Barracuda Networks Announces Enhanced EMEA Channel Partner Program

Barracuda Networks today announced enhancements to its channel program throughout Europe. Highlights of the program include deal registration for increased sales protection as well as a tiered reseller plan to reward successful partners with greater discounts and to aid partner recruitment.

Improvements to the channel program are being implemented following months of extensive executive discussions between Barracuda Networks channel executives and partners throughout Europe.

“We invested three months of executive time meeting with partners and customers to define the optimal programme and have built in changes with the feedback from those discussions in mind,” said Michael Hughes, vice president of channels at Barracuda Networks. “Barracuda Networks provides 25,000 leads to the worldwide channel every year and we have developed this program to both reward resellers that perform well for Barracuda Networks and to encourage new resellers to join us.”

For the first time partners in Europe can take advantage of online deal registration to record deals early on and prevent the customer opportunity from becoming available to other channel partners. Barracuda Networks has also restructured its reseller base into three levels – Diamond, Platinum and Authorized.

“The new structure is expected to provide a number of things for our partners including greater control over the sales process, incentive for partners to become certified and trained, as well as to encourage more partners to offer Barracuda Networks solutions as the first on their line card for customers,” said Hughes.

Benefits for partners can include up to 30 percent discounts (including deal registration discount of up to 10 percent), rapid replacement, teaming agreements, customized support, sales support in the form of qualified leads, 50 percent not-for-resale discount, as well as the opportunity to sell premium support and more depending on partner level. There is also an initial 90-day pilot program to allow partners an opportunity to meet the qualification criteria for the next status level.

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Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Introduces New Features

Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced the addition of new features targeted at larger service provider and enterprise customers. Major features include delegated administration for multitenant services, new administrative roles for help desk personnel, and enforcement of granular site-to-site email encryption policies.

“While much of Barracuda Networks’ success has been in selling to small-to-medium sized businesses, the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall serves a significant base of customers who have large email volumes including enterprises, large educational institutions, government agencies, and service providers,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks. “By enabling larger service providers to delegate administration and policy across different levels of staff, the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall becomes even more economical as a multitenant solution – all with no per user or per message fees.”

Delegated domain administration enables customers of service providers offering spam and virus filtering services based on Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewalls to customize their own filtering policy, deliver blocked email, and run traffic reports. Individual domain administrators can also delegate responsibility to their own help desk employees to support their own user populations. By delegating administrative tasks, service providers can reduce their own help desk costs while offering more flexibility to their end customers. Delegated domain administration is available Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 600 models and higher. Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 300 models and higher will now feature domain help desk roles.

Nines B.V., a high-value service provider headquartered in the Netherlands and an early user of the new firmware features, provides managed incoming and outgoing spam and virus filtering using a high availability cluster of Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewalls for a number of clients including EMI Music, Qualcomm, Johnson & Johnson and Ernst & Young. With delegated domain administration and increased administrative functions for help desk personnel, Nines’ clients are now able to directly manage their own domains without having to rely on the Nines IT staff.

“Allowing our clients to have greater direct access to their spam and virus filtering policies for their own domains has helped us to minimize administration costs for our own IT team and has allowed us to focus on other aspects of the business,” said Matthey van Ramele, manager for Nines B.V.

In addition, the full Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall product line can now enforce granular site-to-site email encryption policy using the industry standard SMTP/TLS protocol.

“As organizations develop their own internal policies to comply with regulations such as PCI DSS, Gramm-Leach Bliley, Sarbanes-Oxley, and HIPAA, they have recognized the need to encrypt transmission of confidential email over public networks,” said Pao. “While traditional end-to-end encryption technologies have been plagued with interoperability and usability issues, site-to-site encryption has continued to increase in usage because of the ubiquity of support by email servers on the Internet and transparency to users using traditional email clients.”

Formerly restricted to global policy management, the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall now enables administrators to specify email encryption requirements between specified sender and recipient domains, enabling administrators to force encryption between close business partners, while allowing unencrypted communication with others.

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Barracuda Networks Launches Integrated Local and Cloud-based Backup Solution

Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced the European launch of its Barracuda Backup Service, a complete local and cloud-based data backup and disaster recovery solution for any size or type of business.

The Barracuda Backup Service is an affordable, integrated local and offsite data backup solution that combines the Barracuda Backup Server for rapid restoration on the local network with the Barracuda Backup Service, a secure cloud-based backup service hosted by two data centres in Europe.

