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Introducing AnyVault (Beta)

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:23:46 +0000

Many existing traditional enterprise backup software can easily cost US$ 1,000 for a single server – and this may not have included expensive and necessary professional service related. Those traditional on-premise software solutions are powerful, and also usually complicated and expensive, and not easily accessible nor affordable by many small to mid-sized businesses.

The problems for those traditional on-premise software offerings have been more and more obvious especially when the cloud-computing campaign moves faster and more forcefully. A good example of cloud-computing, or more precisely, cloud-backup, is Dropbox. Dropbox makes it very easy to "drop" some files in a special foder generated by the service and keep it synced among several computers and also share with anyone. It's a totally cloud-based service and with a good level of ease of use and a very low cost level. Seems a good alternate solution for enterprise customers? The answer might be no for many businesses.

How do you drop a Exchange Server database into Dropbox folder to backup? And what about SQL Server, Oracle? And what about OS backup and restore? Don't have those databases or you don't need to backup OS? Then, how about backup 1 TB of data to Dropbox? …. The question list can go very very long if you're familiar with most of the key benefits of traditional backup solutions.

So, the enterprise users need something that has a good balance. And this is what we're working hard on at the AnyVault team.

AnyVault is designed to be a service that combines most key benefits of both on-premise solutions and cloud-based solutions. Have a quick look at the following embedded slideshow to have a quick glance. More news are coming in.

Dell PowerBackup Solution Enters A New Market – Taiwan

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:46:33 +0000

Last month, Dell LE (Large Enterprise) of Hong Kong joined PowerBackup Solution, and has since then brought PowerBackup Solution powered by EISOO software to many large enterprise customers, helping them better safe guard their crucial business data, increase data availability, and save cost significantly.

And this week, Dell PowerBackup Solution enters a new market – Taiwan. Starting this week, Dell SMB (Small & Medium Businesses) will start to sell the following editions of PowerBackup Solution: Server Edition, Lite Edition, and Standard Edition. Read on to find out the details of each edition, or contact Dell Taiwan.

What we’ve learned from Dell in doing enterprise backup business

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:31:38 +0000

There are many friends who had little confidence with us on the adoption of PowerBackup Solution when it was launched by Dell in mainland China and Hong Kong in the second half of 2009. Now, about half a year passed, PowerBackup Solution proves to be a wise and valuable solution among hard economy time, and is gaining more momentum when Dell LE (Large Enterprise) of Hong Kong joins PowerBackup Solution. We have seen a growing number of enterprise users choose PowerBackup Solution for professional and most affordable backup solution when they are purchasing servers.

What we have learned from Dell PowerBackup Solution

Cost Matters in a Difficult Economy

In the backup industry, many IT service providers usually see decreased revenue of their traditional backup solutions offers in this difficult economy, with many enterprises, big and small, sharply cutting their budgets on purchasing new licenses or upgrading the software. It is obviously a bad news to the people inside the industry.

And, in the Dell PowerBackup Solution case, we have seen a fast growing adoption. why? We held talks with some Dell sales people, and many of they say COST really matters in final decisions. PowerBackup Solution, with similar backup features, costs at 1/3 to 1/10 of the costs of other similar products on the market. In some cases, 1 Dell physical servers plus Dell PowerBackup Solution are cheaper than single server backup license from other backup software. We've known from Dell sales that there are many many customers cannot afford expensive backup software for their critical servers.

Backup Software should be Easy to Use

A great portion of Hong Kong enterprises who do backups rely on IT service providers. And what we know is that it is really expensive. There are many cases that installation of a backup software costs more than the software itself. We don't think this is good for businesses. But there are few other options when traditional backup softwares are so Professional that most people has no clues of how to handle it by themselves. And, there are still many enterprises run without a professional backup solution.

And one of the reasons that enterprises customers endorse PowerBackup Solution is that it is extremely easily to install, deploy and use. You can watch a video demo or download the free trial to see it yourself.

Anyway, markets varies. But, business models also varies. What's your market? Contact us to discuss and see if we can work together to customize a best model for your success.

You may also like to take a quick view of the slides we created for PowerBackup Solution.

Dell LE (Large Enterprise) of Hong Kong joins PowerBackup Solution

Aric Wen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:18:09 +0000

In July 2009, Dell launched PowerBackup Solution for enterprise market of mainland China in its Small & Medium Business Centre, and 3 months later, PowerBackup Solution was officially launched in Hong Kong, also for small and medium businesses. The performance of the solution in both markets beats our expectations.

