Last September we were on the road with our technology partner Parallels. In several EMEA cities we promoted our backup service integration module for the Parallels Automation platform. On the road show in Amsterdam, Roland met the WHIR tv film crew and they were very interested in the this module. See the interview below where Roland explains the benefits of control panel integration, the downsides of tape backup, and our seed-load technology.

Apart from being a marketing man, I am also a quite fanatic webdeveloper. For developing the logic for websites and other online tools I have a big preference for the scripting language PHP. It is fairly easy and fast way to build average functionality. As a PHP developer is soon learned the ease of using MySQL databases to store and retrieve my data since PHP has a lot of standard functions to communicate with MySQL.

What really made my day was when the guys from development told me that they were planning on releasing a backup possibility in the client software for MySQL databases. It was always a great hassle to secure my databases; manually logging into phpMyAdmin, go to the export screen, selecting tables, defining export options, etc. Doing this once is not such a big deal, but doing this on a daily basis makes it really annoying! Moreover, this way of backing up is neither differential nor incremental. Since I already use the BackupAgent client software, this was a real cool and useful addition!



In the meantime, the new client software is released and I performed my first backups of the MySQL databases. And the first results are promising! Of course, I have tried the most important part of the functionality: the restore. All went really smooth.


Thanks partners for this feature request, and thanks development for this successful execution!

I was positively surprised when I heard that we were nominated for the Channel Xcellence Awards for the second time in a row! After a very promising runner-up position last year, we are again nominated for the ‘Innovative Business Partner Award’. Next to that, we are also nominated in a new category ‘Economic Survivor Award’. I guess I don’t have to explain why this is a new category.

A little bit of background information: these awards, organized by ChannelWorld, are from channel businesses, for channel businesses. This means that companies within the channel can select nominees for several award categories. This makes it a real sincere election.

Knowing that we are nominated by the people that we do business with is great. I feel real honoured and at the same time I believe that our partner-focused approach can take credit for this. Both nominations motivate me even more to continue building on an extended partner support program.

Since we are nominated, I want to take it all the way:

I hope to count on your vote!

We've launched a major release of our client software for Windows last month (version 3.13.2.1). The most important new features and functionality are listed below:

• The new major release of the Online Backup Client for Windows officially introduces the support for 64-bit operating systems, including the newly released Windows 2008 R2.
• Logging and error reporting has been greatly improved to make it more informative and understandable for the user.
• Finally, small files cannot only be backed up in a batch, but restored in a batch as well! This will save our customers lots of time and increases the usability of this new Client.

Support for Windows 7 and MS SQL 2008

Currently we are performing internal tests to officially support Windows 7 and MS SQL 2008. The Windows Client has already successfully past the Microsoft certification process, so soon there will be more to announce!

First feedback from our customers

Today the new Windows Client generates alot of positive feedback! This encourages us to introduce a new generation of our software in 2010.

It’s finally coming; the long awaited support for Windows Server 2008 will come. We decided to include support for Windows Server 2008 R2 right away, since it was recently released by Microsoft as the successor of Windows Server 2008.

What took us so long?

To tell you the truth: we rock on Windows Server 2003. Over the years, BackupAgent Provider (our server software) really proved to be highly stable. In fact it was such a success that we decided to be absolutely sure we could build on that reputation regarding Windows Server 2008. Therefore, we turned the new Microsoft platform inside out.

More power out of the same hardware

Many of our hosting partners have become highly enthusiastic about Windows Server 2008. They especially refer to IIS7, which is significantly more efficient then IIS6. Also, the SMB2 protocol is a better network storage protocol then the original SMB protocol on Windows 2003; it allows hosters to drain more power from of their existing hardware. For BackupAgent it is yet another step in maintaining our position as most scalable and high-available solution in the market.

Easy installation

We’ll launch a demonstration movie soon to demonstrate how to install our product on a new Windows Server 2008 instance!