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Carbonite to Enter Into Business Associate Agreements with HIPAA-Compliant Businesses Ahead of Federal Deadline
Tue September 3, 2013
BOSTON, Sept. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbonite, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARB), a leading provider ofcloud solutionsthat keep small businesses and home offices running smoothly,today announced that it will enter into Business Associate Agreements with HIPAA-compliant businesses, providing the healthcare industry with secure access to cloud backup services. Carbonite it is one of the first cloud backup vendors to announce its compliance with the new federal HIPAA regulations, which become effective on September 23, 2013.
Changes in Federal HIPAA Regulations
Companies that create, receive, maintain or transmit protected health information on behalf of a covered entity are now considered business associates under the new federal regulations. Carbonite supports the compliance requirements of covered entities by implementing administrative, physical and technical safeguards to protect the backed up data of its Business and BusinessPremier customers.
New HIPAA Features for Carbonite Business Customers
· Business Associate Agreement: Carbonite's Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is based on the federal government's standard, so customers can rest easy knowing their backed up data is secure and meets Business Associate compliance requirements. To request a copy of Carbonite's BAA, please call 1-855-CARB-BIZ or send an email to .
· Administrative, Physical and Technical Safeguards: The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals' electronic personal health information that is created, received, used or maintained by a covered entity. Carbonite has implemented the appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and security of its HIPAA-compliant customers' electronic protected health information.
· Remote File Access: All Carbonite Business users can experience the convenience of having their files at their fingertips with Carbonite's Anytime, Anywhere Access, provided the user is not managing their own encryption key. Anytime, Anywhere Access allows people to access their backed up files from nearly any internet-connected device, either by signing into Carbonite.com on any computer or using the free Carbonite Mobile app for iOS, Android and BlackBerry devices. Files can be downloaded, saved and emailed, so employees can access their own backed up files whether they're at home, in the office or on the road.
Carbonite Business Offers Affordable Backup Options for Every Office
Carbonite's flexible and scalable solutions can protect businesses of all sizes, from a two-dentist practice to a medical office with 100 employees or more. Carbonite Business automatically backs up an unlimited number of computers for an annual flat fee of $229.99 with 250GB of storage included, whileCarbonite BusinessPremier backs up an unlimited number of computers and servers with 500GB of storage included for $599.99 per year. As businesses (and data) grow, it's easy to add additional storage packs, new users and devices to their Carbonite accounts.
HIPAA Webinars
Carbonite has scheduled webinars to educate resellers and small businesses on data protection under the new federal HIPAA regulations:
· Carbonite Resellers & HIPAA: Thursday, September 26, 2013. 12 1pm ET.
Description: In this webinar, you'll learn about how Carbonite Business can help you protect your healthcare industry clients' data, while helping them with their HIPAA compliance. We'll discuss therecent changes to the HIPAA standards, how it affects you and your clients, and how Carbonite can help. To register, visit http://cbnt.it/174E2eU.
· Carbonite for Healthcare Small Businesses: Tuesday, October 1, 2013. 12 1pm ET.
Description: In this webinar, you'll learn about how you can use Carbonite Business to protect the data in your healthcare organization, to ensure ongoing HIPAA compliance. We'll discuss therecent changes to the HIPAA standards, how it affects you and how Carbonite can help. To register, visit http://cbnt.it/1a5TjnX.
Looking for more information? Contact the Carbonite Business team at 1-855-CARB-BIZ begin_of_the_skype_highlighting1-855-CARB-BIZFREEend_of_the_skype_highlighting or send an email to .
About Carbonite
Carbonite(NASDAQ: CARB) keeps small businesses and home offices running smoothly. Carbonite offers a comprehensive suite of affordable services for data protection, recovery and anywhere, anytime access. More than 1.5 million customers, including 50,000 small businesses, trust Carbonite's secure, easy-to-usecloud backup solutionsand award-winning U.S.-based customer support. For more information, please visitCarbonite.com, connect with us on Twitter@carboniteand
Tech Data Partners With Carbonite to Offer Cloud Solutions for SMBs
Wed August 7, 2013
http://seekingalpha.com/news-article/7280232-tech-data-partners-with-carbonite-to-offer-cloud-solutions-for-smbs
CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tech Data Corporation (TECD) (Nasdaq:TECD) and Carbonite, Inc. (Nasdaq:CARB), a leading provider of cloud backup solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and home offices, today announced a partnership to offer Carbonite's suite of cloud data protection solutions through Tech Data's TDCloud business unit. Carbonite's portfolio of solutions, including Carbonite Business, Carbonite BusinessPremier, and Carbonite BusinessPremier with Enhanced Server Backup, are available immediately to Tech Data's channel of solutions providers in the U.S. The announcement was made in conjunction with the company's TDCloud Partner Summit, being held this week at the Westin Tampa Harbour Island Hotel in Tampa, Florida.
