Free Trial Promotes
the Importance of
Data Backup
BOSTON — July 7,
2009 —
Carbonite,
Inc., the
leading provider of
online backup to
consumers and small
businesses,
announced today a
consumer education
effort and
distribution program
with Sun
Microsystems. The
distribution deal
provides a free
30-day trial of
Carbonite Online
Backup™ to Sun
customers who
upgrade to the
latest version of
Java or download it
for the first time.
Consumers and
small businesses
rely on their
computers to store
pictures, video,
music and financial
records. Inevitably,
online threats,
hardware
malfunctions and
other disasters
leave computer users
vulnerable to data
loss. Through this
deal, Carbonite
hopes to educate
consumers and
business owners
about the importance
of data backup to
complement other
tools, such as Java,
that improve
performance and
safety for computer
users.
"Many consumers
and small businesses
need to understand
the importance of
protecting their
files and backing up
their data," said
Keith Cooper,
president and COO of
Carbonite. "This
program will
increase awareness
of the importance of
data backup among
the millions of
loyal Java users by
providing a free
trial of Carbonite
Online Backup."
Sun's Java
platform is freely
available and powers
over 800 million
personal computers,
providing consumers
with a versatile,
efficient, powerful
and secure computing
environment for work
and play.
Carbonite Online
Backup installs with
just a few clicks
and runs quietly in
the background,
continually backing
up the irreplaceable
files on a computer.
It is completely
automatic - once
installed, Carbonite
finds all new and
changed files and
continues to back
them up whenever the
computer is
connected to the
Internet. Storage
capacity is
unlimited - users
never outgrow their
Carbonite
subscription no
matter how much data
they have. Data is
encrypted before
leaving the local
computer and is
transmitted to
Carbonite's secure
data centers using
HTTPS (SSL) for
total privacy.
