Latest News from Axcient

BusinessSolutions: Use BDR To Evolve From IT Provider To Trusted Advisor

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Dramatically Simplifies Keeping Applications Running and Data Protected with Next Generation User Experience

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500

New Axcient Experience Brings Unprecedented Ease of Use to Traditional IT Function to Save IT Hundreds of Hours a Year

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 3, 2013 – Axcient, the leading cloud solution for eliminating application downtime and data loss, today announced a completely redesigned data protection portal that dramatically simplifies and enhances the user experience for IT professionals and managed service providers supporting companies from tens to thousands of employees.

Axcient’s entirely new interface brings the ease of use of a consumer application to a complicated IT function, allowing users to manage critical data protection issues easily through three distinct new features: a health status system that indicates successful protection of an entire enterprise at a glance, customizable time-based alerting thresholds that define how long is too long without protection, and exception-based notifications so users know right away when something’s wrong. With Axcient’s new experience, IT can save hundreds of hours a year.

“IT professionals are increasingly becoming generalists, each managing multiple tools and systems simultaneously. Legacy enterprise software solutions not only fail to protect businesses from costly application downtime, but also take far too much time to deploy and manage for today’s overburdened IT professional,” said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient.

“We continue to simplify the Axcient user experience and with our latest release have cut down the time it takes to deploy Axcient to under five minutes, while adding an intuitive notification system and health dashboard that enable businesses to verify that all their data, applications and systems are protected at a glance. This is why Axcient is an increasingly attractive alternative to legacy systems like Symantec Backup Exec^TM.”

“Axcient’s web interface is intuitive and easy to use. Yet behind the slick UI there’s the ability to do all the custom configurations I might need,” said Larry Womack, Information Technology Manager for the St. Louis Blues. “With Axcient, I can rest assured that our data, apps and systems are fully protected. If a problem ever arises, I know I’ll get an email alert immediately.”

MSPmentor: Axcient Simplified Interface Designed to Save IT Admin Time

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500

SaaSInTheEnterprise: In the Cloud, Watch Your Back(up)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

CNNMoney: 7 questions to ask before joining a startup

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Drives Rapid Growth with New VP of Sales

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Mark Swendsen to Lead Sales at 7^th Fastest Growing Company in Silicon Valley

Mountain View, Calif. – March 12, 2013 – Axcient, the leading cloud platform for eliminating data loss and ensuring applications are always up and running, today announced the appointment of Mark Swendsen as Vice President of Sales. Swendsen previously achieved 400% sales growth at ShoreTel (NASDAQ: SHOR) and now leads Axcient’s sales strategy and partner programs, working closely with resellers and managed service providers to grow their revenues and increase Axcient’s market reach.

“Mark is a phenomenal addition to the leadership team and brings years of experience in rapidly growing sales at a global scale,” said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. “Mark will play a key role as we continue to take on the legacy enterprise backup providers. We are excited to have him on board as we execute on our next phase of growth.”

Swendsen comes to Axcient with 15 years of experience and a proven record of accelerating revenue growth domestically and globally. Prior to Axcient, Swendsen was Vice President of Sales for Service Providers at ShoreTel, growing the company’s managed service earnings by 400% over three years and playing a key role in the company’s successful IPO. Previously, he served as ShoreTel’s Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and grew quarterly EMEA revenue by 800% in less than three years.

MSPAlliance: Axcient Appoints New VP of Sales

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

MSPmentor: Level Platforms RMM Integrates Axcient Service Module

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

CRN: The Massive SaaS Opportunities For VARs

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

SaasInTheEnterprise: Data in the Cloud: Who Owns What?

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600

BusinessNewsDaily: How Much is your Time Worth?

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600

Fast Company: 6 Strategy Lessons From A Former Chess Prodigy Who's Now A CEO

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600

BusinessNewsDaily: Epic Disaster Movies Inspire Business Preparedness

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600

Channelnomics: Axcient Funding Bodes Well for Cloud Backup

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600

The Var Guy: Axcient Double Dips: Wants MSPs and VARs

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600

MSPMentor: Axcient: $20M Series D Funding for Cloud Business Continuity

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600

TechCrunch: Axcient Raises $20M To Help Companies Backup And Protect Data

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Voted Business Solutions’ Best Channel Vendor

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600

Leading provider of data protection and business continuity services is the only company recognized for three consecutive years

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 16, 2013 – Axcient, the leading cloud platform for eliminating business downtime and data loss, was voted Business Solutions’ Best Channel Vendor in the storage sector for the third year in a row. This award comes on the heels of Axcient receiving more than a dozen notable industry accolades in 2012, including being ranked as the Inc. 500’s 7th fastest growing company in Silicon Valley and the 7th fastest growing among all IT services companies nationwide. Axcient is the only company to be recognized by Business Solutions in the sector for three consecutive years.

"Relationships with our partners are critical to our success, which is why we are committed to providing them with the most comprehensive technical, marketing and sales support," said Axcient CEO Justin Moore. "Each year we create hundreds of new and innovative product features requested by our partners. Winning this award is an honor and recognizes our dedication to a channel first philosophy."

To determine the Best Channel Vendor 2012 award recipient, Business Solutions collected 10,833 votes from its subscribers, who rated vendors on their channel programs and friendliness, as well as product reliability, innovation, service, and support. Axcient received fantastic feedback, scoring exceptionally well in all categories. Axcient's dedication to helping partners increase margin-rich recurring revenue and grow their business earned the company especially high marks in "Product Features" and "Channel Friendliness."

devops Angle: Winning the Talent War

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600

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Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600

MSP Mentor: Axcient Hires Channel, Business Leaders for Next Generation of Growth

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600

CRN: Axcient Bolsters Team With Cisco, HP, Dell Kace Executives

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Nabs Top Silicon Valley Talent to Further Accelerate Market Growth and Channel Influence

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600

New VP of Business Development and New Directors in Sales and Marketing Expand Reach of Axcient’s Leading Business Continuity Cloud Platform

Mountain View, Calif. (December 18, 2012) – Axcient, the leading cloud platform for eliminating business downtime and data loss, today announced the appointment of four key new hires to its management team: Ken Sims as Vice President of Business Development, Joe Schwartz as Senior Director of Demand Generation and Direct Marketing, Ann Neir as Director of Sales Operations, and Joan Morales as Director of Channel Marketing. Together, the four bring decades of experience in building and leading top teams at global technology companies. This news comes on the heels of Axcient announcing five recent industry accolades.

“Data protection is a multi-billion dollar industry that has not been disrupted in decades. Having the right management team in place is critical to executing on our vision to forever change the way people store, protect and access their data, applications and systems,” said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. “Adding Ken, Joe, Ann and Joan’s tremendous sales and marketing expertise to our team allows us to continue to grow aggressively while staying laser-focused on our mission to replace antiquated backup, business continuity, archiving and disaster recovery technologies.”

Prior to joining Axcient, Ken Sims was the Vice President of Sales at Dell KACE where he built and oversaw a global sales team of 170 product specialists that grew revenue 450% in just two years. Previously, Sims served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development at KACE where he established key partnerships with Gateway, CDW and Dell. The success of the Dell relationship led to Dell’s acquisition of KACE in February of 2010. Sims has also served as VP of Marketing and Business Development for Oblix, which was acquired by Oracle.

Joe Schwartz comes to Axcient from Cisco Systems where he led digital marketing and demand generation within Cisco’s Collaboration Software Group. As Senior Director, Marketing, Schwartz was responsible for the WebEx team’s global web sites, ecommerce, demand generation, and various strategic initiatives. Prior to Cisco’s acquisition of WebEx, Schwartz was Vice President of Marketing Operations and Segment Marketing and played a key role in WebEx’s growth from $40M to $480M in annual revenue. Prior to WebEx, Joe helped quadruple revenue at Calico Commerce.

Also from Cisco, Ann Neir brings an extensive background in international sales operations strategy and management, as well as in building high performing teams to drive deal acceleration and revenue growth. Prior to Axcient, she was Senior Manager of Worldwide Sales, Strategy & Planning for Cisco, where she helped build and operate the go-to-market plan for accelerating growth of Cisco’s cloud services. Neir also served as Cisco’s Manager of Global Sales Operations and helped achieve a two-year, 220% growth in deal management. Previously, she advised senior executives on global network and technology vendor agreements at Sprint/Nextel.

Joan Morales joins Axcient with a decade of experience in global channel sales, marketing and product management in the U.S. and European markets. In his most recent role, Joan served as Channel Development and Strategy Manager for Hewlett-Packard at an international level. Prior to that, he worked for HP, Dell and Checkpoint Systems within their respective EMEA organizations.

BusinessSolutions: Mixing Private, Public Cloud Storage

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600

BloombergBusinessweek: Retailers Use Technology to Manage the Holiday Rush

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600

The VAR Guy: Channel Partner Program Roundup: Avaya, Astute Networks, Axcient

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600

CloudBeat case study: Integrating Salesforce at Axcient isn’t magical

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Sweeps Top Industry Awards for Cloud Platform Solution that Eliminates Downtime and Data Loss

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Among Recent Awards: IT Nation Best in Show and Biggest Buzz, SMB Nation Hot Shot, SF Beta People’s Choice and CRN Top 100 Executives of 2012

Mountain View, Calif. (November 28, 2012) – Axcient, the leading cloud platform for eliminating business downtime and data loss, continues to earn top industry accolades, with an additional five awards announced today.

Axcient brought home IT Nation’s most prestigious award, Best in Show, after Axcient CEO Justin Moore presented at ConnectWise’s annual IT Nation conference in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month. More than 1,600 IT professionals attended the show and voted; Axcient also received the Biggest Buzz award.

Also, in the November issue of CRN, CEO Justin Moore was named one of CRN’s Top 100 Executives of 2012 in the Top 25 Disruptors category. Under Moore’s leadership, Axcient sales have grown 2,462% in the past three years, ranking Axcient as the 7^th fastest growing company in Silicon Valley and as an Inc. 500 company. CRN’s Top 100 Executives list was based on nominations from solution providers, who ranked executives based on channel influence, effectiveness and visibility, along with business and sales impact.

In addition, Axcient won the People’s Choice Award from attendees of the Cloud and Infrastructure event hosted by SF Beta on November 15. This event combined live demos and interactive competition with an audience of leading San Francisco Bay Area technology influencers, hackers and entrepreneurs.

Last month, Axcient was named the backup and disaster recovery (BDR) category winner in SMB Nation’s 1^st Annual Hot Shot Awards, which recognizes the positive impact that Axcient has made for VARs, MSPs and IT consultants in the SMB IT space. Winners were announced during SMB Nation’s Fall Conference in Las Vegas.

“This recognition by important industry leaders is an honor, as well as a testament to Axcient’s ability to resolve significant pain points for businesses,” said Justin Moore, Axcient CEO. “Downtime costs businesses billions every year, but it doesn’t have to. Axcient’s cloud platform can continuously protect, replicate and restore critical business assets, from systems to applications to data. Axcient continues to build its platform toward a future where millions of businesses globally have zero downtime and zero critical data loss.”

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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600

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Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Business Journal: Fast Private: Axcient’s cloud backup born out of failure

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500

TechCrunch: Drunk on Cloud Kool-Aid? Time To Sober Up

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500

MSPmentor: Axcient Tells MSPs & VARs to Focus on Disruptive Platforms

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Budget Rent-a-Car, DataSafe, and Thousands More Businesses Now Rely on Fast-Growing Axcient to Eliminate IT Downtime

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Experiences Record Momentum Propelled by Advances in Instant Cloud Failover Technology, Addition of Four Expert SaaS Executives, and Expanded Sales Network of 36,000 Resellers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., September 18, 2012 -- Axcient is experiencing exponential growth with its cloud platform for protecting business information and systems and ending IT downtime. Axcient eliminates data loss and provides uptime, all the time, to Budget Rent-A-Car, DataSafe, and thousands of other companies nationwide. To support its momentum as the #7 fastest-growing company in Silicon Valley and as one of the Inc. 500, Axcient recently announced powerful industry SaaS executive hires and expanded its distributor and partner relationships to encompass more than 36,000 resellers.

To fuel this growth, Axcient has, in 2012:

Added more than 200 new features and functions, including a next-gen platform for instant cloud recovery of business data, applications and systems
More than doubled the number of Axcient installations across the company’s network of VAR and MSP partners
Grown to protect nearly 3 billion files and applications in the cloud
Tripled its distribution network, adding more than 27,000 new resellers through relationships with Ingram Micro and Synnex alone
Grown its employee base by more than 50%
Established a significant presence in 10 vertical industries including financial, legal, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, state and local government, high-tech, non-profits, education, and hospitality.

In addition, Axcient currently wins 83% of new deals when going up against competitive alternatives and substitutes, having replaced more than 2,000 competitors’ units among its partner base in the past two years.

“Throughout our three-year 2,462% growth, we’ve been asking businesses, ‘why focus on backup when what you really need is to stay up?’” said Axcient CEO Justin Moore. “Backup itself is dead – it’s just not enough in today’s always-on business environment. What businesses like Budget, DataSafe, and others are looking for is a way to eliminate data loss and IT downtime. When protected with Axcient, businesses avoid losing revenue, reputation, and data, and can immediately get back up and running after a system failure or disaster.”

As the only cloud platform that makes it easy for businesses to store, protect and access all their information and systems anytime from any device, Axcient is saving U.S. businesses from the high costs of data loss and IT downtime. Axcient Instant Cloud Failover capability now makes it possible for businesses to easily virtualize their office in the cloud, no matter what happens to their primary IT infrastructure. Through a fast-growing, nationwide network of IT resellers and managed service providers offering Axcient, businesses like Budget Rent-A-Car are enjoying the protection and productivity gains of doing away with IT downtime.