"This partnership is beneficial for our SMB resellers looking to adopt a comprehensive suite of affordable and reliable data backup solutions," said Joe Quaglia, senior vice president, U.S. Marketing, president, TDMobility at Tech Data. "Carbonite's services for data collection add another SMB-focused solution to our growing TDCloud business unit. Carbonite's solutions offer critical protection for business development, with ease of use that is key for our SMB partners."
"We are excited to partner with Tech Data to help us further accelerate our ability to reach more channel partners," said Pete Lamson, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing at Carbonite."With Carbonite, our channel partners are armed to help their small business clients focus on their core businesses confident they can work with one provider to ensure all of their clients' critical data assets are backed up easily and affordably."
Carbonite's comprehensive cloud backup ensures trusted, secure and affordable online backup to protect small businesses' most important data, offering easy-to-use and secure solutions with anytime, anywhere access via any internet-connected device.Authorized Carbonite resellers gain access to the Carbonite web-based administrative dashboard to manage and monitor their clients' backups. Additionally, Carbonite's proprietary technology supports HIPAA compliance through automated off-site data protection with on-demand recovery, while ensuring strict data security and confidentiality.
Tech Data's TDCloud business unit is a team of cloud experts dedicated to supporting Tech Data's channel of resellers through education, enablement, and adoption of cloud and subscription-based services. TDCloud is powered by Tech Data's StreamOne platform, an automated technology that scales the business and operational scope associated with cloud and subscription services.
To learn more about TDCloud, contact the TDCloud team at (800) 237-8931 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting(800) 237-8931FREEend_of_the_skype_highlighting, ext. 87663, email , or visit the TDCloud website.
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation is one of the world's largest wholesale distributors of technology products, services and solutions. Its advanced logistics capabilities and value added services enable 120,000 resellers in more than 100 countries to efficiently and cost effectively support the diverse technology needs of end users. To learn more, visit www.techdata.com , or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
About Carbonite
Carbonite (CARB) keeps small businesses and home offices running smoothly. Carbonite offers a comprehensive suite of affordable services for data protection, recovery and anywhere, anytime access. More than 1.5 million customers and 50,000 small businesses trust Carbonite's secure, easy-to-use cloud backup solutions and award-winning U.S.-based customer support. For more information, please visit Carbonite.com, connect with us on Twitter @carbonite and @carbonitebiz, or visit our Facebook page.
Could Carbonite Disrupt SMB Backup Market?
http://channelnomics.com/2013/03/15/carbonite-disrupt-smb-backup-market/
March 15, 2013
A new Spiceworks survey finds the average small business spends $5,700 per year on backup products and management, and the majority is relatively satisfied with their investments. However, up to one-third of the 1,012 survey participants believe their backup approaches are insufficient and 42 percent believe their data recovery abilities are inadequate.
On the technology side, the Spiceworks survey found the majority of SMBs (60 percent) are using direct attached storage – mostly tape – as their primary backup system. Adoption of hosted backup solutions is growing, with 30 percent now subscribing to a service and 14 percent planning to invest in a hosted solution this year.
More interesting is the sponsor of this research, cloud backup pioneer Carbonite, which is getting very aggressive in expanding beyond its consumer roots into the SMB marketplace. The connotations of high budgets on backup and growing demand points to the opportunity Carbonite is looking to exploit as it builds its SMB market and channel.
But what could be more interesting is whether Carbonite could play the role of market spoiler. Like the multitude of other backup providers, Carbonite is looking to the channel to provide market coverage and rapid growth. It’s adding more functionality, now providing HIPAA-compliant storage and database backup capabilities, which is getting it closer to more sophisticated midmarket backup services. The difference, though, is price.