UK-based FitFlop, a global health and well-being footwear brand, was introduced to the Barracuda Backup Service via Ventrus, a trusted local Barracuda Networks reseller. FitFlop selected the Barracuda Backup Service for its relatively low start-up and running costs and its ability to provide an immediate response in an emergency.

“The Barracuda Backup Service was ideal for a fast growing company like us,” said Simon O’Sullivan, head of IT for FitFlop. “No other cloud-based storage solution came close to matching Barracuda Networks for its tiny footprint, granularity of control and incredibly simple licensing model.”

Complete Data Backup Solution
The Barracuda Backup Service provides a complete and affordable SME / SMB data backup solution from a single vendor. The Barracuda Backup Service can back up data directly from nearly all operating systems and comes included with backup software to natively provide application backups of Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server and Windows System State. The combination of inclusive backup software, integrated local storage, data de-duplication technology, and offsite cloud-based storage, found in the Barracuda Backup Service, leads to significantly simplified deployment and cost savings for customers.

“Customers in Europe, particularly those in the midmarket, have trended toward on-site solutions for data backup and recovery primarily due to security and privacy concerns,” said Carla Arend, program manager, IDC European Storage Software and Services Research. “Barracuda Networks’ approach in combining a server on site for fast restore of data locally as well as replicating data offsite should serve this market, as well as larger enterprise customers, very well because it has a very reasonable pricepoint and is backed by strong security for data protection.”

“The Barracuda Backup Service offers Europe’s SMBs and SMEs access to enterprise-class data protection and disaster recovery at a fraction of the traditional cost,” said Michael Hughes, Barracuda Networks vice president of channels, EMEA. “Simple to use and occupying up to 1/50th of the normal backup storage footprint, customers are welcoming the Barracuda Backup Service for its convenience as much as for its exceptional value.”

The Barracuda Backup Service safely maintains backup data offsite using efficient and secure data transfers to offsite data centres and provides industry-leading policy management for data retention. Replication techniques in the Barracuda Backup Service benefit from advanced data de-duplication technology designed by Barracuda Networks to conserve bandwidth and reduce storage requirements. Capabilities of the Barracuda Backup Service include:

* Automatic Backups. Administrators set schedules to run backups throughout the day, eliminating many risks associated with manual backup techniques.
* Included Backup Software. The Barracuda Backup Service provides all of the backup software most businesses require, including native backups of Microsoft Exchange and SQL Servers and Windows System State.
* Full Local Backup and Restore. The Barracuda Backup Server offers sufficient storage for a complete copy of an organization’s current and historical data. Administrators can restore data directly from the Barracuda Backup Server at fast speeds.
* Secure, Cloud-based Offsite Storage. Affordable cloud-based storage provides an offsite data backup for disaster recovery. Multiple layers of encryption, including AES 256-bit, protect the integrity of data transferred and stored offsite at two data centres on highly redundant disk-based hardware with the Barracuda Backup Service.
* Data De-Duplication. The Barracuda Backup Service reduces the storage and transfer requirements for backups by analyzing each file at the bit level and only copying, transferring and archiving new bit sequences. This advanced de-duplication technology is applied within a single file's revision history as well as across the entire backup volume.
* Multiple Location Centralized Management. The Barracuda Backup Service allows for the management of backup infrastructure across multiple remote locations from a single administration login. Service alert notifications are automatically sent to administrators.
* Regulatory Compliance. The Barracuda Backup Service encompasses the security requirements to cover a wide range of industry-specific regulations.

The Barracuda Backup Service user interface makes it easy to manage and back up data on the Barracuda Backup Server and to schedule reoccurring offsite data backups to the cloud. In addition, Barracuda Central, an advanced operations centre, provisions and monitors the health of the Barracuda Backup Service and provides 24x7 technical support and emergency restoration assistance in the event of disaster or local backup system failure.

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Barracuda Networks Acquires Purewire

Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in content security appliances, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Purewire Inc. (Purewire™), an award-winning SaaS-based secure Web gateway provider. This combination broadens the company’s cloud-based platform, enabling it to extend its market leading security solutions across a variety of delivery models including appliance, SaaS and hybrid. Additionally, this acquisition deepens Barracuda Networks’ security research and threat detection capabilities.

