dass IT and Bacula Systems Team to Deliver Bacula Support Services; Reduce Backup Costs to the Enterprise
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland / Köln, Germany - February 10, 2009
Bacula Systems, the world's leader in Open Source networked backup software today announced its partnership with dass IT, and the availability of the Bacula Systems Subscription in parallel with dass IT's system integration services.
"As an Approved Bacula Systems Partner, dassIT is excited to offer complete assurance to our customers who can now realize huge savings by using the Bacula solution" said Jörg Steffens, co-founder of dass IT. "We are lucky to have great in-house expertise in Bacula. But it's even better to know we have Bacula Systems right behind us, and to have the core Bacula developers at hand ", said Jörg.
"For years our customers have been clamoring for a truly scalable, reliable Open Source Backup solution", said Philipp Storz, Director, dassIT. The business opportunity that Bacula Systems Partner Program brings to dassIT is very important, because nearly all our customers have significant backup requirements, and customers with proprietary software can end up needlessly paying a lot of money" said Philipp.
Bacula Systems offers support services worldwide, and is currently signing distributors and partners in Europe. As businesses move to take advantage of Bacula's networked backup and restore solution in the current difficult economic climate, Bacula Systems’ Partner Program assists Bacula Partners in developing their revenue opportunities and backup technology skills.
"Large enterprises are beginning to realize that they no longer need to pay expensive license fees, and be constrained by proprietary, closed-source backup vendors. It simply is no longer necessary" said Jack Griffin, CEO of Bacula Systems. We are pleased that dassIT is the latest systems integrator to take advantage of our comprehensive Partner Program, and our industry-leading support services".
About dass IT
dass IT GmbH was founded in 2004 by former Senior Consultants of Suse Linux AG. dass IT is primarily a systems integrator, offering support and consulting around Linux and Open Source. dass IT focuses on System Management solutions, automated installations, integration of Linux-based servers and services into existing complex IT infrastructures. More information at http://www.dass-it.de
About Bacula Systems SA
Bacula Systems is the commercial open source alternative for enterprise-class backup and restore solutions. Bacula Systems is headquartered in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, and offers enterprise-level support for Bacula Open Source networked backup software, through its subscription, training and other support services. Bacula increases reliability and can cut IT backup costs significantly. The Bacula Open Source Backup and Recovery Platform is the only fully Open Source solution for networked backup, data recovery and verification of computer data, offering a ten times lower cost structure vs. proprietary systems, higher reliability and proven performance in mission-critical enterprise environments. More information at http://www.baculasystems.com
Contact:
Rob
Morrison
Bacula
Systems SA
Rue
Galilée 15
CH-1400
Yverdon-les-Bains
Tel:
+41 79 541 3309
E-Mail:
rob.morrison@baculasystems.com
Philipp Storz
dass IT GmbH
Händelstr. 25-29
D-50674 Köln
Tel: +49 221 3565666-0
E-Mail: philipp.storz@dass-it.de
