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Continuum’s New Fully Managed

Backup Platform, Built on the IBM

Cloud, Game Changer for MSP

Continuum, the industry’s only channel- proven R1Sot backup technology, acquired
exclusive provider of fully integrated last year, protecting nearly 250,000 servers
managed IT services solutions, has released and trusted by more than 1,800 Web hosting
Continuity247, a fully managed backup providers in small and large data centers across
platform. Continuity247 is supported by
the globe. Powered by IBM’s Cloud, SotLayer
the company’s industry-leading Network infrastructure, Continuity247’s lexible and
Operations Center (NOC), which proactively monitors, troubleshoots and remediates any convenient platform also delivers local hardware independence, allowing MSPs to maintain
problems to ensure backups run 24x7x365 for existing vendor relationships.
the small and medium-sized business (SMB) “Continuum has been answering the critical
clients of its MSP partners.
call for a backup solution in the market since
hese services minimize MSPs’ time dealing 2011, but the market has evolved considerably,
with backup and disaster recovery (BDR), and we understand that our partners and their
allowing them to focus on business issues, clients need more today in serving the complete
rather than day-to-day IT.
SMB market,” said Michael George, CEO of
Continuity247 is built with the company’s
Continuum.
“Backup continues as an essential component
of our partners’ businesses, so it continues as
a core component of Continuum’s IT services
model. Continuity247 is the backup solution for
today and for the future, enabling MSPs to own
and control cloud backup as the strategic on
ramp to the cloud.”
SOLUTIONS
Continuity247 allows MSPs to easily manage
all clients’ backups from a single pane of glass
with remote access to appliances, protected
machines and the cloud. MSPs can also add Continuum’s intelligent Remote Monitoring
and Management (RMM) platform backed by
the company’s NOC with additional beneits
across all infrastructure they support including
alerting, integrated ticketing, remote control,
scripting, patch management, antivirus sotware
and reporting.
“When it comes to BDR, MSPs face a
number of challenges with perhaps the most
time consuming being the monitoring and
management of client backups,” said Dee Zepf,
Vice President of Products and Technical
Services at Continuum.
“Continuity247 is a world-class ofering
that is a game changer for our MSP partners
because every aspect points to greater reliability,
lexibility, convenience and better margins. We
are delighted to deliver the ‘set it and forget
it’ solution our partners have asked for, with local and hybrid packaging options to meet the
needs of the low and high end of the solution
spectrum while maximizing margins.”
Gary Harlam, President, Technology
Advisory Group said, “I have been involved in
the early beta and have been impressed with the
range of deployment options for Continuity247,
its performance as well as the attractive
margins it ofers at both the low and high
end. With multiple BDRs covering almost 100
servers, my clients’ BDR needs are diverse but
Continuity247’s lexibility and scalability will
meet all their backup requirements.”
“Backup and disaster recovery provide almost
immediate ROI opportunities and a low-cost
entry to the cloud for MSPs, especially when
there is a strong end-user demand,” said Dave
Simpson, Senior Storage Analyst with 451
Research.
“he Continuity247 service enables
Continuum’s MSP partners to rapidly get into
the booming market for cloud-based BDR. And
Continuum’s integrated RMM and NOC are
good diferentiators for service providers.”
Several packages are ofered to meet the
needs of any client, including a lex package
that features pooled storage at the MSP level,
allowing for easy optimized storage across
clients, providing greater scalability and
margins.
All packages are priced monthly, do not
require an annual contract and are built to scale
at the MSP’s pace. ■
For more information, visit: http://www.
continuum.net/solutions/backup-and-disaster-
recovery

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