • Offloads IT by empowering users to easily restore lost data.

“We have witnessed the groundswell of interest in Office 365 as more and more companies want to take advantage of the improved collaboration, higher productivity and increased mobility that comes with cloud computing,” said Jeff Erramouspe, VP and General Manager of Spanning. “The tremendous interest in our beta program has exceeded our goals, and shows that IT organizations understand they need a solid data protection plan in place before moving to the cloud. As the first fully responsive cloud-to-cloud backup application for Office 365, Spanning Backup allows Microsoft customers to harness cloud-based productivity without having to worry about user-driven data loss that can significantly hinder their work.”

WHEN & WHERE
May 4-8, 2015
Microsoft Ignite Conference
Booth #558 at McCormick Place
Chicago, IL

WHY
SaaS applications like Office 365 enable collaboration and increase efficiency, but far too many users misunderstand their data backup and recovery capabilities. Like other SaaS platforms, Microsoft will take action on your data as you instruct them – if you ask to delete something, they will do it. As such, Office 365 can’t protect companies from data loss due to accidental or malicious user errors, or programmatic errors, such as synchronization and integration issues.

For example, if a disgruntled employee decides to delete his email and empty the trash-bin, there is no way to easily recover that data within Office 365. Similarly, a deleted mailbox is retained for only 30 days, at which point it is not recoverable. And if a user synchronizes a new phone with Office 365 and accidentally overwrites their contacts stored in Office 365, there is no way to recover that information natively.

Not only do users need to restore unintentionally lost information quickly and accurately, they want to be able to easily do it themselves without putting additional burden on IT or the help desk. Having an automated daily backup from Spanning ensures that changes to data are captured frequently, minimizing the chance for error, and significantly reducing the costs and complexity of backup and restore. Finally, corporate and IT compliance standards require that all corporate data has proven backup and recovery capabilities. Spanning Backup for Office 365 addresses these concerns.

AVAILABILITY
The product will be generally available by June 30, 2015. Customers can protect all data for a $48 per user, per year subscription price with unlimited back-up storage. Discounts are offered for volume purchases, non-profit and education customers, and multi-year agreements. Interested organizations can inquire about the offering here.

* The first general availability version of the solution will offer backup and recovery for Microsoft Exchange. Backup and recovery for Calendar and People will be available in late 2015.

About Spanning Cloud Apps LLC
Spanning, an EMC company and a leading provider of backup and recovery for SaaS applications, helps organizations to protect and manage their information in the cloud. The company provides powerful, enterprise-class data protection for Google Apps, Salesforce, and Office 365. Spanning Backup is the most trusted cloud-to-cloud backup solution for thousands of companies and millions of users around the world. Learn more at www.spanning.com.

EMC is a trademark or registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Spanning is a trademark or registered trademark of Spanning Cloud Apps LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Forward-looking Statements
This release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (v) component and product quality and availability; (vi) fluctuations in VMware, Inc.’s operating results and risks associated with trading of VMware stock; (vii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (viii) risks associated with managing the growth of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (ix) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (xi) fluctuating currency exchange rates; (xii) threats and other disruptions to our secure data centers or networks; (xiii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (xiv) war or acts of terrorism; and (xv) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

Contact
Spanning Media Contact:
fama PR
Erik Milster
617-986-5015
spanning@famapr.com

Source: EMC

 

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