“The addition of Purewire’s award-winning Web security-as-a-service platform to our security product portfolio greatly enhances our ability to provide customers with the best solution for their network environment,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. “Further, this combination expands our set of SaaS-based solutions, provides new infrastructure and technology, and creates enormous potential to extend our cloud services across all of our rapidly growing product lines.”

With more than 85,000 customers worldwide, Barracuda Networks is the global volume leader in integrated network solutions for comprehensive email, Internet, Web and IM protection. Using its established worldwide sales channel, Barracuda Networks will introduce the Purewire product line to a broader global market. As part of the acquisition, Mike Van Bruinisse, Purewire co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, joins Barracuda Networks as Vice President of Enterprise Sales; and Dr. Paul Judge, Purewire co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, joins Barracuda Networks as Vice President of Cloud Services and Chief Research Officer.

“There is incredible synergy between the leadership teams of both companies; as former founding members of CipherTrust, Mike, Paul and other Purewire executives have strong roots in email security and in delivering renowned enterprise-class products,” said Drako. “Under their leadership, Purewire has helped to shape the Web security SaaS market in a very short period of time, and we believe that our combined forces will make Barracuda Networks the dominant player in the security SaaS market.”

Award-winning SaaS Delivery
This acquisition expands Barracuda Networks’ existing SaaS and hybrid solutions. The new infrastructure, technology and team will be combined with Barracuda Networks’ existing SaaS capabilities to deliver a diverse portfolio of SaaS-based solutions to meet customer and market demands.

The award-winning Purewire Web Security Service is available worldwide to Barracuda Networks customers and partners. Barracuda Networks plans to maintain support for Purewire’s existing services as well as to increase investment in product development across the company’s SaaS-based platform. Barracuda Networks will continue to work with all Purewire’s sales channel partners, expanding the depth of its worldwide sales reach, and enabling them to provide better service and support to all existing and future customers.

“The Web security SaaS market is expected to be the fastest growing segment of the Web security market over the next four years,” said Brian Burke, IDC security products program director. “Barracuda Networks is known for bringing strong solutions to market very quickly through its expansive worldwide channel. This deep global footprint combined with industry-leading technologies and a strong team of veteran information security executives from both Purewire and Barracuda Networks puts the company in a good position to be a leading contender in the Web security SaaS market.”

Groundbreaking Security Research
Barracuda Networks and Purewire’s expansive research and threat analysis teams will combine to form the new Barracuda Labs™. Barracuda Labs will be tasked with continuing to develop the global threat intelligence technologies that fuel and maintain all Barracuda Networks’ product lines including the cloud-based Barracuda Energize Updates. Comprehensive threat intelligence information that builds upon data collected through PurewireTrust.org, TweetGrade.com, Purewire Web Security Blog and BarracudaCentral.org will be made available in the coming weeks via BarracudaLabs.com.

“Over the last two years, Purewire has developed key approaches to malware analysis and threat data mining,” said Dr. Judge. “With the formation of Barracuda Labs, we will be combining that expertise with Barracuda’s existing threat detection capabilities, and the collective intelligence fueled by Barracuda Networks’ more than 85,000 appliances deployed in 80 countries to create the most substantial view of network security threats in the world.”

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Barracuda Networks Acquires Controlling Interest in phion

Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in content security appliances, and phion AG (WBAG:PHIO), an Austria-based provider of enterprise security solutions, today announced the successful completion of the Voluntary Public Takeover Bid as a result of meeting the acceptance threshold of more than 75 percent of the phion shares through the recently completed public tender offer.

“phion has defined the next generation of enterprise firewall technology, bringing the security, management, and reliability features needed to thwart today’s ever-changing threat environment,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. “phion’s technology combined with Barracuda Networks’ world class marketing, sales and support infrastructure will bring this next generation of firewall technology to the more than 85,000 Barracuda Networks customers worldwide.”

phion customers will benefit from Barracuda Networks’ worldwide network of sales and support operations newly extended to phion products. The combined Barracuda Networks and phion product portfolios will result in increased sales opportunities for the partners of both companies.

“Barracuda Networks is a well-established global brand, and we believe that Barracuda Networks’ expansive channel presence and commitment to the customer experience will help to accelerate the global traction of the phion product offerings,” said Wieland Alge, CEO of phion.