“Before Axcient, everyone on Budget’s management team had an individual PC and was responsible for their own backup files. When there was an issue, we cleaned computers individually or emailed files to new devices. But in the meantime, people were not able to work effectively, or at all. It became very cumbersome. We needed a real, comprehensive cloud solution that could keep us running all the time,” said Budget Southern California President Jeff Mirkin. “Axcient fits that description. It sounds simple, but Axcient just works. It’s cost-effective, has all the features we need, and is easy to use. I never worry because I know everything is not just backed up but always accessible. You can’t put a price on that kind of peace of mind for a 24x7 business like ours.”

DataSafe, a trusted name in records and information management since 1946, also uses Axcient both for its own business protection and uptime as well as for customers moving away from antiquated backup methods like tape.

“Our clients are trending toward alternatives to tape backup for increased efficiencies and peace of mind. Some don’t understand the value of complete business uptime until they have to do a big restore. But we do, and that’s one of the things we value about the Axcient solution,” said Jose Moreno, DataSafe Director of IT. “Axcient delivers a solution that is a perfect fit for us and for our clients.”

One reason for Axcient’s rapid growth in the channel is the tangible savings VAR and MSP partners are seeing in productivity and profitability by using Axcient. Because Axcient is easy to deploy and manage, partners such as FAR and ASI Business Solutions have reduced the time required to protect and manage their customers’ mission critical data and systems by 90%.

Axcient continues to make it easy for businesses to eliminate data loss and avoid IT downtime through constant product innovation; ongoing technology partnerships with companies like HP; strong distributor relationships including Ingram Micro and Synnex; and concentrated sales and marketing with more than 36,000 resellers in Axcient’s sales network. Those combined with significant hires from eBay/ PayPal, WebEx, Riverbed, GreenRoad, and other top infrastructure and SaaS companies fuel the foundation for Axcient’s ongoing success.

MSPMentor: Cloud-Based BDR Vendor Axcient Beefs Up Executive Team

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Fuels Exponential Growth with New Executive Management Additions

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500

#7 Fastest Growing Silicon Valley Company Adds New VP Marketing and VP Engineering to Team to Accelerate Technology Innovation and Market Penetration

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., September 6, 2012 -- Axcient, the leading provider of cloud-based data and application uptime solutions for the small and mid-sized business (SMB) market, today announced the addition of two key members to its executive team with Asim Razzaq joining as Vice President of Engineering and Eric Weiss joining as Vice President of Marketing. Together, Asim and Eric bring more than 30 years of experience in building high-performing teams and leading organizations in hyper-growth companies. The additions of Asim and Eric come shortly after the announcement that Axcient was named one of America's fastest growing companies by the Inc. 500 list.

"We continue to aggressively execute on our mission end IT downtime and make it easy for businesses to store, protect and access all their information and systems in the cloud," said Axcient CEO Justin Moore. "Asim and Eric both bring expertise in rapidly building and scaling platform-based service companies at a global level, and creatively solving complex problems. With the addition of Asim and Eric's leadership, we have the right executive team to drive the technology platform and marketing ecosystem needed for the company to rocket to the top of the multi-billion dollar data protection industry."

Prior to joining Axcient, Asim built from the ground-up and ran the engineering team responsible for the PayPal Developer Platform – a critical part of the eBay/PayPal payments platform that supported more than 70,000 developers and handled more than 1 million transactions a month. Prior to PayPal, Asim managed development at QuickArrow (acquired by NetSuite), a professional services automation platform used by more than 80,000 business users.

"Axcient is redefining the data protection and information management market and I am thrilled to be joining such an exceptional team," said Asim Razzaq. "I'm looking forward to helping build the most robust and reliable platform in the market and leading the development of the next generation of cloud functionality. Axcient will be the platform that not only provides businesses with total IT protection, but also helps businesses maximize productivity."

Eric joins the Axcient team from GreenRoad where he was the SVP of Marketing and SVP of Worldwide Global Operations, helping to grow the company's booked revenue from $1M to over $30M in two years. Prior to GreenRoad, Eric launched Covad's SaaS offerings and grew cloud services to over $100 million. Eric was also COO and co-founder of ITXC, where he grew revenue from $0 to $350M, leading to a successful IPO.

"Axcient is leading an entire ecosystem of over 700 resellers and managed service providers who are eliminating IT downtime for businesses, a major pain point that costs the average small to medium-sized business over $150,000 per year," said Eric Weiss. "I am very excited about the opportunity to accelerate Axcient's growth through award-winning channel partner programs and by empowering more businesses with the knowledge that backup, as they know it, has been completely redefined."

Axcient Makes Inc. 500 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500

With Three-Year Sales Growth of 2,462%, Axcient Ranks 7th Fastest Growing Company in Silicon Valley

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., August 29, 2012 -- Axcient, the leading provider of cloud-based data and application protection and uptime solutions for the small and mid-sized business (SMB) market, has been recognized as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the nation, according to Inc. magazine. The company is also the 4th fastest growing private company in the San Jose Metro, the 7th fastest growing company in Silicon Valley and the 7th fastest growing among all IT services companies nationwide. Overall, Axcient was ranked No. 129 in the nation on the Inc. 500|5000 list, which represents the most comprehensive look at America’s independent entrepreneurs.

"Being named to the Inc. 500 list reflects the enormous growth that Axcient has achieved over the last three years and is a testament to the fact that Axcient is solving a major problem for businesses – that traditional backup and disaster recovery solutions are no longer adequate in today’s world,” said Axcient CEO Justin Moore. “With Axcient’s cloud platform, businesses have access to far more than traditional backup. Axcient makes it easy for businesses to store, protect and access all of their information and systems at anytime, and in so doing eliminate IT downtime and maximize productivity.”

The 2012 Inc. 500|5000 list ranks companies according to percentage revenue growth between 2008 and 2011. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit and independent, and must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2008. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000 and can be found at www.inc.com/500.

"Now, more than ever, we depend on Inc. 500|5000 companies to spur innovation, provide jobs, and drive the economy forward. Growth companies, not large corporations, are where the action is,” said Inc. magazine Editor Eric Schurenberg.

About Inc.
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. Total monthly audience reach for the brand has grown significantly from 2,000,000 in 2010 to over 6,000,000 today. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

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Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500

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Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Teams with NetEnrich to Offer Robust Monitoring and Management

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Strategic Technology Alliance Gives VARs, MSPs Access to Fully Monitored and Managed Data, Application, and System Uptime as a Service

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 12, 2012 -- Axcient, the leading provider of cloud-based data and application protection and uptime solutions for the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, today announced a strategic alliance with NetEnrich, Inc., a global provider of Remote Operations Center (ROC) services, to simplify the operational IT tasks of managed services providers (MSPs) and value-added resellers (VARs).

The Axcient/NetEnrich Managed Data Uptime Solution leverages NetEnrich's fully-managed monitoring, escalation, and remediation services for SMBs and the midmarket, available through its network operations center (NOC) and remote operations center (ROC), to provide 24x7x365 administration services for VARs and MSPs deploying the Axcient platform as part of their service offering. With this solution offering, VARs and MSPs benefit from Axcient's easy-to-use cloud solution for data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery, which gives SMBs the assurance of all-the-time data, application, and system uptime.

"The Axcient/NetEnrich alliance alleviates many time-consuming tasks for resellers, MSPs, and service providers," Axcient CEO Justin Moore said. "NetEnrich handles all operational IT tasks such as monitoring, escalation, and remediation, while the Axcient solution securely backs up and instantly restores all data, applications, and systems. The end result is a stronger offering for IT providers, as they can now assure their customers that their data and applications are continuously monitored and will always be available. That means no loss of productivity or revenue due to downtime. This partnership makes it easy for VARs and MSPs to focus their valued IT resources more exclusively on providing other critical services to their end-users."

The Axcient/NetEnrich Managed Data Uptime Solution is available at different levels of monitoring and management to meet individual business needs and supports a wide array of SMB environments including Microsoft®, Mac, and Linux-based applications, physical and virtual servers, and popular applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint®.

"This new alliance with Axcient provides Small and midmarket VARs, MSPs, and cloud service providers the technology and service support needed to scale their business and provide exceptional service to their business customers," NetEnrich Senior Vice President and General Manager Justin Crotty said. "Axcient and NetEnrich channel partners will get the most comprehensive and reliable data backup and application uptime solution on the market today, along with the only closet-to-cloud service for remote IT infrastructure management. It's a winning deal for both companies, and more importantly, for our mutual partners."

The Axcient/NetEnrich Managed Data Uptime Solution is available in July through both Axcient and NetEnrich. For more information, visit www.axcient.com/managed-solution or http://web.netenrich.com/axcient/netenrich-managed-data-uptime-solution.

About NetEnrich
NetEnrich transforms the way IT solution providers serve small-and-midsized enterprise businesses. NetEnrich's Remote Operations Center (ROC) offers enterprise-class remote infrastructure management of complex systems and applications, networks, virtual environments, and the cloud, all at a predictable monthly service fee. Partners who use NetEnrich position themselves as strategic IT service providers to midmarket businesses, targeting new growth and business value on the OpEx side of IT budgets. NetEnrich services and technology power a comprehensive suite of remote "Closet to Cloud" managed services delivered by a secure ISO 27001 IT Operations Center working 24x7x365.

For more information about NetEnrich, visit www.netenrich.com, contact info@netenrich.com or call 408-436-5900.

Now protecting more than 2 billion files and apps in the cloud, Axcient's data and application uptime solutions, accessible anywhere, receive widespread industry recognition and customer praise. Visit www.axcient.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and our Blog.

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Channelnomics: Axcient Cancels Out Cloud Downtime

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

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Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

MSPmentor: Axcient Virtualizes Entire SMB Networks in the Cloud

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

ChannelPro: Axcient Updates Business Continuity Capabilities

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Launches Next Gen Platform to Provide Instant Cloud Recovery of Data, Applications, and Systems

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Launches Next Gen Platform to Provide Instant Cloud Recovery of Data, Applications, and Systems

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - May 10, 2012 - Axcient, the leading provider of cloud-based data and application protection and uptime solutions for the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market today announced significant advances in its cloud-based business continuity capabilities. Axcient Cloud Continuity ends downtime for SMBs by enabling businesses to launch a virtual office in the cloud when primary systems go down. This ensures that no matter what happens, employees can continue working on their data and use their applications from any device at any location.

Today's advancements make failing over systems to the Axcient platform instantaneous, delivering businesses their critical applications and data with only the time it takes a server to reboot. And because Axcient believes in bringing a consumer approach to enterprise IT, the next generation of Cloud Continuity includes additional intelligence and automation so that setup can be done with just a couple of clicks.

"Traditional backup is an antiquated way of viewing the problem that SMBs face. SMBs want to ensure they never lose data, that they can access information from any device at any time, and that their critical systems and applications are always up and running, ensuring uninterrupted employee productivity," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "With this latest release of Cloud Continuity we not only ensure that SMBs can launch their critical servers and infrastructure in the cloud easily, we've made it so that they can do it instantly."

The latest release of Cloud Continuity also ensures a painless experience for the end user. Intelligent technology infers network settings to make it easy for end users to instantly virtualize their office. With the newest enhancements, users can establish secure connectivity between virtual and physical offices and fail back faster through concurrent restoration of servers. Advancements also bring the ultimate usability to IT providers, with additional user controls, alerts, and reports.

"We appreciate Axcient's ongoing enhancements and innovations, which allow us to bring the latest backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity technology to our customers," said Tim Lasonde, President of NSK Inc., a Boston-based IT services company. "Cloud Continuity allows us to protect our customers from data loss or system downtime, and it's one of the main reasons we decided to partner with Axcient."

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Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Adds Heavy-Hitting SaaS and Channel Executives to Management Team to Support Exponential Growth

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Leading Provider of Cloud-based Data Protection Adds CFO, VP Operations, and VP Customer Satisfaction to Team as it Prepares for Massive Scale

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 30th, 2012 - Axcient, the leading provider of cloud-based data and application uptime solutions for the small and mid-sized business (SMB) market, today announced the addition of three key executives to its management team with John Finegan joining as CFO, Jeff Teddleton joining as VP, Operations, and Pam Lyra joining as VP, Customer Satisfaction. Together, these executives have more than 50 years of experience scaling high-growth companies and a track record of successful IPOs. These additions come on the back of the company’s recent successes, including a nearly 400% revenue growth year, $15.5M in Series C funding, and major platform expansions that have propelled the amount of Axcient-protected data to the petabyte scale.

Axcient makes it simple for business to protect their data, applications, and systems, replacing traditionally fragmented data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery solutions with an all-in-one service that provides total business uptime and access to information from any device. The new Axcient executives are:

John Finegan, CFO, a 35-year finance veteran who served as CFO for Cornerstone and ShoreTel through their successful IPOs.
Jeff Teddleton, VP Operations, a SaaS expert who built a global IT team at WebEx and maintained 99.95% service availability and compliance as VP Technology Operations at Zuora.
Pam Lyra, VP Customer Satisfaction, a passionate support professional who developed a global customer service presence for WebEx, Trimble, and a number of startups in her 20+ year career.

“We are very pleased to welcome John, Jeff, and Pam to the management team,” said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. “These key executives bring the vision and experience necessary for the accelerating growth of Axcient and will play a pivotal role as we continue to scale the company. Axcient is committed to putting an end to the billions of dollars in data loss and system downtime that SMBs face every year, and we are taking the steps to make sure we have the right team to execute on our vision.”

