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Hmm, pricing to me seems to be pretty iffy, at least if I look at it along the lines of what it would cost a department of the size that I work for. You can pay for a lot of local backup for those prices. That said, I've tried the crashplan software out for my own use (among other things, one feature I liked was that you can backup to an attached external drive, the "cloud", or another pc that you have on the net somewhere - which you could seed with a locally done backup first). However, I never did manage to successfully complete a backup of my home machine with it, it'd run for a long time, then eventually get into a loop where the service would constantly restart. Played with it a lot, but never did get it to work properly. So it wouldn't exactly inspire me with confidence on it's suitability for an enterprise system. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Kim Geiger <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sounds intriguing. > > > >>> On 9/17/2013 at 9:33 AM, Todd Sedmak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Code42 Delivers Enterprise Endpoint Backup Service to Universities > Nationwide through Internet2 NET+ Initiative Arizona State, Naval > Postgraduate School, Notre Dame, Stanford, University of Texas and > University of Washington successfully pilot cloud-based endpoint backup > > *Minneapolis–-Sept. 17, 2013-–*Code42 <http://www.code42.com/>, > developers of award-winning, private and public cloud-based endpoint backup > solutions for consumers <http://www.crashplan.com/>, businesses<http://www.crashplan.com/business> and > the enterprise <http://www.crashplan.com/enterprise>, today announced it > is providing CrashPlan enterprise endpoint backup services to universities > nationwide through Internet2's NET+ Initiative<http://www.internet2.edu/netplus/crashplan/index.html> > . > > As a member-owned, advanced technology community consisting of more than > 245 U.S. universities, Internet2 provides a collaborative environment for > members to solve common technology challenges and develop innovative > solutions. CrashPlan PROe's inclusion in the NET+ service portfolio > benefits Internet2 members via pre-negotiated contractual terms and the > assurance PROe has met the rigorous technology standards set forth by > Internet2. > > Before the university community adopted CrashPlan as part of NET+, six > Internet2-member universities validated and successfully piloted it: > Arizona State University, Naval Postgraduate School, Stanford University, > University of Notre Dame, University of Texas at Austin and University of > Washington. Several other universities are engaged in CrashPlan trials and > evaluations. > > "In higher ed, everything we do is continuously enhanced by mobile > technologies. So, it's essential our information is not only backed up but > retrievable from wherever we're working," said Ron Kraemer, vice president > and chief information and digital officer at Notre Dame. "Using CrashPlan, > we plan to back up devices not persistently connected to our storage > infrastructure to fully protect data residing on faculty/staff laptops and > desktops." > > "Technologies and services included in the Internet2 NET+ Initiative must > be cost-effective, easy to access, simple to administer and uniquely suited > to the needs of universities and research organizations," said Shel > Waggener, senior vice president for Internet2. "CrashPlan delivers on all > fronts. It provides deep encryption and proven endpoint data protection at > tremendous scale, giving member institutions confidence their important > data is securely backed up to secure facilities across Internet2's > high-performance research and education network." > > "Protecting the intellectual property of tomorrow should be so easy, you > can get started today," said Matthew Dornquast, co-founder and chief > executive officer of Code42. "With this formalized agreement, Internet2 > members can deploy continuous data protection globally, within minutes." > > For more information about CrashPlan enterprise endpoint backup, visit > www.crashplan.com/enterprise. For universities interested in the > Internet2 NET+ CrashPlan offering, email [log in to unmask], visit > http://www.internet2.edu/netplus/crashplan or meet Code42 staff in booth > #1575 Oct. 15-18, 2013, at the EDUCAUSE 2013 Annual Conference<http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference> > . > > *About Code42* > Code42, a privately held company based in Minneapolis, Minn., has been > developing software to protect the world's data since 2001. Code42's > enterprise backup solution, CrashPlan PROe, is used by thousands of > companies around the world to safeguard their data. The company also offers > industry-leading backup software for homes and small businesses: CrashPlan > and CrashPlan PRO. All products offer multi-destination, cross-platform > backup to both public and managed private clouds. For more information, > visit http://www.code42.com. > > *About Internet2® • www.internet2.edu* > Internet2® is a member-owned advanced technology community founded by the > nation's leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 provides > a collaborative environment for U.S. research and education organizations > to solve common technology challenges, and to develop innovative solutions > in support of their educational, research, and community service missions. > > Internet2 consists of more than 220 U.S. universities, 60 leading > corporations, 70 government agencies, 38 regional and state education > networks and more than 100 national research and education networking > partners representing more than 50 countries. Internet2 offices are located > in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Emeryville, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. For more > information, visit www.internet2.edu or follow @Internet2 on Twitter. > > Media contacts: > > Code42: > > Lindsey Frey Haberman, 612-372-6449 or [log in to unmask] > > Internet2 > > Todd Sedmak, 202-331-5373 or [log in to unmask] > >