According to the CTTA State of the Cloud Channel report, backup is the most prevalent cloud service delivered through solution providers, with 61 percent offering some form of managed or hosted offering. Solution providers say they see steady demand for backup, as it tops the list of the most requested services. And, solution providers see backup as having the best chance of retaining its value over the next two years.
Carbonite is selling its clientless cloud backup services for as low as $59 per year per computer. For small businesses, flat rate backup services range from $229 per year up to 250 GB to $599 per year up to 500 GB with no limit on the number of attached endpoints. With such pricing, Carbonite is clearly looking to attack the $5,700 backup spend on conventional services.
However, Carbonite could prove disruptive to managed and cloud-based backup services sold through the channel. There’s no shortage of backup technology companies. While some have brand recognition – Acronis, Axcient, Intronis, Zmada, Datto, to name a few and there are dozens more – none have market dominance. Their model is to provide the infrastructure and tools to enable solution providers and MSPs to deliver and managed cloud services. While not hugely expensive, the per-seat service price can range from $10 to $25 per month. For a 10 person office, the backup costs could run into the thousands of dollars annually.
While Carbonite is a functional and efficient backup service, it’s not for every business. It lacks the ability to backup servers and images, as well as applications. The 500 GB package may be good for a small business, but midmarket shops with 25 to 100 seats will easily exceed that boundary over the course of a year. For such businesses, the more traditional managed service backup provider is probably a better option, as performance and functionality is often more important than price.
However, as SMBs start looking for more efficient and effective backup solutions, they will buy mostly on price and “good enough” functionality. This is where Carbonite and similar services, such as Mozy, will win the volume battle. In the process, Carbonite could dampen the average sale price and profitability of even more sophisticated services, as customers will demand more of them based on the volume pricing model.
Survey: Backup and Disaster Recovery Challenges Persist at Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
Forty-Five Percent of Respondents Have Experienced Data Loss
AUSTIN, TX, Mar 14, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Data protection and disaster recovery planning is a priority but remains a challenge for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), according to the results of a recent survey by Spiceworks(TM), the vertical network for IT. The study "Backing up SMBs" is sponsored by Carbonite, a provider of cloud backup solutions for consumers and small businesses.
More than 1,000 SMB IT professionals responded to the recent survey, which investigates backup and recovery budgets, technologies, planning, and key considerations for companies with fewer than 1,000 employees. According to the survey, 45 percent of respondents said their organization had experienced a data loss, costing an average of nearly $9,000 in recovery fees. Of those, 54 percent say the data loss was due to a hardware failure.
"Data is the lifeblood of any business -- big or small," said Deni Connor, founding analyst of Storage Strategies NOW. "The opportunity to provide small and mid-sized businesses with better and more cost-effective ways to protect and recover data is huge. While these companies may have smaller IT staffs, they collectively account for a significant portion of the total backup and recovery market."
Additional highlights from the recent survey include:
· SMBs spend an average of $5,700 each year to manage data backup and
recovery environments. While the majority of respondents (70 percent)
are satisfied with current backup methods, nearly one-third (30
percent) believe their approaches and technologies are insufficient.
· When it comes to disaster recovery, an even greater number of SMBs (42
percent) believe their company's plans fall short. Furthermore, only
30 percent think all information would be recoverable in the event of
a disaster.
· The top technology used by small and mid-sized businesses to back up
information is direct-attached storage (DAS), with approximately 60
percent using a form of this approach. However, hosted or cloud-based
backup and recovery offerings have gained a footing among SMBs.
Currently, 30 percent of SMBs use hosted solutions and 14 percent plan
to invest in a hosted offering within the next year.
· Reliability and security are the top two priorities for SMBs
considering hosted backup solutions. Of those currently using or
planning to implement a private, hybrid or public cloud backup
platform, 77 percent prefer a private or hybrid approach while 23
percent favor a public cloud offering.
"While small and mid-sized businesses recognize the importance of having a data protection and recovery plan, many are using on-premise hardware that leaves them vulnerable to data loss from device failure, performing manual backups infrequently or on-premise problems that affect both the original copy and backups, such as power surges, natural disasters or theft," said Piyum Samaraweera, director of product management at Carbonite. "Cloud backup solutions are an affordable alternative that are simple to manage, secure and reliable, and easily scalable as a business grows."