“One thing that differentiates Axcient from the other growth companies that I’ve worked for is the passion around teamwork and results,” said Pam Lyra, VP Customer Satisfaction. “It’s clear that the company is unified by a mission to change an industry that has been dominated by legacy technologies for decades and I’m excited to be a part of that team.” Pam is focused on growing Axcient’s world-class service team to lead the industry in client satisfaction.

Jeff Teddleton’s role as VP Operations is to scale up and scale out the Axcient infrastructure to ensure that customers have total uptime all the time and that the thousands of businesses that trust Axcient are protected by the most reliable infrastructure in the industry. “A SaaS approach to protecting a business’ most critical asset and ensuring maximum productivity excites me because, unlike tape storage, it’s a model that can actually solve the critical IT problem of maintaining data and application uptime,” said Jeff Teddleton. “Axcient is the company that can deliver on putting an end to SMB downtime.”

As CFO, John Finegan provides the financial perspective needed to help manage Axcient’s rapid growth. “Axcient’s strong management team, investors, product, and rapidly growing market offer an exciting challenge for all of us,” said John Finegan. “I’ve been through enough growth companies to see what it takes to go public, and this company has the potential to go really big. This could be a market-maker.”

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Recognized as Top 10 Best Places to Work in Bay Area by SF Business Times and SJ Business Journal

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of backup, data and application uptime, and disaster recovery to the SMB market is awarded for its leading culture and positive work environment

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 23rd, 2012 – Axcient, the award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, has been selected as one of the top 10 "Bay Area's Best Places to Work" by the San Francisco Business Times and the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal.

"Axcient is driven by a core set of values to create an exceptional culture," said CEO Justin Moore. "One of these key values is a 'team-first' environment. At the end of the day, companies are all about incredible people who do inspirational things. And we believe that in order to achieve great results, employees must be happy and fulfilled in their work. Being recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area is a testament to our adamant efforts to make Axcient a place where people love to come to work every day."

The San Francisco Business Times and San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal recognizes Bay Area companies based on employee satisfaction in the areas of company culture, professional development, managerial effectiveness, and benefits. The "Best Places to Work" finalists are determined through a voluntary, anonymous survey taken by company employees, reflecting the first-hand experience of working for that company.

View the list of the Bay Area's top 25 "Best Places to Work"

Learn how to join the Axcient award-winning team: http://www.axcient.com/careers.html

Axcient Earns CRN 2012 5-Star Partner Rating for New Partner Program

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Leading SMB cloud backup and business continuity provider receives industry recognition for comprehensive partner program with enhanced benefits and incentives.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – April 16th, 2012 – Axcient, the leading data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery provider for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), has received CRN's 5-Star Partner rating for vendors who provide the best partnering elements in their channel programs. Axcient today rolls-out additional features to its partner program, which has already won numerous awards.

The revamped Axcient Partner Program places partners into three tiers according to their level of commitment to Axcient – Partner, Premiere Partner, and Elite Partner. Features of the various tiers include dedicated sales and marketing assistance, financial incentives, quarterly business planning, and other benefits and tools designed to ensure that Axcient partners are enabled for the highest levels of success.

"The upgrades to our partner program reaffirm our total commitment to the channel," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "This new structure will help our partners meet SMB data and application uptime needs with a simple-to-sell, easy-to-manage solution that also earns them high-margin recurring revenue."

The CRN 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of 2012 CRN Partner Program Guide vendors that show the greatest investments in program offerings, partner profitability, partner training, education and support, marketing programs and resources, sales support, and communication.

"The companies listed in CRN's 2012 Partner Programs Guide represent a comprehensive list of the best channel programs in the market today," said Kelley Damore, VP and Editorial Director for CRN. "The 5-star award is reserved for vendors that understand that a successful partnership does not rely solely on the technology. Vendors on this list go above and beyond traditional support to ensure a mutually beneficial partnership."

The 5-Star Partners listing, along with the CRN 2012 Partner Programs Guide, is now featured online and in the March 2012 issue of CRN.

To learn more about the newest additions to Axcient's award-winning partner program, visit www.axcient.com/partners.html

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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The VAR Guy: HP/Axcient Cloud Roadshow Live Blog - SMB Cloud Strategies

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

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ChannelPro: Axcient to Enhance Partner Program with New Tiers and Benefits

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600

The VAR Guy: Axcient Expands Storage Partner Push Beyond MSPs to VARs

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Channelnomics: Axcient Gears Up for Channel Expansion

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Ramps Up Award-Winning Partner Program To Support Growing Reseller Base

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Leading SMB channel provider of cloud-based data and application protection solution is increasing the benefits and rewards available to partners

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – February 1, 2012 – Axcient, the award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, today announced upcoming enhancements to the Axcient Partner Program, which offers compelling benefits, resources, and rewards for the rapidly increasing base of signed Axcient partners. The announcement coincides with the HP/Axcient Cloud Roadshow, starting today in Washington, D.C., and continuing through four additional U.S. cities in March 2012.

When it comes to selling cloud-based solutions for total data and application uptime, Axcient provides everything that Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) need to succeed. And the new Axcient Partner Program will offer even more robust selling and marketing tools with powerful incentives for the channel. As the program is fully rolled out in 2012, its three membership tiers – Partner, Premier Partner, and Elite Partner – will reward partners at every level. As partners move from one tier to the next, their rewards and access to benefits increase, based on their new status within the program. As a 100% channel-focused company, Axcient is committed to supporting partners from the time they sign on through full maturity.

"At Axcient, it is our continued objective to not only provide the best backup and recovery service to our partners, but also to provide the industry's best channel program so our partners can easily respond to ever-changing customer needs," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "Axcient has received widespread recognition for our channel-friendly programs and we are always looking to make them even better. Our goal is to be more than a partner – our goal is to be a committed member of our partners' organizations."

Axcient's partner and customer-first priority is clear in the major investments made toward innovative solutions and a channel program that makes Axcient simple and highly profitable to sell. Axcient has been honored with more than a dozen industry awards, including ConnectWise IT Nation's Most Compelling Channel Program 2011, the HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year 2011, and Business Solutions' Best Channel Vendor 2011 and 2012.

"This is a true partnership! Axcient is an organization that cares about you as a channel provider of IT. They want to make sure you can deliver on the promises that you are making your clients," said Luis Alvarez, president and CEO of Alvarez Technology Group."

Ulistic Webinar: IT Consulting Success - Business Continuity with Axcient

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

CRN: Axcient Readies New Channel Program, Expects Growth

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Now Protects More Than 2 Billion Files and Applications in the Cloud After Record Growth Year

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Company sees continued big data growth and rapid SMB adoption of solutions for data and application continuity in 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – February 1, 2012 – Axcient, the award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, today announced that it achieved several new milestones in data protection and company growth in 2011.

"Axcient began with a mission to protect SMBs from data loss and business downtime by offering the most reliable and complete solution in the market. We are now realizing that vision, with incredible growth on every front," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "In 2011 we continued our product innovation and brought total data and application availability to the SMB market with Axcient Cloud Continuity. 2012 is even more ambitious, with plans to bring to market a whole new suite of features that further maximize SMBs' productivity."

In the last year, Axcient has seen:

A 10x increase in the amount of customer data added to the Axcient cloud each day, reaching 15,000GB daily by the end of 2011
A nearly 400% increase in monthly recurring revenues
Double the number of partners reselling Axcient across North America
The addition of more than 300 new features and functions to the Axcient platform
The Axcient team grow to 100 people

As SMBs experience rapid surges in data, stricter regulations, and productivity challenges, they will represent the newest portion of the big data surge. With datacenters in North America and Canada, a new investment of $15.5M in 2011, the most powerful market-leading technology, and overwhelming channel support, Axcient is well positioned to meet this surge and the increased data backup and business uptime needs of SMBs in 2012.As SMBs experience rapid surges in data, stricter regulations, and productivity challenges, they will represent the newest portion of the big data surge. With datacenters in North America and Canada, a new investment of $15.5M in 2011, the most powerful market-leading technology, and overwhelming channel support, Axcient is well positioned to meet this surge and the increased data backup and business uptime needs of SMBs in 2012.

"As a service provider, partnering with Axcient has changed my business," said Mike Heil, CEO of ThrottleNet. "They're clearly the emerging leader in this space, which has been dominated by legacy technologies for far too long. Axcient is solving a real problem that all SMBs face – downtime and lost productivity."

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eChannelLine: Ingram Micro adds Axcient to cloud-based portfolio

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

channeInsider: Axcient Joins Ingram Micro's Cloud Vendor Portfolio

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

CRN: Ingram Micro Adds Axcient Cloud Backup Solutions

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Talkin' Cloud: Ingram Micro Cloud Gains Axcient Cloud Storage and Backup

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

BizTechTalk: Radio Interview with Chris Sterbenc, VP of Sales, Axcient - Data Backup, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery Solution

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Voted Business Solutions' Best Channel Vendor, Second Year in a Row

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Leading provider of backup, data and application uptime, and disaster recovery to the SMB market kicks off 2012 with another prestigious award

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 4, 2012 – Axcient, the award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, has won Business Solutions Magazine's Best Channel Vendor Award in the storage sector for the second year in an row. The award comes on the heels of more than a dozen notable industry accolades Axcient received in 2011, including Business Solutions' Best Channel Vendor 2011 and Best Channel Product 2011.

"Our partners have been the key to our success and we are passionate about providing them with the best support and enablement in the channel," said Axcient CEO Justin Moore. "Winning this award is an honor and recognizes the channel first philosophy Axcient takes to doing business and the total dedication we have to our partners. We are committed to finding even more innovative ways to support our partners in 2012."

To determine the Best Channel Vendor 2012 award recipient, Business Solutions collected 10,833 votes from its subscribers, who rated vendors on their channel programs and friendliness, as well as product reliability, innovation, service, and support. Axcient received fantastic feedback, scoring exceptionally well in all categories. Axcient's dedication to helping partners increase margin-rich recurring revenue and grow their business earned Axcient especially high marks in "Channel Program" and "Channel Friendliness."

Leading MSPs and VARs choose Axcient because of the company's advanced technology, well-established partnership with HP, unique Cloud Continuity solution, exceptional management team, and extensive partner program. In 2011, Axcient saw exponential growth, with a more than 300% increase in its customer base and received an additional $15.5M in funding.

Axcient Recognized By Tech Awards Circle and Ebbies for Product and Business Leadership

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Selected Among Top Technology Products, Services, Vendors, and Emerging Growth Businesses for 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – December 13, 2011 – Axcient, an award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, has been selected as a winner of the Tech Awards Circle, taking Silver in the SMB Service category. Winners were selected by an independent circle of publication reviewers/journalists from nominations based on a broad range of achievements – from product and technology innovations to talented executive leadership and engineering innovators.

Tech Awards Circle celebrates the products, services, vendors and individuals making a difference in the industry today. The winners represent a broad range of achievements, from hardware to software to services in consumer/SOHO, SMB, midrange, and enterprise markets.

"Despite overwhelmingly strong competition, Axcient exhibited true industry excellence to be recognized among the top of the Tech Awards Circle," said Kevin Anderson, awards program coordinator. "Our judges were pleased at the level of submissions from all the vendors entering this year's competition, so to be named a winner of this prestigious award is a testament to the quality and innovation unrivaled in the high tech community. We wish them continued success and look forward to them defending their title during the next awards period."

The award follows the recent recognition of Axcient in the 2011 Excellence in Business Awards hosted by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. The event was attended by 900 of San Francisco's top-level leaders from large, mid-size, and small businesses and community organizations to recognize and honor innovative San Francisco businesses.

"With businesses increasingly finding their data to be the most important part of their operations, companies are shifting their approach to security, and Axcient is well-positioned to meet the demands of this new marketplace. Our Fortify-X solution was purpose-built with the service needs of small to medium sized businesses in mind, providing our customers with enterprise-grade back-up, recovery, and business continuity capabilities," said Justin Moore, founder and chief executive officer, Axcient. "Receiving these recognitions as a top service provider and business-leader to the SMB market along with other innovative companies is great validation of our unique vision and product."

Axcient and its Fortify-X solution provide the leading backup, business continuity and disaster recovery solution for MSPs and VARs servicing small to mid-sized businesses. As the only service of its kind built from the ground up as an all in one platform, Axcient combines the best elements of an on-site solution with the cost savings of a cloud-based disaster recovery service to ensure SMBs can get up and running no matter what happens. With no upfront or hardware costs or agents to install, Axcient Fortify-X is cost effective, easy to deploy, and ensures total uptime and continuity.

More information about Tech Awards Circle, including the full list of winners, is available online at http://www.techawardscircle.com or by email at info@techawardscircle.com.

About Tech Awards Circle
Tech Awards Circle was established to truly honor the 'best of the best' in technology. Tech Awards Circle is not affiliated with an analyst firm or a media company, so it is uniquely unbiased and immune to conflicts of interest. Entries are judged by an independent circle of journalists, including product reviewers, each with at least a decade of experience covering technology from consumer electronics to enterprise-class computing.

eChannelLine: Video On the Record with business continuity vendor Axcient

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Awarded "Best in Show" and "Most Compelling Channel Program" Awards at IT Nation 2011

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Furthers Its Channel Presence and Industry Recognition

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Nov. 29, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, today announced that it won "Most Compelling Channel Program" and "Best in Show" for IT Nation Partner's Choice Awards 2011. Axcient was chosen by the 1,600 IT Nation MSP and VAR attendees out of 62 sponsors including industry leaders Microsoft, Google, HP, and Cisco.

"We are delighted to see Axcient recognized by IT Nation as a leader in the SMB backup and business continuity industry and an innovator in the channel," said Justin Moore, chief executive officer, Axcient. "These awards, voted on by more than 1,600 partners, are a testament to the revolutionary nature of Axcient's new Cloud Continuity offering, which promises to bring an end to the billions of dollars of downtime that SMBs suffer each and every year. They also reaffirm our firm belief that the IT channel plays a key role in the SMB cloud market."