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Barracuda Networks Improves Public Tender Offer for phion

Barracuda Networks Inc., a stock corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware having its principal place of management at 3175 Winchester Blvd, Campbell, California 95008, United States of America ("Barracuda Networks"), has published a voluntary public tender offer with the intention to achieve control (freiwilliges Angebot zur Kontrollerlangung) (the "Offer") pursuant to § 25a of the Austria Takeover Act on 22 August 2009 with regard to all issued shares of phion AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of the Republic of Austria having its corporate seat in Innsbruck and the registered address at A‑6020 Innsbruck, Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 1, registered in the companies register of the Regional Court of Innsbruck under FN 184392s ("phion" or the "Target").

The offer price per share in phion (securities code ISIN AT0000PHION3) is EUR 12. The acceptance period under the Offer runs from 24 August 2009 (including) until and including 18 September 2009, 6.30 p.m.

Barracuda Networks announces its intention to improve the Offer by increasing the offer price to EUR 16 per phion share. At the same time the acceptance period under Offer shall be extended until and including 25 September 2009, 6.30 p.m.

The terms and conditions of the Offer shall otherwise not be modified. This is also true with respect to the conditions precedent as set out in 2.3 of the Offer document, including the condition precedent that, at the end of the extended offer period, Barracuda Networks and any person(s) acting in concert with Barracuda Networks dispose of at least 75 percent plus one share of the Target's issued voting stock (including the shares purchased by Barracuda Networks from Messrs. Wieland Alge, Klaus Maximilian Gheri and Peter Marte).

Barracuda Networks submits the amended Offer to the Austrian Takeover Commission simultaneously. The amended Offer may be published at the earliest four stock exchange days after notification to the Takeover Commission, i.e. on 15 September 2009, provided that the Takeover Commission does not prohibit publication of the amended Offer.

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Barracuda Networks Introduces Inbound Link Balancing Via Authoritative DNS

Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced Barracuda Link Balancer firmware release 1.2, which provides failover and load balancing for inbound traffic. Organizations can now provide redundant Internet links to reach Web servers hosted on their network. Using Authoritative DNS services, if a link goes down requests to the Web servers are transparently serviced through the next available active link.

“As organizations strive to improve both the scalability and reliability of their Internet connections, they are also looking to improve service to internal, remote and external users alike,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks. “With the addition of inbound link balancing through DNS integration, the Barracuda Link Balancer continues to offer an easier solution at a lower price than traditional approaches to Internet link management.”

Administrators can configure DNS records on the Barracuda Link Balancer that detail how – or to which IP addresses – requests to domains hosted behind the link balancer should be resolved. When a user on the Internet makes a request for a Web site, the Barracuda Link Balancer will act as the authoritative DNS resolver and resolve the domain name to the IP address of the appropriate WAN interface.

By adding inbound link balancing through Authoritative DNS services, the Barracuda Link Balancer can be effectively used to provide reliability and bandwidth aggregation for Internet traffic in both directions. Organizations can now provide better service to users accessing the Internet from within the network as well as to customers accessing services within their network from the Internet.

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Barracuda Networks Leads the Email and Web Application Security Markets in Japan

Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall is the Leading Anti-Spam Solution in Market Share in Japan for Fourth Year; Barracuda Web Application Firewall Leads in Market Share and Revenue for Second Consecutive Year. Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced it continues to take the lead in the email and Web application security markets in Japan, according to Fuji Chimera Research Institute Inc. The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall has held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive years (2005-2008) for email security units shipped in the region. In its “Network Security Business 2009 - Comprehensive Research Report” Tokyo-based Fuji Chimera indicates that Barracuda Networks holds more than 22 percent of the total email security market share in Japan for 2008.

Also in the report, Fuji Chimera finds that the Barracuda Web Application Firewall product line leads in both market share and revenue for the Web application firewall market in Japan. The report shows Barracuda Networks in the top spot for number of Web application firewall units shipped, capturing more than 40 percent market share and almost 27 percent of the total Web application firewall product revenue in Japan for 2008.

“We are pleased that Japanese businesses continue to look to Barracuda Networks to solve their email and Web application security needs,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. “We look forward to deepening our footprint in the region with additional offerings in the content security, networking and storage markets, all of which we believe are areas of growing importance for businesses in the region.”

Barracuda Networks product portfolio in Japan includes the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall, Barracuda Message Archiver, Barracuda Web Filter, Barracuda Web Application Firewall, Barracuda Link Balancer, Barracuda Load Balancer, and Barracuda SSL VPN are available today. All products are specifically designed and tested for the Japanese market.