Today We're very excited to announce that Dell Large Enterprise Department of Hong Kong now joins PowerBackup Solution. Dell Large Enterprise Department normally targets big enterprises with over 200 employees and public organizations, including government and other public institutions. PowerBackup Solution is getting greater momentum now.

Starting this week, the Large Enterprise Department of Dell for Hong Kong will start to sell Server Edition, powered by Eisoo AnyLive 3.1. The Server Edition includes licenses to backup 1 Windows server and 5 Windows PCs. A quick glance of what does AnyLive 3.1 do:

AnyLive 3.1 for Server

PowerBackup Solution Server Edition adopts AnyLive 3.1 Server to backup sever. Main Features includes:

Hot backup of critical files, Exchange, and SQL as the server runs.
Automatic backup of system files and data as scheduled by you.
Fast and easy recovery of lost data or corrupted system.
Supports backup to HDD, USB HDD, USB flash drive, CD/DVD, network places and FTP.

Window Server 2003/2008, Windows XP/Vista/7, and Exchange Server 2003/2007, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 are all supported. Learn More

AnyLive 3.1 for PC

AnyLive 3.1 Professional is adopted in the Server Edition to backup desktop PCs and Laptops. Main Features includes:

Complete Protection for Windows XP/Vista/7
Multiple Backup Destination Options
All-in-One Backup
Automatic Backup
One-click Backup

Windows XP/Vista/7 are supported. Learn More

The following brochure is certified by Dell for use in Hong Kong:

2009 for Eisoo and Happy New Year!

Aric Wen — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:57:45 +0000

In less than 1 hour, the year 2009 will become history. I think it will be the last-minute opportunity to share our view back on the growth of Eisoo.

The top product for 2009 is Eisoo AnyBackup 2.1. AnyBackup 2.1 is an ideal centralized disk-based backup software for small and medium businesses. We have focused on enhancing product stability and fine-tuning the documentations. The feedbacks from end users in Hong Kong and mainland China were quite positive.

In the second half of 2009, until now, we were spending lots of our time preparing new product releases. AnyBackup 3.0, with Continuous Data Protection (CDP), Virtual Media Pool (VMP), and lots of new features and bug fixes, has taken a great portion of our time. For months we have been busy testing the latest builds and preparing lots of documentation. Most of the work for AnyBackup 3.0 is about to be finished and we expect a stable public release in next few weeks. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of our partners that have been participated in the beta testing.

We have also spent lots of time preparing other important products that will also be released in January 2010.

Firstly, it was AnyLive 3.1. AnyLive 3.1 is a backup software for single server or PC/laptop. The server edition will come with support for Windows file server, Exchange Server and SQL Server. The server edition is expected to be bundled with Dell servers and directly sold by Dell in 2010, just like the AnyBackup.

And we were also very excited to work with Dell for a new all-in-one storage and backup device that will be called Dell PowerBackup Solution Storage and Backup Appliance. It will be an appliance that combines Dell hardwares and Eisoo backup software and storage system. Backup features for the appliance are mostly the same with AnyBackup 3.0. Storage feature includes iSCSI, online RAID expansion and many others. More details will come.

There also many achievements in AnyVault, the cloud backup platform. Beta releases will come next few months. We are also going to share more insights into the innovative solution.

Many many thanks to all of our partners and colleagues that helped make our backup solutions better in 2009. 2010 will be a more exciting year when most of the products graduate from the lab. Stay tuned and Happy New Year!

Welcome to Eisoo Buzz!

Aric Wen — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:07:11 +0000

This is the first post on Eisoo Buzz, the official blog of Eisoo Technology Co., Ltd. Just like a baby that is just born to the world, we do not have much to share with you right now. But it is assured that there will be many interesting stories coming with the rapid expansion in the international backup industry. So, stay tuned for articles in the following topics to come:

1) New technology achievements in Eisoo and the benefits to enterprise users and individual consumers;

2) New backup software releases and backup solutions from Eisoo;

3) New business partnership and opportunity announcements;

4) Other interesting stories that we think bring fun

Oh, please remember to act fast when we are sending out limited number of gift cards for our backup softwares and solutions.