"In recognition for the outstanding leadership our sponsors provide us and all the members of the IT Nation, we wanted to recognize their dedication to the success of our annual event with awards that properly reflect their contributions," said Jeannine Edwards, ConnectWise community director. "It is a significant recognition for the eight recipients of these inaugural awards to be recognized by the IT Nation attendees. We are very pleased to have these strategic partners win the first-ever IT Nation Partner's Choice Awards."

ConnectWise and Axcient provide a best-in-class integration between the two solutions, which enables IT Service Providers seamless visibility into Axcient backup and recovery events through the service tickets in the ConnectWise PSA tool. This automation allows MSPs to more proactively manage client IT environments and saves both time and money.

This honor follows recent recognition of Axcient by Business Solutions Magazine as a Best Channel Product of 2011, by CRN as a Top Emerging Vendor of 2011, and by HP as an AllianceONE Partner of the Year 2011.

With a dedicated channel model and the ever-increasing importance in maintaining data and application uptime, all the time, Axcient's unified backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery solution truly establishes the company as a market leader in the SMB space.

A list of the other IT Nation winners can be found on the IT Nation website at: http://www.theitnation.com/general-summit-news/446-partners-choice-award-winners.html

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Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

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Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

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Axcient Unveils Cloud Continuity Solution to Bring Ultimate Peace of Mind to SMBs

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Next Generation Business Continuity Leverages the Cloud to Provide Total Data and Application Uptime

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – October 26, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, today announced the launch of Axcient Cloud Continuity, which enables businesses to launch all of their servers in Axcient’s Cloud with just a couple of clicks.

With Cloud Continuity, SMBs now have total business continuity for the first time. When local servers fail, users can easily run a virtual office on Axcient’s cloud platform enabling employees to continue working on their data and applications, and from any Internet-enabled device at any location, no matter what happens. Cloud Continuity can be set up in minutes and doesn’t require users to make any changes to their network environment, install any software, or make any upfront investments – Cloud Continuity is offered as a simple monthly service.

"Cloud Continuity represents something that has never been available to the SMB market before; total business uptime. By leveraging the scalability and cost savings of the cloud, we are able to provide SMBs with enterprise-class service and technology at SMB price-points and SMB ease of use," said Justin Moore, chief executive officer, Axcient. "The majority of vendors that are focused on the data protection market have built partial solutions that require an SMB to work with multiple vendors, and most of those solutions only protect the data. With Cloud Continuity, we can ensure that businesses continuously have access to both their data and their applications no matter what happens. We’re going to make downtime a thing of the past for SMBs."

Axcient Cloud Continuity eradicates the costly periods of downtime that result from hardware failure, a cyber attack, fire, flood, or other natural disaster, which can wipe out a business’ servers. With complete failover to Axcient’s cloud, businesses can continue to service their customers, patients, and clients without any interruption in a matter of minutes.

"For SMBs, losing access to their data and applications can mean losing their entire business," said Meaghan Kelly, vice president of channel sales development and strategies, HP. "Until now, companies have been forced to rely on antiquated data protection methods, such as tape, to protect their valuable assets. Axcient Cloud Continuity enables SMBs get a complete backup and continuity solution that protects not only their data, but also their applications, so SMBs can focus on doing what they do best, running their business."

Built on HP hardware and available exclusively through resellers in early November 2011, Axcient Cloud Continuity is offered as a pay-as-you-grow service with no upfront costs, so SMBs can enjoy significant cost savings over traditional solutions like tape, while gaining exponentially better functionality.

"Traditional backup systems just don't offer the level of service that Axcient does. We were using both Acronis and Symantec, but had problems getting them to do what we wanted," said Shane Linde, network engineer, The Computer Center. "The appeal of Axcient is that, with one device and one vendor, we provide customers with ultimate continuity. For financial, legal, and healthcare practices with strict recovery time objectives and compliance requirements, or any business that can’t afford a day of downtime, the additional protection of having data and applications live and accessible in the cloud gives them a backup plan for their backup plans."

Many small to mid-sized businesses have some type of backup solution in place, but few have considered the immense cost of downtime between the point of data loss and the time their systems are fully restored and operational. Without a complete business continuity solution that enables access to critical data and applications, the hours or days of partial to zero operability can have a devastating effect. Research by Contingency Planning, Strategic Research Corp and DTI/PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the effect of downtime and data and application loss on small to medium enterprises caused 70% of small firms to go out of business within a year of the event . The recent hurricanes and tornadoes experienced across the U.S. only reinforce the need for a complete business continuity solution.

"Axcient exceeds my expectations once again with Cloud Continuity, creating an extremely easy-to-use, cloud-based failover capability that enables me to quickly launch a virtual office and keep my SMB clients up and running all the time," said Eric Gorman, Owner, Integrated Enterprise Solutions, Inc. "It’s exactly what SMBs and their managed service providers need: the confidence that their data, applications, and systems are always protected and accessible, ensuring businesses have total uptime and continuity."

MSPAlliance: Axcient Unveils Cloud Continuity Solution

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

eChannelLine: Axcient Cloud Continuity introduces next-gen business continuity for SMBs

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

ReadWriteWeb: Axcient Cloud Continuity Wants to Put And End to Downtime for SMBs

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Storage Bytes Now: Axcient extends data protection beyond disaster recovery

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Channel Pro: Axcient Looks to Expand Platform, Channel

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Forbes: Axcient - Finding Big Business With Small Businesses

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

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Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Scale Venture Partners Picks Axcient as Leader in SMB Data Protection & Continuity with $15.5M Investment

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading Provider of Data and Application Uptime Continues Rapid Growth and Momentum

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – October 3, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, today announced that it has raised $15.5M in new funding. The Series C round was led by Scale Venture Partners with previous investors Allegis Capital, Peninsula Ventures, and Thomvest Ventures participating, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $33.5M. Rory O’Driscoll, managing director, Scale Venture Partners, joins the board with this investment.

Axcient is transforming the way SMBs protect, access and restore their data and applications, and is seeing widespread migration away from traditional software and hardware solutions, such as the combination of Symantec BackupExec with tape or NAS, to Axcient’s hybrid cloud platform. In 2010, Axcient achieved close to 800% revenue growth and for 2011 the company is on track to grow recurring revenues by 400% over the previous year. By the end of 2011, Axcient expects to be managing two billion customer files and over 100,000 customer laptops and servers. In addition to its rapidly growing customer base, Axcient has added close to 1,000 partners across North America including larger strategic partnerships with companies such as HP. Axcient has also announced numerous major platform enhancements over the past year, including numerous integrations with leading remote monitoring and management (RMM) platforms and professional service automation (PSA) tools.

"With this new infusion of capital combined with the rapidly growing adoption of our platform, Axcient is positioned to transform an industry that has been dominated by legacy players for almost two decades," said Justin Moore, founder and CEO, Axcient. "We are planning to aggressively expand our service and provide SMBs with even simpler ways to access their data and applications from any device. We want to bring Axcient to SMBs around the world and, following our successful launch into Canada earlier this year, we will be expanding into Europe in 2012."

In addition to expanding its platform, Axcient plans to triple its sales and marketing department and aggressively target the millions of businesses that still rely on legacy tape systems to protect their data. Axcient currently employs more than 80 people and expects to more than double its team over the next 18 months.

In today’s competitive landscape, SMBs cannot afford to lose valuable uptime or dedicate limited resources to manage complex or cobbled together business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. With Axcient, SMBs are able to meet the challenges of protecting their data and maintaining total uptime with a single, easy to use platform that combines the best elements of an on-premise solution with the cost-savings of cloud computing.

"We have a long track record investing in companies that deliver a high-powered, cost-effective Software-as-a-Service solution (SaaS) to their customers while disrupting incumbents," said Rory O’Driscoll, managing director, ScaleVP. "Axcient is ideally situated to lead the next generation of data backup and business continuity in the SMB market, and disrupt an industry that has been dominated by outmoded solutions for too long. The company’s proven track record and rapid growth has positioned it as the clear leader. We are thrilled to lead this new round of funding to support Axcient’s future growth."

In addition to this recent investment in Axcient, ScaleVP’s portfolio includes Box.net, DocuSign, ExactTarget, Hubspot, LiveScribe, RingCentral and Vitrue.

"Even at a time when the economy faces continued uncertainty, Scale Venture Partners has recognized the significance of the Axcient vision and supports our industry-leading platform," said Moore. "While we did not need additional funding, we didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to add a great partner and firm to our team. This investment will accelerate our strategy, power our continued growth, and offer us increased opportunities to service our customers and expand our award-winning offerings. We are excited to have Rory join the board."

Axcient has been recently honored with more than 10 prestigious industry awards for its innovative technology and channel-focused business model, including HP’s Technology Partner of the Year Award, CRN’s Emerging Vendor of the Year Award, Red Herring’s Top 100 Award, and Business Solutions Magazine’s Best Channel Product and Best Channel Vendor Awards.

About Scale Venture Partners
Based in Foster City, California, the ScaleVP team is a long-standing partnership with a consistent, top quartile track record of returns. The ScaleVP team's collaborative and active approach provides entrepreneurs a competitive advantage for growth and category leadership. Representative portfolio companies include Alimera Sciences, Box.net, Brightroll, Docusign, Everyday Health, ExactTarget, Hubspot, IPC The Hospitalist Company, mBlox, NComputing, Omniture, and ScanSafe. For more information, visit www.scalevp.com.

TechCrunch: Axcient Lands $15.5 Million For Affordable Backup And Data Protection Solution For SMBs

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The VAR Guy: Axcient - Seeking Symantec Backup Exec Partners, VARs?

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

MSPmentor: Axcient Cloud Storage Provider Raises $15.5M for Channel Push

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Talkin' Cloud: How to Sell Cloud Without Hyping Cloud Services

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Forbes: The Job Creators - Business Hungers For Axcient's Back-Up

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Receives Eighth Accolade of 2011, Named CRN Emerging Vendor of 2011

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the SMB market receives prestigious channel award

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 7, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, today announced that it has been chosen by CRN as one of the top Emerging Storage Vendors of 2011. Inclusion in the annual list signifies leadership amongst its peers and innovative approaches to partnerships and go-to-market opportunities that are likely to have a far-reaching impact on the technology industry. Axcient was chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine from a field of vendor-channel organizations, distributors, and solution providers.

"Validated by significant expansion in partner relationships and customer deployments, our business continues to grow through our dedication to managed services providers and the channel," said Justin Moore, CEO, Axcient. "We are proud to be recognized by CRN Magazine as a leader in the storage industry and a proponent of the MSP model. Our unique focus in these areas is just one part of what sets Axcient apart and we look forward to continuing to innovate to provide award-winning solutions and services to leading organizations."

This honor follows the recent recognition of Moore and vice president of sales Chris Sterbenc in the MSPmentor 250 list. The annual MSPmentor Top 250 list recognizes executives and entrepreneurs who provide strong support and leadership in the managed services market. With a dedicated channel model and emphasis on building strong partner relationships, both Moore and Sterbenc have fostered continuous growth for Axcient, its partners, and the MSP market which has truly established the company as a market leader.

A full list of all the CRN Emerging Storage Vendors winners can be found on the CRN website at: http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/231500595/emerging-vendors-2011-storage-vendors.htm?pgno=1. To view the full list of MSPmentor 250 winners, please view the MSPmentor website at: http://www.mspmentor.net/top-250-people.

the 415 group: Axcient Accents All-In-One Data Protection for SMBs, MSPs

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Recognized as 2011 Best Channel Product by Business Solutions Magazine

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the SMB market receives prestigious channel award

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – August 2, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, was chosen by Business Solutions Magazine’s MSP and VAR subscribers to receive the 2011 Best Channel Product Award in Backup and Disaster Recovery. Nearly 1,500 IT providers cast votes based on each solutions’ features, reliability, and innovation.

"We are honored by the enthusiastic support of the MSP and VAR community," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "Recognition as the Best Channel Product is testament that Axcient is addressing real data protection and continuity needs for IT professionals. We set out to revolutionize an industry dominated by legacy technology and fragmented solutions and this award is another proof-point that we're on the right path."

The Best Channel Product Award is measured through an extensive survey of Business Solutions Magazine's reseller subscribers with over 11,700 votes, making this one of the largest surveys of its kind. The products were tested on a comprehensive set of categories and guidelines including richness of features/functionality, product reliability/durability, ease of integration, ease of upgrade, and ability to service. Axcient received high marks in all survey categories, with the highest marks for excellent features/functionality and ease of integration.

Business Solutions: Axcient Completes Integration Of Backup And Business Continuity Platform With ConnectWise

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

IT Channel Insight: Connectwise and Axcient Coalition Complete

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

ChannelPro: Axcient Integrates Backup and Business Continuity Platform with ConnectWise

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

eChannelLine: Axcient integrates backup and business continuity platform with ConnectWise

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Receives 2011 HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data backup and business continuity services to the SMB market recognized as 2011 HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year in the Storage Managed Services Category

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 23, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, announced today it has received the 2011 HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award in the Storage Managed Services category.

The HP AllianceONE Partner Awards are presented to an exclusive set of HP alliance partners each year in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in the development and delivery of innovative solutions that achieve standard-setting levels for business excellence and client satisfaction. The Technology award in particular recognizes companies that have collaborated with HP to deliver value-add integration with core HP products.