Local sales, training, and product support are provided by Barracuda Networks K.K. in Tokyo. Barracuda Networks K.K. also delivers around-the-clock monitoring and analysis of the latest Japanese spam, virus and Internet threats. Due to increased demand, Barracuda Networks K.K. has grown significantly in the last year to provide additional sales and support.

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Barracuda Networks Launches CudaTel

Barracuda Networks Inc. today launched CudaTel, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company that will bring to market the CudaTel Communication Server, a new VoIP PBX offering for businesses of all sizes. Based on – and in collaboration with – the open source FreeSWITCH project, the new CudaTel Communication Server will feature an expansive feature set that includes conferencing, follow-me, automated attendant services, and more, controlled by an easy to use Web interface.

“We believe that the strong FreeSWITCH open source platform provides a solid base upon which we will build a seamless video and voice communication offering for customers,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. “The ease of use, affordability and support offered by Barracuda Networks for its full line of Barracuda Networks solutions will be closely replicated at CudaTel. We look forward to working with the team at FreeSWITCH to launch CudaTel and to ultimately bring a unique VoIP offering to market.”

Initiated in January 2006, FreeSWITCH is a free, open source software communications platform designed for the creation of voice and chat-driven products and is released under the MPL free software license. Since the project started, it has gained significant momentum as a leading open source telephony platform.

“Barracuda Networks has built a strong reputation for delivering trusted solutions that solve a number of business-critical security, storage and networking issues for thousands of organizations worldwide,” said Anthony Minessale, primary author of FreeSWITCH. “We believe our collaboration is a natural fit in the evolution of the FreeSWITCH platform. We are excited to be taking the FreeSWITCH project to the next level with the development and launch of the CudaTel brand.”

The CudaTel Communication Server technology is based directly on the FreeSWITCH code repository and is compatible with any session initiation protocol (SIP) device and provider, and can be pre-configured for use with both analog and digital telephone networks. With an expansive feature set and no per user or phone licensing fees, the CudaTel Communication Server is equipped and priced for organizations of any size.

Native High Definition audio support and integrated phone line (TDM) hardware produces an unparalleled audio experience. VoIP encryption protects calls from hackers and digital eavesdroppers. On-board voicemail storage can archive years of audio, and solid-state boot disks ensure that the customer phone system is always operational. Each model also comes complete with easy-to-use features such as call queuing and custom automated attendant creation.

Easy to install, use and maintain
System setup takes minutes, with streamlined, automated installation of phones and devices. Configuration is intuitive with a Web-based interface. Customers can set up automated attendants, conferences, calling groups, queues, and telephone company integration, in minimal time. The Web-based user interface allows administrators to deploy phones automatically with native hardware provisioning. The CudaTel Communication Server's Active Directory integration can quickly tie the customer phone system to an existing Windows or Novell user database and administrators can automatically deploy phones and assign extensions by group or organizational unit

“The CudaTel system eliminates the costs and complexity of deployment found in many competing VoIP offerings today,” said Sean Heiney, director of new product initiatives for Barracuda Networks. "With the CudaTel Communication Server we have removed all the traditional VOIP PBX barriers with a solution offering unparrelled usability at a price point that works for everyone."

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Barracuda Networks to Submit Public Tender to Acquire phion

Barracuda Networks Inc., a stock corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware having its principal place of management at 3175 Winchester Blvd, Campbell, California 95008, United States of America ("Barracuda Networks"), herewith announces its intention to submit a voluntary public tender offer with the intention to achieve control (freiwilliges Angebot zur Kontrollerlangung pursuant to § 25a of the Austria Takeover Act) with regard to all issued shares of phion AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of the Republic of Austria having its corporate seat in Innsbruck and the registered address at A‑6020 Innsbruck, Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 1, registered in the companies register of the Regional Court of Innsbruck under FN 184392s ("phion" or the "Target").

The offer price per share in phion will be EUR 12.

Under a conditional share purchase and transfer agreement made by and between Mr. Wieland Alge, Mr. Klaus Maximilian Gheri and Mr. Peter Marte (the "Sellers") as sellers on the one hand and Barracuda Networks as purchaser on the other hand on 14 July 2009 (the "SPA") the Sellers agreed to sell all of their shares in phion at the price of EUR 12 per share to Barracuda Networks as follows:

1. Mr. Wieland Alge 47.936 shares, corresponding to approximately 5,99 % of the share capital and the voting stock of the Target;
2. Mr. Klaus Gheri 48.653 shares, corresponding to approximately 6,07 % of the share capital and the voting stock of the Target; and
3. Mr. Peter Marte 80.992 shares, corresponding to approximately 10,12 % of the share capital and the voting stock of the Target;

in total corresponding to approximately 22,18 % of the share capital and of the voting stock of the Target. The SPA is, inter alia, subject to the condition precedent that the public tender offer will be completed successfully.

