Barracuda Networks Lowers and Simplifies Cost of Storage for the Barracuda
Backup Service
New Pricing Structure Breaks the Mold on Pricing Models for Hybrid Backup
Solutions
Campbell, Calif., June 1, 2009 – Barracuda Networks Inc., today announced a new
pricing structure for its Barracuda Backup Service, which now features five
times the amount of storage for the same entry-level price. The Barracuda Backup
Service offsite storage plans are now available to customers for only $50 per
month for every 100 GB of offsite backup storage with no overage fees, no agent
fees and no per server fees.
Barracuda Networks has done away with tiered pricing for backup storage and
reduced the overall cost by more than 70 percent in many cases for its monthly
storage charges. This new pricing helps customers achieve considerable ROI over
more expensive hybrid, online or tape-only backup solutions. In addition,
Barracuda Networks will continue to provide software agents, including agents
for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, and Windows system state at no
additional cost to customers, unlike competing online backup services, which
often charge per agent and per server. Customers switching to the Barracuda
Backup Service can potentially save thousands of dollars on typical backup
costs. “We have noticed an increase in demand for reliable hybrid local and
offsite backup solutions, which until the introduction of the Barracuda Backup
Service, were expensive and cumbersome,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of
product management for Barracuda Networks.
”We are breaking the mold with the new storage pricing structure for the
Barracuda Backup Service, allowing our customers to get the full benefits of a
hybrid solution without adding costs or complexity.”
Pricing and Availability
Barracuda Backup Service pricing includes a one-time hardware fee for the
Barracuda Backup Server and a monthly fee for offsite storage. Barracuda Backup
Server pricing starts at $999 depending on model and offsite storage plans are
priced at $50 for per month for every 100 GB of offsite backup storage with no
overage fees, no agent fees and no per server fees. Barracuda Backup Service is
currently available in North America only. For more information, please visit:
http://www.barracudanetworks.com/backup.
About the Barracuda Backup Service
The Barracuda Backup Service is an affordable, integrated local and offsite data
backup and disaster recovery solution. The Barracuda Backup Service combines an
onsite appliance with a monthly subscription that replicates data to two offsite
locations. Combining local and offsite storage provides the best of both worlds
- onsite backups for the fastest restore times and secure, offsite storage for
disaster recovery. The Barracuda Backup Subscription plans provide diverse
offsite storage at affordable monthly fees and scale to meet increasing data
requirements. The Barracuda Backup Server is a powerful appliance installed
onsite to provide full local backup of current and historical data, high backup
performance and fast network-based local restores. The Barracuda Backup Server
also de-duplicates data at the origin to minimize the unnecessary storage of the
same file, while providing efficient and secure offsite transfer using
compression and encryption.
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