"We are honored to receive this outstanding recognition from HP," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "Axcient’s revolutionary platform enables SMB-focused channel partners to expand their services offering and tap into the multi-billion dollar a year data protection and business continuity market. Winning this prestigious award is a testament to the value that the Axcient solution provides to HP channel partners. We continue to work very closely with HP to ensure we are always delivering the best service on the best hardware."

Axcient partners with HP to deliver the best-in-class Axcient data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery service on an HP Converged Infrastructure technology platform, enabling SMB customers to achieve enterprise-level backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery while lowering complexity and costs.

"To manage the changing demands of their customers, organizations have to accelerate time to market and time to business value," said Duncan Campbell, vice president, Converged Infrastructure, HP. "HP, with partners like Axcient, helps break down rigid IT silos with infrastructure specifically engineered to drive out cost and provide the foundation for agile service delivery."

Axcient Wins Prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Award

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data protection and continuity to the SMB market recognized as one of the most innovative tech companies in North America

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 17, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the SMB market, announced today that it has been honored with the 2011 Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup Award.

Red Herring's Top 100 award recognizes the leading startups in North America. Landing in the Top 100 of this elite award is a clear indication of Axcient's continued and future success.

"Red Herring's editors have a strong track record for identifying revolutionary technologies, and we highly value being part of their 2011 Top 100 list," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "This award is a testament to the unwavering commitment of the Axcient team to forever change the SMB data protection industry."

Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

"Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across North America to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Axcient embodies the vision, drive, and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Axcient should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong."

ChannelPro: Axcient Awarded Autotask Community Live 2011 'Best in Show'

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Awarded Autotask Community Live 2011 “Best In Show” by IT Solution Providers

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data protection and business continuity services to the SMB market receives top honors at annual Autotask event.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 14, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Value Added Resellers (VARs), and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, announced today that it has been honored with the Best In Show award at Autotask Community Live 2011.

The Best In Show award was one of only two awards given out at the end of the event. The Best In Show award recipient was selected by the 770-plus MSP and VAR attendees of the show out of the products and solutions exhibited by more than 45 vendors at the three-day Autotask Community Live 2011 event.

"We are honored that Axcient was chosen for this award by the MSPs, VARs, and IT Solution Providers at the Annual Autotask event in Miami," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "Winning Best in Show is a testament to the quality of our innovative product, our commitment to our partners, and the tireless dedication of our team."

Autotask and Axcient recently completed an integration of the two market leading solutions that enables MSPs to seamlessly open and access Axcient backup and recovery events through the service tickets in the Autotask PSA tool. This automation saves MSPs time and money and allows them a deeper insight into their data protection events.

"Axcient made a tremendous impression at our event," said Len DiCostanzo, Sr. VP of Autotask. "They showed us, and the broader Autotask Community, that Axcient is investing in its partnership with Autotask for the benefit of our mutual customers."

The Axcient/Autotask integration is available at no additional charge to Axcient and Autotask partners.

About Autotask
Autotask Corporation provides the world's leading hosted IT Business Management software built specifically for VARs, MSPs, and other technology solution providers to help them run their businesses better. The software is available on demand to help IT solution providers to sell, implement, deliver and bill their technology products & services. Visit http://www.autotask.com.

Axcient Unveils Plans to Open New Data Center in Canada

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data protection services to SMB market adds granular backup and recovery for multiple Exchange servers and comprehensive virtualized server support.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 10, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, unveiled today that it will be opening a data center in Canada in the early part of Q3 2011. The expansion is in response to rapidly growing demand from Canadian IT Service Providers for the Axcient solution. This new SAS 70 type II certified data center will be located in Ontario and service partners across Canada.

"As a result of our tremendous growth and the ever increasing excitement and demand in Canada for our services, we have made opening a Canadian data center a top priority," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "At Axcient, we are constantly communicating with our partners to make sure we are meeting their needs. This data center underscores our commitment to providing the best service to Canadian partners and prospects and addressing their needs for data compliance and security."

Axcient provides the leading backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery solution for MSPs and VARs servicing small to mid-sized businesses. As the only service of its kind built from the ground up as an all in one platform, Axcient combines the best elements of an on-site solution with the cost savings of a cloud-based disaster recovery service to ensure SMBs can get up and running no matter what happens. With no upfront or hardware costs or agents to install, Axcient is cost effective and easy to deploy and ensures total uptime and continuity.

CRN: HP Unveils CloudAgile Program For VARs, Service Providers

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500

TMCnet: Axcient Enhances its Data Backup and Recovery Platform

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Unveils Multitenant Brick-level Protection for MS Exchange & Enhanced Virtualization Support

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data protection services to SMB market adds granular backup and recovery for multiple Exchange servers and comprehensive virtualized server support.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 3, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Value Added Resellers (VARs), and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, unveiled today the latest features of their complete data backup and recovery platform, including multiple mailbox restore for Microsoft Exchange servers and support for the widest array of virtualization environments.

With the majority of small and mid-sized business users on Microsoft Exchange, it is imperative that MSPs have powerful and flexible tools to manage and maintain their customer’s mailbox data. The newest release of Axcient’s best-in-class data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery service, enables MSPs to protect multiple Exchange servers, down to the message and mailbox level, from a single Axcient appliance through a single web-interface. Managed Service Providers who host multiple Exchange servers for their SMB clients can now define separate backup schedules for each of those servers and provide consistent and faster granular backup and restore for all of the latest Exchange releases, including encrypted and unencrypted modes and SBS 2011. The expanded Exchange functionality can support the protection of thousands of individual mailboxes without requiring the installation of any software.

Axcient has also expanded image backup and virtual server backup with the addition of XenServer. The Axcient backup and business continuity service now has the widest array of virtualization environment support, including VMware ESX and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer. IT administrators are able to protect all these devices with backup, failover, and restoration to a virtual server in a matter of minutes. In addition, a Windows 2008 server running multiple Hyper-V servers can be backed up and protected at the virtual machine level and at the hypervisor level as a single image.

"It is our continued objective to provide the best backup and recovery service to our partners," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "As the only platform in our space that has been developed from the ground up and that treats backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery as a holistic problem for SMBs, Axcient is able to consistently innovate to stay ahead of the curve. Adding multi-mailbox restore for Exchange and broad virtualized server support was a key request from our partners and allows them to provide an even more comprehensive, robust, and cost-effective solution for their small and mid-sized customers."

The latest editions to the Axcient suite of backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services are available to all current and future customers through Axcient’s easy to use web-interface.

"Axcient continues to understand the vital needs of their partners," said Mike Heil, CEO of ThrottleNet. "The advanced ability to backup and recover multiple Exchange servers on one appliance is a powerful addition to the Axcient service, allowing us to provide independent, object-level protection to our clients’ hosted Exchange environments. And with the expansion of virtualized server support, we are able to meet the growing needs of our diverse client-base and keep them up and running at all times. Axcient is rapidly becoming the number one choice for the SMB market and we are all excited to see their continued innovation."

MSPmentor: Memo from HP to MSPs: Use Hewlett-Packard Infrastructure

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

MSP News: Autotask, Axcient Partnership to Benefit MSPs

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

MSPmentor: Axcient, Autotask Integration Provides Autotask Direction Clues

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Talkin' Cloud: MSPs Plug into Axcient Storage Cloud

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

MSPmentor: HP and Axcient Empower 200 Storage MSPs in the SMB Market

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Channel Pro: HP and Axcient Team Up on Backup and Business Continuity for SMBs

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Business Solutions: Axcient Uses HP Converged Infrastructure To Deliver Mission-Critical Data Protection

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600

CRN: Axcient Revamps Cloud Storage Offering With All HP Gear

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600

The VAR Guy: Axcient Partners with HP to Create Data Protection Platform

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600

CNBC Interviews Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient about the Small Business Hiring Boom

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Launches v2.0 Partner Enablement and Service Portal

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Leading provider of data backup and business continuity services to SMB market unveils enhanced partner portal for best-in-class partner enablement and support.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – February 1, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, announced today the release of their new partner portal. Redesigned and built on a more powerful platform, the enhanced portal provides qualified partners with best-in-class usability and functionality to effectively empower them to grow their business and reduce their cost of delivering service.

"At Axcient, we are committed to providing the highest level of customer satisfaction and support to our partners," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "With the release of our newest partner portal, we provide our managed service provider and value-added reseller partners a unified gateway into technical support, product training videos, sales and marketing enablement tools, and other features to help our partners drive increased productivity and profitability."

With an intuitive interface and powerful search functionality, the versatile new portal provides Axcient partners with one simple and unified location for navigating sales and marketing tools and opening and tracking support cases. This new enhancement to the Axcient enablement program provides easy access to sales tools, co-marketing kits, training materials, collateral, presentations, support, product information, D.A.S. requests, on-demand printing, a knowledge base, and much more. And with the new platform, even more robust features will be offered in the upcoming months.

Because of its dedication to excellence, Axcient almost tripled its partner base in 2010 and saw more than a 400% increase in its customer base. More and more leading Managed Service Providers and IT resellers are choosing Axcient over other available solutions as their preferred method of data protection.

"In 2010, we nearly tripled our partner base," said Chris Sterbenc, VP of Sales at Axcient. "In light of this monumental growth, it is imperative that we deliver optimum tools and regularly refine our overall strategy to improve collaboration with our partners and ensure their continued success. Our new partner portal is just one of many exciting partner tools in the works for 2011."

ChannelPro: Axcient Launches v2.0 Partner Enablement and Service Portal

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600

MSPmentor: Axcient Data Backup: Recurring Revenues with MSPs up 800%

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Wins Business Solutions Magazine’s Best Channel Vendor 2011 Award

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Leading provider of data protection and business continuity services to the SMB market, recognized as the best storage vendor for 2011 by leading channel partners.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 11, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, announced today it has been recognized as a Best Channel Vendor 2011 in the storage sector by Business Solutions Magazine (BSM). The award is based on votes from thousands of BSM readers and awarded to the top five percent in a given category.

Business Solutions Magazine collected over 11,500 votes between September and mid-October 2010 rating vendors on product reliability, innovation, service, support, and channel programs and friendliness. Axcient received exceptional feedback from voters, scoring well in all categories, especially support, service, and channel friendliness, emphasizing a commitment to a "partner and customer-first" focus.

"At Axcient, we're about more than having the most innovative and disruptive data protection and business continuity platform for the SMB market," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "We believe that to be the market-leader, we also have to have the best channel partner program, the best partner enablement systems, and the highest level of customer service and satisfaction. We are completely dedicated to ensuring the success of our partners and our customers and this recognition by the BSM community is a testament to that dedication."

"2011 will see exciting additions to Axcient's successful solution," said Todd Scallan, VP of Products at Axcient. "Being the only complete data protection solution built from the ground up from one vendor on one platform, we are in the unique and flexible position to enhance our already comprehensive feature set to best suit the growing demands for our product."

CNBC Interviews Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient about the Small Business Hiring Picture

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Business Solutions: Axcient Hits the Grid at Connectwise

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient CEO Justin Moore Featured on CNBC Small Business Council

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500

ITBusinessEdge: Staples to Unify Data Storage as a Service with Axcient

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Unveils Enhanced Bare Metal Restore Capabilities for Workstations

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Leading provider of data protection services to SMB market adds ability to backup and restore laptop and desktop images, saving time and money for IT administrators

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Oct. 6, 2010 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, unveiled today the latest feature of their complete data protection platform, Bare Metal Restore (BMR) for workstations. This new development extends enterprise-like backup and restoration to end-user desktops and laptops.

With hundreds of thousands of laptops being lost, stolen, or corrupted each year, it is critical that SMBs have a clear protection and continuity strategy for workstations. Axcient’s BMR for workstations allows administrators the ability to quickly and easily restore entire desktop and laptop images with all of the associated data, applications, and settings to a new device with minimal setup or administration. This saves IT Administrators days of manual recovery and lost productivity and helps ensure uptime for their end-user customers. Axcient is the only company to offer BMR for workstations as an agentless solution, fully integrated with a unique and unified service for backup, continuity and disaster recovery built on one platform, from one vendor.

“We have reached a critical mass of Axcient partners utilizing Level Platforms for all of their IT service tasks. We are pleased to offer this additional integrated, web-based method of monitoring the Axcient solution as an alternative to our award-winning Remote Management Console. This gives our partners the flexibility to choose how to manage their businesses,” said Justin Moore, Founder and CEO of Axcient.

“Over 60% of all critical customer data resides on workstations, and yet, most companies don’t protect their laptops and desktops with nearly the same vigilance that they protect their servers,” said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. “This powerful enhancement expands our data protection and business continuity features to cover all vital systems from the laptop to the server, and furthers our mission to provide seamless data and application uptime with unparalleled ease of use.”

Axcient’s Bare Metal Restore for laptops and desktops allows the administrator the flexibility to chose which files, drives, or systems to backup, determine the frequency of full, incremental, and refresh backups, and select from multiple recovery points for full image restoration or individual file recovery. With Axcient’s adaptable BMR solution, administrators can also quickly reproduce a standard workstation configuration for a new employee, or perform a full restore for an existing employee to any compatible hardware using the latest system image. All of this can be done easily through Axcient’s web-based console and without installing any software on the network, drastically reducing setup and management time.

“Small and Medium-Sized Businesses require backup services that are reliable, reduce risk, minimize downtime, and make it painless to restore business critical data,” said Dave DiStefano of Advanced Micro Computer Specialists. “Axcient is at the forefront of the backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery market, and with the recent addition of Bare Metal Restore for workstations, continues to show why they are becoming the data protection vendor of choice for the SMB market. Axcient enables us to meet our objective to protect all of our customers’ data and keep them productive at all times. We are very excited about Axcient’s continued innovation and regular feature enhancements.”