The public tender offer will, inter alia, be subject to the condition precedent that at the end of the (extended) offer period, Barracuda Networks and any person(s) acting in concert with Barracuda Networks dispose of at least 75 percent plus one share of the Target's issued voting stock (including the shares purchased by Barracuda Networks from the Sellers).

The public tender offer is a friendly one and is in principle welcomed by the management of the Target.

Barracuda Networks will explain in its offer document its strategic rationale for the acquisition and its plans with respect to the Target as well as the opportunities which the offer may afford to the shareholders, executives, employees and business partners of the Target.

Barracuda Networks intends to submit the tender offer document to the Austrian Takeover Commission within the statutory timeline of ten stock exchange days.
The parties have also entered into an OEM arrangement, under which Barracuda Networks will have exclusive rights to distribute the phion products for up to three years, under the Barracuda Networks brand, in North America, Japan, China, Brazil and Mexico. The OEM agreement is independent of and not conditional upon successful completion of the PTO.

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Barracuda Introduces Market Disruptive Pricing and Simplified User Interface

Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in content security appliances, today announced enhancements to the user interface of the BarracudaWare Yosemite Server Backup that will drastically improve the customer experience. In addition, with a simplified pricing structure that features only four options – ranging from $299 for single server to only $1499 for unlimited usage – Yosemite Server Backup is the most affordable data protection solution available.

“Until now there has not been an affordable, full-featured backup option for organizations that matches their network needs out of the box,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks. “Restructuring the Yosemite Server Backup pricing ensures that organizations of all size can afford a solution that fits within their budgets and that does not charge extra for crucial features and additional options.”

Yosemite Server Backup combines superior performance and flexibility for backup utilities with operating systems and devices without the complex licensing and administration models of other commercial backup solutions. The Yosemite Server Backup product is available in four affordable packages with no additional fees for clients, servers, agents or other options.

New Pricing Leads to 90 Percent Savings for Customers
Howe Electric Construction Inc., one of the largest union electrical contracting firms in Central California for more than 50 years, displaced Symantec’s Backup Exec in favor of the Yosemite Server Backup Unlimited package to protect the data on the company’s eight Windows and Linux servers. Since deployment, the company has experienced dramatic savings.

“The solution we were using was costing us a fortune, so we decided to look for a more affordable alternative,” said Joe Glessner, IT manager for Howe Electric. “We couldn’t believe the cost savings associated with the Yosemite Server Backup, so we downloaded the trial version and were amazed by the great features and ease of use. We now save 90 percent over what we were paying for the previous solution and enjoy all of the same benefits and more.”

The Yosemite Server Backup is a complete and affordable data backup and protection solution, enabling fast backup and restore of all data in the event of disaster. With broad support for multiple server applications, operating systems, and backup devices, Yosemite Server Backup provides a centralized interface to manage your entire backup strategy.

* Cross-platform support for Windows, Linux, and NetWare
* Agents for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, and more
* "Bare Metal Restore" from backups
* Efficient compression and encryption of data
* High-performance, concurrent data streams for backup and recovery
* Backs up to disk, CD/DVD, tape drives, autoloaders, and robotic libraries
* Automated scheduling and media rotation interfaces
* Alerting of backup completion or errors
* Centralized management across multiple servers, applications, and devices

Simplified Navigation and Deployment
Barracuda Networks has also reduced the number of screens used within the interface of the Yosemite Server Backup to help ease the navigation and deployment of the solution on the customer’s network. These enhancements, included with Yosemite Server Backup version 8.8, also include access to logs from a central location, simplified job configuration and user control as well “right click” functionality for device operations.

The user interface also makes scheduling backups easy through a simple calendar interface. For removable media systems, Yosemite Server Backup can automate and guide an organization’s tape rotation strategy. For automated media libraries, Yosemite Server Backup can automatically control any robotics that load media. Automated email notifications can keep administrators informed of backup completions or any problems encountered during backup operations.

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