US firm to ship low cost retrieval system 18 June
XactLabs Inc. has announced that it is preparing to ship Atrieva, a low-cost, online backup and data retrieval system. Software will reside on your PC, and every night it will automatically dial-up, connect over the Internet, and backup any new or changed files that have been designated.

XactLabs has begun licensing the technology to third-party vendors who will provide both data backup and retrieval support. MCI announced their Atrieva-based system, Network MCI Backup, at the Spring Comdex show. It is being tested now and should be available in late summer.

Al Higginson, president of XactLabs, told Newsbytes, "The MCI offering should be the first online, Internet backup system available to the general public. Other licensees should follow shortly after the MCI public rollout. For the foreseeable future, Atrieva will only be available bundled by third-party vendors like MCI."

XactLabs plans to offer these technologies to additional hardware, software, communications, and data storage companies for bundling opportunities with Atrieva. These partners will provide the communication, billing, customer service, and data storage requirements for Atrieva.

According to XactLabs, with Atrieva software, a user designates critical files that they want backed up every night. At a set time every night, the software activates the Internet connection, and any new or changed data is automatically backed up. The data is compressed, encrypted, virus scanned, and transmitted to redundant storage facilities. The data will be stored, and available 24 hours and day, seven days a week.

"By bringing together reputable partners, Atrieva users will experience the convenience of selecting their own providers," continued Higginson. "Because data resides on dual remote sites, it is more secure than any other online backup option. If one site was rendered inaccessible for any reason, the other would have a mirrored image of the customers data. This actually makes Atrieva ideal for use as a remote hard disk."

(Richard Bowers/19960618/Press Contact: Bill McEwen, XactLabs, 206-749-2932)


From the NEWSBYTES news service, 18 June