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Carbonite Announces Online Backup Partnership with LaCie
BOSTON — November 20, 2008 — Carbonite, Inc., the leading provider of
online backup to consumers and small businesses, announced today it has
signed a partnership agreement with LaCie, a leading manufacturer of
computer peripherals, to power LaCie One Year Online Backup. The
one-year unlimited online backup, powered by Carbonite, is bundled with
the purchase of eligible LaCie consumer external storage hard drives.
"We are very pleased that LaCie decided to power its external hard drive
online backup with Carbonite," said David Friend, co-founder and CEO of
Carbonite. "We take pride in our mission to offer the most secure and
simplistic backup solution available. LaCie's dedication to quality data
storage products is a natural extension to our backup service and we
look forward to similar partnerships in the future."
Launching this
month, LaCie One Year Online Backup will be available worldwide to PC
users who purchase a LaCie consumer external hard drive, with a version
for Mac users to be released at a later date. Available at no charge for
the first year, LaCie One Year Online Backup will offer unlimited
backup of photos, music, financial records and other irreplaceable
files. After the one-year subscription included with purchase, users
will be able to continue backing up their LaCie hard drive for just
$99.95 per year.
"Taking into account the quality of information users
place on our drives, we wanted to go beyond our expertise in hardware
to provide the best options to our customers," said Philippe Spruch,
LaCie CEO. "LaCie One Year Online Backup provides one year of unlimited
online backup to showcase the importance of backup strategies that keep
data safe and our dedication to helping users get there."
LaCie One
Year Online Backup installs with just a few clicks and runs quietly in
the background, continually backing up the selected folders whenever the
computer is connected to the Internet. Data is encrypted before leaving
the local hard drive and is transmitted to the secure data center using
HTTPS (SSL) for total privacy. The automatic data encryption and
backup occurs while the computer is idle and does not interfere with the
computer's or external hard drive's performance.
LaCie Online Backup
is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German,
Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish. Users in multi-lingual countries
such as Canada, Belgium and Switzerland have their choice of language
at the time of the PC setup process.
About LaCie
Located in
the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore, and Hong Kong,
LaCie is the leading manufacturer of computer peripherals for PC, Apple,
and Linux users. LaCie creates external storage solutions and color
monitors that help professionals and everyday users easily manage their
digital lives. LaCie has differentiated its products through original
designs and leading-edge technology. Established in France in 1989,
LaCie is listed on Euronext under FR0000054314 (LAC). For more
information, visit www.lacie.com.
About Carbonite
Carbonite launched its Online Backup service in May 2006. Carbonite's
industry-first offer of unlimited backup space for a flat low price
revolutionized the market for consumer and small business backup
services. So far, the company has backed up more than 4 billion files,
has restored more than 300 million lost files for its customers and has a
large data center where capacity is measured in petabytes. There are
Carbonite users in more than 120 countries. Founded in 2005, Carbonite
believes that computer users should not have to think about backup. The
company's mission is to provide an affordable, reliable, secure and
easy-to-use solution for the mainstream computer user. Carbonite is
available to consumers and small businesses through numerous channels,
including its corporate Web site, major US retailers and international
distributors. Carbonite is available to consumers and small business
through numerous channels, including its corporate Web site, major US
retailers and international distributors. For more information, please
visit www.carbonite.co.uk.