The latest edition to the Axcient suite of backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services is available to all current and future customers through Axcient’s easy to use web-interface.

TMCnet Discusses Axcient's Enhanced BMR Capabilities for Workstation Data Protection

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500

eWeek: Axcient Unveils Bare Metal Restore Capabilities for Workstations

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Processor Magazine: Data Backup Axcient Product Overview

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500

MSPmentor discusses Disaster Recovery, the Cloud, and Axcient

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Announces PacketTrap MSP Remote Monitoring Platform Integration

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Strategic integration provides MSPs with a powerful tool for simple, remote management and monitoring of their clients’ data protection and business continuity needs.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8, 2010 -- Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, has announced a partnership and product integration with PacketTrap, a division of Quest Software, and a leading provider of affordable remote monitoring and management solutions built for MSPs.

Through this new integration, PacketTrap MSPs can now easily add the management, monitoring, and tracking of all Axcient backup, continuity, and recovery events, including alerts, notifications, and status reports, to the centralized PacketTrap MSP remote monitoring console.

"Axcient partners are excited about the high-value RMM integration between Axcient and PacketTrap," said Justin Moore, Founder and CEO of Axcient. "With the accelerating growth of data in SMB environments, managed service providers are recognizing the importance of having a robust and comprehensive solution for protecting their customers' data and applications that ensures the highest levels of recovery and uptime. Axcient's hybrid on-premise and cloud solution offers MSPs the needed protection, functionality, ease of use, and uptime to best serve their clients, and the PacketTrap integration gives them the flexibility to manage their Axcient backup service through the same interface they use to monitor and manage the rest of their clients' network."

"We are excited about our integration with Axcient," said Matt Bolton, DVP Product Management of Quest Software. "We have heard the increasing demand from MSPs for an easy to manage, reliable backup and recovery service and feel that the combination of the PacketTrap MSP remote management and monitoring platform with Axcient's total data protection and business continuity service offers MSPs the solution they’ve been looking for."

About PacketTrap MSP
Quest's PacketTrap MSP provides affordable enterprise class application and network management software that improves performance across our customers and partners most complex networks. It ensures you get complete visibility and access so that you are the first to know about bandwidth clogs, device failures, connectivity issues, and are able to perform routine network maintenance.

About Quest Software, Inc.
Now more than ever, organizations need to work smart and improve efficiency. Quest Software creates and supports smart systems management products - helping our customers solve everyday IT challenges faster and easier. Our innovative solutions for application monitoring, database management, Windows management and virtualization management help customers achieve better results, faster.

eWeek: Axcient, PacketTrap Announce MSP Remote Monitoring Platform Integration

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Business Solutions Calls Out to all MSPS to Introduce Axcient

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Secures $9 Million in Second Round of Funding

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Leading Provider of SMB Data Protection Services Raises Second Round After Consecutive Quarters of Record Growth

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 3 -- Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB)customers, today announced that it has completed its Series B funding of $9 million. Thomvest Ventures led the round and Axcient's existing investors, Allegis Capital and Peninsula Ventures, also participated. Axcient's total funding to date is $17 million. The company, which also announced record Growth in Q2 2010, will invest the capital in enhancing its suite of data protection services and expanding its sales and marketing teams to help fuel its rapid growth.

"We are in the midst of a major shift in the way SMBs think about data protection. With compounding storage growth, increased reliance on data and applications, and shrinking IT budgets, SMBs are looking for alternative ways to protect their data and ensure they stay up and running no matter what happens," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "Axcient is the first company to combine the key elements of data protection—backup, continuity, and disaster recovery—in a single unified platform offered as a monthly service. The Series B funding will give Axcient the resources to continue our mission of delivering the industry's most comprehensive data protection and business continuity service for the SMB market and will enable us to scale our operations so that we can provide the highest level of service to our customers."

In conjunction with the Series B funding, Don Butler, Managing Director of Thomvest Ventures, will join Axcient's board of directors alongside current board members Pete Bodine, Steve Lewis, Justin Moore, Thomas T. van Overbeek, and Greg Robinson. "For over a decade Thomvest has been supporting entrepreneurs and startups that have the potential to fundamentally disrupt the status quo," said Don Butler. "Axcient is establishing a leadership position by challenging and redefining traditional data protection, and is poised for aggressive growth. I look forward to working with Justin and his team as the company continues to build market share."

With the power of one—one vendor, one platform, one interface—Axcient delivers a unique and unified platform for backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery that offers unprecedented ease of use and uptime to the SMB market. By combining the best elements of an on-premise solution with the cost-savings of cloud computing, Axcient is able to offer enterprise level functionality at SMB price-points. The Axcient service is currently being sold and managed by hundreds of managed service providers across North America and is protecting close to 20,000 devices in SMB environments.

About Thomvest
Thomvest Ventures provides venture capital funding to entrepreneurs to help them build the next generation of leading technology companies. Thomvest invests in companies that are distinguished by their intellectual property and their ability to apply their technology to serve large and growing markets. Thomvest has established a track record of partnering with entrepreneurs to build successful companies, adding value to the companies it invests in by leveraging its network of partners and strong industry expertise. To learn more about Thomvest Ventures visit www.thomvest.com.

Silicon Valley Business Journal/San Jose Business Journal: Axcient raises $9M in 2nd Round

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Dow Jones: Axcient Scores $9M Series B For Enterprise Backup Service

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500

San Francisco Business Times: Axcient raises $9 million

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500

CRN: Axcient Named CRN 25 Coolest Emerging Storage Vendors for 2010

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Level Platforms Releases Comprehensive Policy Module For The Axcient Platform

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Complete Data Protection Service Can Be Monitored Through Managed Workplace®

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 11, 2010 – Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, announces their partnership and product integration with Level Platforms, the leading remote monitoring and management solution for managed service providers (MSP) in the SMB market, and the availability of a comprehensive Policy Module within Level Platforms’ award-winning solution, Managed Workplace. The global monitoring of applications, operating systems and devices protected by Axcient can now occur through the Managed Workplace centralized dashboard, providing MSPs everything they need to remotely monitor and manage the entire IT environment of the customer through a single web-based dashboard.

The Axcient complete data protection platform provides backup and restore service for servers, desktops and laptops and servers running Windows, Linux or Apple’s OSX. Additionally, advanced restore and business continuity capabilities for applications such as the applications in Microsoft’s Small Business Server including Exchange and SQL Server are also available in the monthly service. Through Level Platform’s new Axcient Policy Modules, each of these data protection actions and processes can now be monitored from Managed Workplace.

“Axcient shares our commitment to the agentless model as the future of services delivery for the MSP and our mutual MSP partners are finding a natural affinity for our products in their SMB accounts. Axcient is in great company, joining Microsoft, Cisco, HP, EMC, Apple and other major corporations whose SMB products are managed by Level Platforms best practices Policy Modules ,” noted Peter Sandiford, CEO of Level Platforms.

About Level Platforms
With thousands of Partners in 30 countries, Level Platforms is the leading provider of managed services software for IT solution providers servicing small and mid-sized end customers through its award-winning agentless remote monitoring and management software, Managed Workplace. For more information, visit Level Platforms at www.levelplatforms.com.

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Media Contact:
Tina A. Lally
Partner Marketing Programs
Axcient, Inc.
650-314-7312

CRN: Axcient Adds Virtual Server Feature To Storage Appliance

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Announces Integration with N-central® 7.0 from N-able Technologies®

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Successful integration of Axcient’s Complete Data Protection Service and N-central 7.0 make it easier for MSPs to remotely monitor and manage backup and recovery services from a single dashboard

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 5, 2010 – Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery services for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) customers, today announced a technology alliance with N-able Technologies. As part of the new alliance, Axcient’s backup and recovery services now integrate with the managed services technology pioneer’s new N-central® 7.0 remote management and monitoring (RMM) platform with groundbreaking freemium software.

Announced earlier this year, N-central 7.0 introduces the managed services industry’s first hybrid RMM platform combining Professional licenses and free Essential licenses. It also delivers new features including self-healing automation, enterprise-class endpoint security that is free for one year, and extensive support for Windows 7 devices.

The new integration capabilities between Axcient and N-central provide MSPs with a single dashboard to track all backup and recovery statuses, notifications, and other events via the same familiar and common N-able interface that they use to perform all of their remote IT tasks. The addition of Axcient’s capabilities now gives N-able MSPs unique data protection capabilities including the ability to restore laptops, desktops and servers, as well as support for common critical applications such as Microsoft Exchange and the Microsoft Small Business Server suite.

“Our partners continually tell us that there is huge value in providing the ‘single pane of glass’ for the MSP that is juggling multiple platforms across all of their customers,” says Justin Moore, Founder and CEO of Axcient, Inc. “We had a critical mass of partners adopting the N-able monitoring platform, so it made sense to prioritize this integration for our partners.”

“Managed online backup and recovery is one of the fastest growing segments within our partners’ service portfolios – namely because it’s a logical first place to introduce cloud computing, as well as to offer enhanced value to clients while driving costs out of their own businesses,” says Rob Bissett, Director of Product Management for N-able. “The combination of Axcient with N-able's N-central 7.0 offers a simplified solution for MSPs who are looking to add these management services to the mix or simply are unsatisfied with their current provider. We're very pleased to offer this technical integration to our mutual partner base and see tremendous sales potential around these types of services for the MSP channel at large.”

As part of the technology alliance, the new Axcient custom service for N-central can be downloaded via N-able’s Resource Center. The integration allows MSPs to remotely monitor their customers’ key backup and recovery data via a simple click through to Axcient’s integrated, elegant web browser view.

About N-able Technologies
N-able Technologies is the global leader in remote monitoring and management software for managed service providers and IT departments. N-able’s award-winning N-central platform and complementary toolsets, backed by best-in-class business and technical services, are proven to reduce IT support costs, improve network performance and increase productivity through the proactive monitoring, management and optimization of IP-enabled devices and IT infrastructure. N-able is 100% channel-friendly and maintains operations in North America, the U.K., the Netherlands and Australia. Start a free 30-day trial of N-central at www.n-able.com/trials.

About Axcient
Axcient provides a complete data protection solution, purpose-built as a platform for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to serve their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers. The company delivers a hybrid on-premise appliance with backup and business continuity capabilities combined with its cloud-based disaster recovery service, all managed through the web. The pay-as-you-grow service features zero infrastructure, license, or software costs, thereby eliminating capital expenditures and minimizing operating expenses for the MSP and their customers alike. Axcient protects organizations in a wide range of industries, including legal, financial services, healthcare, design and creative industries, retail, credit card services, Web-based companies and education. The Axcient service is available exclusively through a nationwide network of IT solution providers. For more information, visit www.axcient.com.

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Media Contact:
Tina A. Lally
Partner Marketing Programs
Axcient, Inc.
650-314-7312

Axcient Accepted Into the MSPAlliance Vendor Accreditation Program

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Joins Vendor-neutral Program for Benchmarking Service-enabling Technology Vendors Worldwide

Mountain view, CALIF - March 24, 2010 – Axcient, Inc., provider of the Axcient complete data protection and business continuity platform,today announced that it has received accreditation under the MSPAlliance’s Vendor Accreditation Program (VAP). VAP is the first program of its kind, specifically designed by managed service providers (MSPs) as a benchmark for vendors who sell to the MSP community. Vendors who bear the VAP seal have shown they abide by the highest principles of quality in areas such as financial stability, positive channel practices, product research and development, and MSP customer satisfaction.

"The Vendor Accreditation Program is important to MSPs, since companies that receive accreditation have demonstrated their ongoing commitment to the channel,” said Charles Weaver, president of the MSPAlliance. "We are very proud to have Axcient as a part of this prestigious body of vendors.”

VAP was created using a wide base of criteria considered as critical by MSPs when selecting a vendor. Criteria examined during the accreditation process include:

Business practices: Focusing on channel development, channel competition safeguards, experience in the managed services industry, etc.
Product Roadmap: Examining the vendor's willingness to invest in their products in order to ensure continued relevance for the MSPs on a continued basis.
Financial: Examination of financial stability to ensure adequate support of channel initiatives and product development.
Client References: Vendor must provide at least three MSP specific client references.

“We are completely dedicated to the success of our MSP partners, and we view the completion of the accreditation process with the MSPAlliance as an important sign of that commitment,” said Justin Moore, founder and CEO of Axcient. “Our business is built on providing MSPs with a backup, business continuity and disaster recovery solution that is easy to sell, deploy and manage. We’re honored to have the VAP seal of approval and look forward to continuing our mission to grow MSP’s business in the storage market.”

About MSPAlliance
The MSPAlliance is a professional association of 8,000 managed service providers and service-enabling technology vendors, who work in a collaborative effort to define, promote and educate the Managed Services Industry and the end-user consumer on the adoption and successful use of technology through Managed Services. MSPAlliance member companies’ are able to achieve Green IT Certifications, Disaster Recovery Certifications, and ultimately achieve MSPAlliance Accredited Provider Status. The MSPAlliance also offers many member benefits, such as Insurance, leasing programs, educational workshops and an online Managed Services Institute. For more information about the MSPAlliance please visit www.mspalliance.com.

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Media Contact for Axcient:
Angela Griffo
Trainer Communications
axcient@trainercomm.com
949-842-7695

Media Contact for MSPAlliance:
Mostafa Razzak
(212) 786-6036
m.razzak@jmrworldwide.com

eWeek: Axcient Adds Business Continuity to Data Protection Service

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Adds Business Continuity to its Data Protection Service Platform

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

New ServerAlive™ Feature Set Provides Server Failover and Bare-Metal Restore

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – March 2, 2010 – Axcient Inc., the provider of the Axcient complete data protection and business continuity platform, purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT administrators to serve their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers, today announced the release of ServerAlive™. With ServerAlive, Axcient is the first company to unify backup, business continuity and disaster recovery on a single platform built by the same team.

