Mozy Expanding Online Backup Within Enterprise …

Mozy, a registered trademarks of Decho Corporation, is seeing increasing demand for its enterprise online backup solution based on some fundamental shifts in enterprise IT fueling that growth.

"As a result of three emerging trends within enterprise IT the past 3 to 4 years – including the ubiquity of distributed and increasingly mobile workforces; the exploding adoption of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets within business; and increasing acceptance of cloud services within enterprise IT – we’re seeing unprecedented demand from large businesses for MozyEnterprise, the enterprise version of our award-winning online business backup service," said Gytis Barzdukas, director of Product Management at Mozy.

Backed by EMC, MozyEnterprise complements traditional backup solutions by supporting the IT demands of large organizations seeking more advanced IT controls for managing backups and mobile data access for thousands of geographically dispersed employees. (A recent report from IDC – Worldwide Mobile Worker Population 2011-2015 Forecast, IDC #232073, Dec 2011 – shows that 75% of the U.S. workforce is now mobile.)

Via a web-based management console, IT administrators can use MozyEnterprise to configure, deploy, and centrally manage the backup and accessibility of business-critical data spread across desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices. It also includes IT controls such as sub-administration, custom configurations and Active Directory integration.

As ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) policies become commonplace within large organizations, data is being created, consumed, and stored on devices other than traditional desktops and laptops. An increasingly mobile workforce is relying more on mobile devices including smart phones and tablets for work-related tasks. A recent survey by Forrester – Info Workers Using Mobile And Personal Devices For Work Will Transform Personal Tech Markets, by Frank E. Gillett, Forrester Research Inc., Feb. 22, 2012 – of 10,000 global information workers and 2,300 IT hardware decision-makers found that half of all workers are using three or more devices for work, including tablets and smart phones, many of which are outside of the control of IT. Among the total set of mobile and PC devices reported by respondents, 60% are used for both work and personal use, only 14% of devices are strictly used for work, and 26% are used strictly for personal purposes.

End users want easy access to that data across mobile devices, while IT departments want to ensure that data access is secure and within IT’s control. MozyEnterprise offers secure access to critical data via mobile apps for iOS and Android devices, while IT maintains full management control through MozyEnterprise’s administrative console.

The emergence of distributed workforces and mobile device proliferation have driven enterprise IT departments to seek solutions that securely protect and provide access to business data within this new framework. Financial firms and IT industry analyst reports have pointed to the accelerated growth in recent years of cloud computing within the enterprise, including Morgan Stanley in its 2011 paper. It estimates the percentage of IT departments using the public cloud to rise from 28% in 2011 to 51% by 2014.

"Enterprise organizations continue to recognize the value of cloud services as they address the information management needs of a distributed, mobile workforce," said Brad Nisbet, IDC Storage and Data Management Services. "These organizations are looking for an efficient approach to protect, organize and share critical business information. Providers such as Mozy, who are focused on maturing offerings like MozyEnterprise, are well-positioned to address these capabilities while allowing the enterprise organizations to maintain high levels of administrative control."

MozyEnterprise is available through Mozy Sales directly as well as resellers, business partners, and through EMC’s Velocity partner program.

With more than 80,000 business customers and more than 90PB of information stored at its multiple data centers around the globe, Mozy services customers include General Electric, Louis Vuitton, University of San Francisco and Starwood Hotels; as well as partners McAfee, Vodafone, Time Warner, and Comcast.