Attix5 powers Tiscali backup drive
Issued by: Kuyima Communications
[Johannesburg, 20 October 2004] - Internet service
provider (ISP), Tiscali, has announced a 12-month
licensing agreement with remote backup and retrieval
specialist, Attix5. The deal adds impetus to the ISP's
continuing drive to add value to its subscriber base.
Says Grant McCulloch, product manager at Tiscali:
"We believe that enhancing the user's whole network
experience is key to adding value and our new bundled
dial-up package is aimed at doing just that. It offers
additional mailboxes, SMS e-mail notification, the
Tiscali Web Filter application and, of course, 10MB
free backup.
"We've made a concerted effort to educate our
customers on the importance of backup, but it's not
an easy process. People tend to react once disaster
strikes, but, hopefully, promoting our backup service
will address this."
Non-Tiscali users can access the backup service for
a nominal fee and users requiring more than the standard
10MB backup are charged at incremental rates.
Tiscali, adds McCulloch, formed a relationship with
Attix5 two years ago when several clients requested
an individual backup service. While other solutions
were evaluated, familiarity with the Attix5 Backup
Professional solution and the company's proven international
track record were deal clinchers.
"Backup Professional is a fully automated, easy
to use, secure Web-based application. Attix5 has expended
considerable time and money in the research and development
of a superior product and we have found the company's
technical support to be superb," he says.
Attix5's account manager, Peter Innes, says the deal
with Tiscali represents a significant step forward
in the promotion of secure data retention and protection
as it means that Tiscali dial-up users now have free
and easy access to technology from the recognised
world leader in remote data backup and retrieval.
"For Attix5, the association with one of SA's
leading ISPs is important in terms of raising brand
awareness and disseminating our product to a wider
customer base."
McCulloch says the contract will be reviewed after
12 months and, depending on user take-up, a further
"bundle" of licences will be purchased or
the relationship will be continued on an ad hoc basis.