ServerAlive enables MSPs and IT administrators to launch a virtual instance of a customer’s failed server on the Axcient local appliance in a matter of minutes, drastically reducing the downtime associated with a physical or virtual server failure. ServerAlive can be activated remotely with a single click through a web browser, so MSPs and IT administrators can ensure their customers’ servers and applications continue running even when they’re not onsite. Then, when new hardware arrives, the ServerAlive instance can be migrated back to the new server with minimal effort.

“Backup, business continuity and disaster recovery have traditionally been treated as separate technologies within the data protection industry. As a result, building a comprehensive data protection solution has historically required working with three or more vendors. When you think about the complexity and expense associated with this, it is no wonder that so many businesses don’t even backup their data and that employees of SMB companies experience so much downtime in an average year,” said Justin Moore, founder and CEO of Axcient. “With the release of ServerAlive, Axcient is the first company to unify all three components of data protection. Now, small and mid-sized businesses can experience enterprise-like uptime from one vendor, with one solution, all delivered as a service.”
With ServerAlive, customers can:

Take complete disk images of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers
Launch a virtualized instance of a server on the Axcient appliance if the original protected server goes down
Bare-metal restore (BMR) to new hardware
Provide Microsoft Exchange brick-level restore down to a mailbox, single email, calendar or contact

“Axcient has leveraged practical cloud computing and virtualization to offer a truly integrated solution for total data protection for small and medium businesses,” said Lauren Whitehouse, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. “For a young company to offer this level of integration and sophistication is extremely impressive.”

“In my 30 plus years in IT this is the cleanest rollout by a vendor I have ever seen and it went exactly as promised. In my opinion, I think ServerAlive is a total game changer,” said Ken Segal, President, 24/7 Network Solutions, Inc. “We’re covered from laptops to servers to bare-metal restore. I know my SMB customers will love this solution.”

ServerAlive Pricing and Availability
The ServerAlive option on the Axcient appliance is now available in North America. Axcient provides three simple, bundled service plans across five different sized appliances to its managed service provider partners depending on the customer’s needs. Axcient partner plans start as low as $119 per month. End-users are welcome to contact Axcient on 1-800-715-2339 for a partner referral.

About Axcient
Axcient provides a complete data protection and business continuity solution, purpose-built as a platform for managed service providers (MSPs) to serve their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers. The company delivers a hybrid on-premise appliance with backup and business continuity capabilities combined with its cloud-based disaster recovery service, all managed through the web. The pay-as-you-grow service features zero infrastructure, license, or software costs, thereby eliminating capital expenditures and minimizing operating expenses for the MSP and their customers alike. Axcient protects organizations in a wide range of industries, including legal, financial services, healthcare, design and creative industries, retail, credit card services, Web-based companies, and education. The Axcient service is available exclusively through a nationwide network of IT solution providers. For more information, visit www.axcient.com.

Storage Switzerland: Lab Report: Axcient Product Review

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Expands Executive Leadership Team

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

TRIO OF CHANNEL VETERANS JOIN COMPANY TO DRIVE PARTNER RECRUITMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – February 17, 2010 – Axcient Inc., provider of the Axcient complete data protection and business continuity platform, purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT administrators to serve their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers, today announced that the company is broadening and enhancing its leadership and advisory team by adding three new members. Axcient has named Thomas van Overbeek to the board of directors, Paul Dippell to the board of advisors, and Chris Sterbenc as vice president of sales. These three will be responsible for guiding and executing Axcient’s channel-focused business model, and for ensuring Axcient’s continued growth as a leading provider of data protection and business continuity services to the SMB market.

“We are very excited about the addition of Thomas van Overbeek, Paul Dippell, and Chris Sterbenc to Axient’s team. We have assembled a group of extremely talented people with strong track records of success in the channel, service and SMB markets. These latest additions to our growing team, combined with our disruptive technology, position us well to emerge as a market leader in a rapidly changing industry,” said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. “We’ve spent the past couple of years building the first fully integrated and easy-to-use platform for delivering data protection, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the SMB market, and now we’re very much focused on growth.”

Thomas T. van Overbeek
For nearly 25 years, Tom van Overbeek has led early-stage advanced technology companies to successful investor outcomes by leveraging his strong channel expertise and execution. As CEO of Shoretel (NASDAQ: SHOR), he led the turnaround team that built the foundation for the company’s growth; as CEO of WavTrace, he led a company turnaround with an eventual sale to Harris in 2000 for $175M. Van Overbeek was the CEO of Cornerstone Imaging from its startup phase through its IPO in 1993. Cornerstone was later purchased by EMC in 2001.

Paul C. Dippell
Paul Dippell has more than 25 years of experience building, running, acquiring, and integrating IT solutions companies and is often a featured speaker at IT solutions industry events on the topics of successful channel business model strategy and operations, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Dippell is founder and CEO of Service Leadership, Inc., a leading solution provider channel consultancy and publisher of the Service Leadership Index of Solution Provider performance. Additionally, Service Leadership advises leading global IT manufacturers on channel and SMB customer product and services strategies.

Chris Sterbenc
Chris Sterbenc is a seasoned sales executive with more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry. Most recently, he architected the MSP and reseller channels for Untangle, Inc., a provider of network security solutions for SMBs. Prior to Untangle, Sterbenc was vice president of sales at NCompass Labs, which was acquired by Microsoft Corporation. At Microsoft, he held the position of general manager, content management solutions and managed Microsoft’s significant revenue growth from sales of its content management system software. Additionally, before NCompass, Sterbenc served as vice president of sales at the launch of Rainmaker Systems, a leading business process outsourcing company in the Silicon Valley.

CRN: Axcient Selected one of the 20 Coolest Cloud Storage Vendors

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Axcient Named One of “100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products” by Everything Channel's CRN

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – January 25, 2010 – Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery services targeted at the small to mid-size business (SMB) market, today announced that Everything Channel’s CRN has named its data protection solution one of the “100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products.” The Top 100 Cloud Computing products include 20 storage vendors, 20 security vendors, 20 productivity vendors, 20 infrastructure vendors and 20 platform vendors.

Axcient’s hybrid cloud solution incorporates an on-premise data backup and replication appliance with offsite cloud storage and services to deliver a secure and cost-effective way for SMBs to ensure fast data recovery and uptime. Through its network of technology solution providers, Axcient is currently protecting hundreds of millions of critical data files for organizations within a variety of industries including financial services, government, legal services, and healthcare.

“Axcient is committed to providing managed service providers with a complete data protection solution that is easy to sell, deploy and manage,” said Axcient’s CEO, Justin Moore. “We’re grateful that Everything Channel chose to recognize us with this award since they are the trusted news source for helping solution providers decide which solutions are best suited to helping them grow their business.”

The list was based on nominations from Solution Providers rating technology, channel influence, effectiveness and visibility along with business and sales impact. The final selections were made by a panel of Everything Channel Editors.

Winners were announced online at www.Channelweb.com and will be featured in the January 25 issue of CRN.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company. Through its “Complete Technology Channel Solution,” Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM”s businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities – from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists – with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com.

Axcient Announces Version 1.0 of Managed Service Provider Partner Portal

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – November 27, 2009 – Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery services targeted at the small to mid-size business (SMB) market, today announced the release of version 1.0 of its Managed Service Provider (MSP) Partner Portal. The new Axcient Partner Portal creates an experience that is user-friendly and helps MSPs easily understand the value of selling the Axcient solution. In parallel with a pending Axcient product release currently in Beta, Axcient has designed an innovative pricing model eliminating upfront equipment purchases and focus on discrete features. The pricing and packaging changes in concert with the new Partner Portal, establishes an innovative and productive channel business opportunity between Axcient and its MSP partners.

“We want to move away from the traditional approach where manufacturers focus on what their partners can do for them, instead of what manufacturers can do for their partners,” said Axcient CEO, Justin Moore. “Meeting the needs of the MSP has been core to our business since we started the company, and now that our business is growing, we need to continue to prove that. The new pricing model and partner portal experience is based on the feedback and needs of our partners. It has literally been created by them, for them, with an aim of creating a ‘frictionless’ partner experience.”

Axcient MSP Partner Portal Features
Axcient conducted numerous focus groups and surveys in order to garner feedback on what MSPs liked and disliked about their experience with other partner portals, pricing mechanisms and the contracting process. As a result, the company designed a secure site that helps MSPs define the current and future data protection needs of their customers. The portal provides traditional selling tools such as whitepapers and data sheets as well as:

A suite of 3-minute instructional videos that cover topics ranging from competitive positioning, solution selling and technical support
A simple and guided online requirements and pricing tool which creates professional, downloadable customer proposals that have been automatically branded with the MSP logo

Axcient MSP Partner Portal Benefits

Eliminates the need for complex price sheets with multiple levels and choices requiring extended technical assistance
Greatly reduces the time needed to create proposals and bids in order to quickly close a sale
Aligns the partner and Axcient with solving the customer’s business challenges

New Axcient Packages
Unlike other storage manufacturers that price purely on gigabyte pricing, server and workstations licenses or a myriad of feature price add-ons, Axcient’s refreshed pricing methodology reflects the need of the customer in three easily selectable bundles. There are three packages available that include basic file and folder backup with disaster recovery services and it can be sold with or without server and application protection (Microsoft Exchange, SQL, etc.). And starting early next year, a new level called Business Fortify, will be available that includes a highly innovative approach to bring real business continuity functionality to the SMB market.

“Axcient’s motto for the managed service partner community is ‘Easy Sell, Easy to Deploy and Easy to Manage,’” said Justin Moore, Axcient CEO and co-founder. “To meet our motto, we understand that we have to provide the best products and services, and we need to constantly improve our MSP partner experience from procurement through deployment.”

“As a small business company, it is such a relief to have a backup and disaster recovery solution that works as easy as turning on a TV,” said Juan Serna, IT director, Caliwood Tech. “For example, after setting up and running Exchange Backup for the first time, the restore process was a piece of cake. The interface is straightforward. It’s as if you’re searching for a message directly in Outlook.”

Axcient Doubles Partner Community in Third Quarter

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – October 27, 2009 – Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery services targeted at the SMB market, today announced that it has doubled the number of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) that sell the Axcient solution in its latest quarter of operation. During this last quarter, Axcient was also recognized by ChannelWeb as one of the “Top 10 Storage Startups to Watch” as the company gains momentum.

Axcient’s hybrid cloud solution includes an on-premise data backup and replication appliance with offsite cloud storage and services to deliver a secure and cost-effective way for small to medium businesses to ensure fast data recovery and uptime. Through its network of technology solution providers, Axcient is currently protecting hundreds of millions of critical data files for organizations within a variety of industries including professional services, government, legal services, and healthcare.

Axcient is focused on a key pain point with big demand for MSPs and their customers. According to Paul Myerson, senior channel analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, one of the hottest MSP markets today that could be of special interest to SMBs is storage backup. “In talking with many end users, they constantly are challenged by the architecting and deploying of a solid recovery model,” said Myerson. “Rarely do they have to pull the trigger to recover, but when they do, often it is a difficult challenge. Signing on with a MSP that specializes in the storage backup field is almost a ‘no-brainer’, for the right user,” he said.

“Without data protection, losing data for a business is simply a matter of time. Axcient makes it easy to sell, deploy and manage for the MSP for their customers. Axcient can protect the laptop to the server and combine the best of speed with their appliance onsite and a data copy in their online backup facility,” said George Crump, chief analyst at Storage Switzerland. “And importantly, Axcient provides comprehensive protection to SMBs at very competitive prices.”

Shortly after its launch, Axcient won the Audience Choice award in the Data Management category at the Under the Radar: Clarity in the Cloud Conference. Axcient CEO, Justin Moore, and representatives from 32 other companies presented to an audience and panel of judges made up of CIOs and buyers of technology from telecommunications, healthcare, entertainment and media, finance, as well as venture capitalists and members of the press. The audience was asked to vote on the company they believed was the most innovative and promising.

In addition, Axcient has been recognized by CRN as an Emerging Technology Vendor because of its 100 percent channel business model and unique approach to offering comprehensive data protection and business continuity services to SMBs. CRN’s Emerging Technology Vendor list recognizes companies that are delivering high margins for IT solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.

“Increasing numbers of IT solution providers are looking to Axcient because it is simple and quick to install, set up, and manage,” said Ken Segal, president of 24/7 Network Stability. “Because it can be up and running in minutes and managed remotely though a web-based console, Axcient frees up valuable time and resources making our accounts more profitable. It also allows businesses to grow their infrastructure as their data needs change without disruption or a large up front capital investment.”

CRN: 10 Storage Startups To Watch - Hybrid Local/Remote Storage Solution: Axcient

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Processor: Encryption & Security With Cloud Storage

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Storage Switzerland: Cloud Models Shift to Embrace Application Protection

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Laptop Magazine: Mobile IT Remote Backup for SMBs

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CRN: Axcient Named CRN 2009 Emerging Storage Vendor

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CRN: Storage Startup Tackles Data Backup and Recovery

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Named a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – June 22, 2009 – Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data protection software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. Axcient was chosen due to its 100 percent channel business model and unique approach to offering comprehensive data protection and business continuity services to SMBs. Axcient’s pay-as-you-grow approach includes an on-premise data backup and replication appliance with offsite cloud storage and services to deliver a secure and cost-effective way for SMBs to ensure fast data recovery and uptime. CRN's Emerging Technology Vendor list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.

“Solution providers seek out innovative vendors that create new and innovative ideas to help them build revenue and customer loyalty. Our Emerging Tech list is where solution providers go to find these vendors. We congratulate all of the vendors for their innovation and creativity and their commitment to the technology sales channel," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel.

The vendors who make the CRN Emerging Technology Vendor list were founded in 2001 or later, have revenue under $1 billion and have an active U.S. channel strategy. Final selection to the Emerging Technology Vendor list was made by the CRN editorial team after a review of submitted information. “Since Axcient’s inception, our approach has been to develop a data protection and business continuity service that is attractive to IT solution providers, enabling them to grow their business more rapidly and with greater margins while enjoying a dramatically smaller upfront investment,” said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. “We value CRN because it recognizes vendors who truly put the channel first and offers greater visibility for emerging technology companies.”

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM’s businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists – with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

Axcient Named a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

About Axcient
Axcient is an innovator of comprehensive data protection software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The company’s hybrid on-premise and cloud data protection and business continuity service is the first of its kind to make business continuity and backup simple for SMBs by delivering a secure and cost-effective way to ensure uptime and data recovery. The pay-as-you-grow service features zero infrastructure, license, or software costs, thereby eliminating capital expenditures and minimizing operating expenses to meet SMB requirements for affordability and simplicity. Axcient customers encompass a wide range of industries, including legal, financial services, healthcare, design and creative industries, retail, credit card services, Web-based companies, and education. The Axcient service is available exclusively through a nationwide network of IT solution providers. For more information, visit www.axcient.com.

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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

New York Times: Axcient Pockets $2 Million More

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Venture Wire: Thomvest Tops Off Axcient's Series A

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Thomvest Ventures has invested $2 million in Axcient Inc., a provider of backup and recovery technology, topping off the company's Series A round at $8 million.

The company closed the first $6 million of the Series A in September, with a round that was co-led by Allegis Capital and Peninsula Ventures. The valuation was not disclosed.

Thomvest was impressed with Axcient's business model of selling its technology only through IT consultants, said Don Butler, president of Thomvest. "It's the first company [selling software-as-a-service to small and medium-sized businesses] that has a clear role for the channel to play," Butler said.

Axcient sells an appliance and a hosted service that provide businesses with on-site and off-site backup and recovery for laptops, PCs and servers. The on-site appliance, which can be managed remotely, enables companies to store and retrieve data faster than through consumer-focused, Web-based backup offerings.

"The fact that they can do incremental backups overnight and through the Web is a very elegant solution" compared to offerings from EMC Corp.'s Mozy, which is what Thomvest's offices used before becoming an Axcient customer, Butler said.

Axcient's management decided to add to the round because it had seen more customer growth than it expected following the November launch of the company and with it a demand for additional features for its backup platform, said Justin Moore, Axcient's chief executive.

Though he had other interested investors, Moore said he chose Thomvest because it is an evergreen funding, investing the personal wealth of Peter Thomson, and therefore less susceptible to the ups and downs of the venture industry and fund-raising cycle.

Thomvest has been investing in tech companies for the last decade in areas such as software-as-a-service, networking and semiconductors. Past investments include publicly traded iPass Inc. and wireless security company Certicom Corp., which was recently acquired by Research In Motion Ltd.

Axcient has lined up nearly 200 resale partners and "several hundred" customers, Moore said.

This round should be sufficient to take Axcient through 2010, Moore said, though he did not rule out additional financing prior to that.

VentureBeat: Axcient adds $2 million for data backup and recovery services

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

VatorNews: Axcient adds $2 million to Series A round

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Tops Off First Funding Round with an Additional $2 Million and Adds New Talent to Management Team

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - May 20, 2009 - Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data protection software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced it has secured an additional $2 million to top off its $6 million Series A round of funding, for a total of $8 million. The newest backer, Thomvest Ventures, is a venture investor focused on emerging leaders in software, hardware, and networking technologies. Thomvest is joined by previous investors in the round Allegis Capital and Peninsula Ventures. In addition, Axcient has named industry veteran Jack McGovern as its chief financial officer.

The funding will be used to further enhance Axcient's technology platform, grow operations, increase sales and marketing initiatives, and better serve Axcient's expanding customer base. Axcient delivers a hybrid on-premise and cloud data protection and business continuity service. Its data backup and recovery service was created specifically for SMBs that manage 1 to 500 workstations, laptops or servers and from 10 gigabytes to 10 terabytes of data.

"We believe that Axcient offers clear differentiation in the marketplace and has the potential to gain tremendous traction in the SMB backup and business continuity space," said Don Butler, president, Thomvest Ventures. "We're impressed with the company's talented management team and unique business model and look forward to helping the company become an industry leader in a rapidly growing market."

McGovern brings more than 30 years of accounting, finance, investment banking, and operational experience to his role at Axcient. Most recently, he was chief financial officer of Dilithium Networks, a software engineering firm providing video solutions to the mobile handset market. McGovern developed strong corporate finance leadership skills within the technology sector in positions at Strategic Capital, Matrix International, GATX, and KPMG Peat Marwick.

"This is an exciting time for Axcient. We've seen a lot of growth over the last quarter and adding Thomvest to our roster of investors validates the strength of our value proposition in the market and will allow us to further build the business," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "We're also pleased to have an experienced financier like Jack join our staff. He's an important addition to our management team as we look to solve the data protection challenges of the SMB market and the outsourced IT professionals who serve it."

Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal: Axcient raises another $2M, names CFO

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Axcient Wins Audience Choice Award at Under the Radar Conference

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 30, 2009 - Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data protection software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced that the company won the Audience Choice award in the Data Management category at the Under the Radar: Clarity in the Cloud Conference. Axcient CEO, Justin Moore, presented to an audience and panel of judges made up of CIOs and buyers of technology from telecommunications, healthcare, entertainment and media, finance, as well as venture capitalists and members of the press. Moore received 66 percent of the audience votes versus the other presenters in the category and was the clear favorite.

"We reviewed approximately 300 startups over the course of three months leading up to the conference and Axcient was on the top of our list immediately," says Debbie Landa, CEO of Dealmaker Media, producer of Under the Radar. "It's hard enough to fit a clear company vision and business model into a six-minute pitch, let alone impress this high-caliber crowd. Justin did both. We're thrilled Axcient took home an Audience Choice award."

Now in its 13th series, Under the Radar invited 32 of the most disruptive SaaS, PaaS, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure startups from around the globe to pitch to some of the most prominent minds in technology and business today. More than 300 startups were represented.

"This is great third party validation for our solution given the large amount of influential professionals at the conference," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "We're excited that the audience recognized Axcient's value in the cloud computing marketplace and chose to honor us in this way."

About Under The Radar Cloud Computing Conference
DealMaker Media, host of the Under The Radar | Cloud Computing Conference, operates at the intersection of business, technology, venture capital, and the future. All of its conferences are designed to inter-connect CEOs, technology executives, investors, analysts and press to track, measure, and collaborate about early stage innovation in cloud computing.

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Axcient Scores $6 Million in First Funding Round

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - March 24, 2009 - Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data protection software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced it has secured $6 million in Series A funding from investors Allegis Capital and Peninsula Ventures. The funding will be used to further enhance Axcient's platform, grow operations, expand sales and marketing initiatives, and better serve Axcient's expanding customer base.

"Axcient's technology has the potential to seriously disrupt the SMB data backup and recovery market. In today's economy, outsourced IT professionals need to increase their revenue per customer while reducing investments in infrastructure. Axcient offers one of the most compelling ways to do that. We are very impressed with Axcient's technology solution and the team behind it, and that's why we invested in the company," said Pete Bodine, managing director, Allegis Capital.

"The Axcient team brings great insight and expertise to resolving the data protection and business continuity challenges that SMBs are faced with today," said Greg Robinson, managing director, Peninsula Ventures. "We believe the Axcient solution is important because of its ability to help customers increase productivity and uptime, mitigate the risk of losing critical data, and eliminate capital expenditures. We look forward to working with Justin and his team in creating a successful partnership."

Axcient's executive bench includes CEO Justin Moore, CTO Dave Garnett, Vice President of Sales Victor Neeley, and Vice President of Engineering Bill Culman. Neeley joined Axcient from Seagate Services (formerly known as EVault), where he served as vice president of sales; he brings more than 20 years of SMB sales management experience to Axcient. Culman held senior engineering positions developing both software and hardware products at Interwoven, Cast Iron, Tandem Computers, BEA Systems, and Vitria Technology.

"Trying macroeconomic times demand service models that free the customer from large upfront investments," said Justin Moore, CEO, Axcient. "We've been in development for the past two years to produce a data protection and business continuity platform that is built from the ground up to meet the unique business needs of the SMB market and the IT solution providers who serve them. We're proud to have the confidence of top-tier investors in the company and are excited about executing on our vision."

The Series A funding coincides with the availability of Axcient's hybrid on-premise and cloud data protection and business continuity service. Axcient's data backup and recovery service was created specifically for SMBs that are managing anywhere from 1 to 500 workstations, laptops or servers and 10 gigabytes to 10 terabytes of data. The company is targeting customers across industries including legal, financial services, healthcare, design and creative industries, retail, credit card services, Web-based companies, and education.

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Axcient Brings Rapid Recovery to SMB Market with New Hybrid On-Premise and Cloud Service for Comprehensive Data Protection and Business Continuity

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - March 24, 2009 - Axcient Inc., an innovator of comprehensive data protection software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced the availability of the company's hybrid on-premise and cloud data protection and business continuity service. Axcient's pay-as-you-grow approach includes an on-premise data backup and replication appliance with offsite cloud storage and services that delivers a secure and cost-effective way for SMBs to ensure fast data recovery and uptime. The advantage of having a backup storage appliance onsite is that customers benefit from one-click rapid restores, so they can be up and running within minutes of a data loss. The Axcient service will be sold exclusively through the IT solution provider channel and has been built from the ground up to serve the business needs of SMB customers with anywhere from 1 to 500 workstations or servers and 10 gigabytes to 10 terabytes of data.

"The most important thing to remember is that backup is about recovery. Online backup is an important component because it delivers disaster recovery and compliant archiving, but for fast recovery you must have the backup data stored locally. Axcient offers the best aspects of an onsite solution plus the best aspects of an online solution as a single integrated service," said Justin Moore, CEO, Axcient. "Axcient's service has been in development for the past two years, with our team laser-focused on solving the data protection challenges of the SMB market and the outsourced IT professionals who serve it. We realized early on that businesses need one comprehensive service that can handle backup, recovery, archiving, and disaster recovery - without having to cobble together various vendors' products."

Since the Axcient solution is agentless, there is no software to install on servers, workstations or laptops, so implementation is painless and backup of virtual machines (VMs) is both practical and effortless. The Axcient web-based management platform also requires no software installation and is securely accessible by authorized administrators from any location. Additionally, the computing related to data protection occurs on the Axcient on-premise appliance, resulting in little impact on system performance in customers' production environments. For total information security, data is encrypted on the on-premise appliances, transferred offsite through an encrypted tunnel, and encrypted when at rest at Axcient's data centers.

"As business organizations continue to generate vast amounts of data and seek optimum methods to store and protect them, the growth of storage capacities delivered through storage-as-a-service offerings will outpace traditional storage architectures," said Brad Nisbet, program manager, storage and data management services at industry analyst firm, IDC. "Solutions such those from Axcient that enable more efficient data protection, faster recovery, and greater business continuity are shrinking end-user pain by reducing downtime, simplifying the management of explosive data growth, and easing pressure on capital expenditures."

Axcient Offers SMBs a Comprehensive Set of Data Protection and Business Continuity Services

RapidRestore^TM Data Backup Services
Axcient offers backup for laptops, servers and workstations and supports multiple operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The on-premise data appliance provides fast, network-speed restores that have minimal impact on uptime and allow customers to hit critical recovery time objectives (RTOs). Important files can be continuously backed up as changes are made, increasing protection and reducing backup windows. In addition, customers can restore a whole volume to its original location or select a version of a file folder and restore it to a chosen location.

SmartArchive^TM Data Retention Services
Axcient's data retention algorithm reduces corruption, decreases backup windows, and provides highly customizable archiving and retention settings, which enable customers to meet critical compliance requirements and recovery point objectives.

SmartDR^TM Disaster Recovery Services
In the event of a site failure, Axcient will ship a new data protection appliance, fully loaded with a company's data and system information, to a new or temporary location within 24 hours. Data is stored in multiple offsite locations fitted with the latest security measures to further protect data.

Axcient's 100 Percent Channel Approach Makes It Simple and Profitable for IT Solution Providers to Sell, Implement, and Manage Axcient Deployments
Axcient's business model is 100 percent channel-focused. The company guarantees no direct sales conflicts and has developed a customized channel program to suit the individual business needs of its partners. Axcient's partner program offers various levels including:

Preferred Partner
The Preferred Partner level is designed for reseller partners who do not have the capacity to handle billing internally. Axcient generates the invoice to the end user customer on behalf of the solution provider - including the appropriate logo, billing information, and fees as specified by the solution provider - and handles the complete transaction.

Premium Partner
The Premium level of partnership is built around a traditional approach to billing. It is geared for reseller partners who have their own internal billing infrastructure and prefer to be billed monthly by Axcient and bill their own customers directly.

Elite Partner
The Elite Partner level is aimed at managed service providers (MSPs) who prefer to operate on an aggregate or "wholesale" model. That is, MSPs can purchase blocks of storage from Axcient and then provision the storage according to the needs of their individual customers.

Alliance Partner
The Alliance Partner level is available for any OEM or other large service provider that would like to brand Axcient as its own and sell the product independently. Axcient works with Alliance partners to set up aggressive discounts so that selling the Axcient solution is profitable and a win-win experience for both parties.

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