Unitrends Expands in Europe

Unitrends, Inc., provider
of all-in-one backup, archiving, instant recovery and DR solutions, announced an expansion in Europe.

The announcement comes just weeks after Unitrends reported 2012 as the best
year in company history, with 88% growth 2012 over 2011. Unitrends has already
built a solid international presence, with steady sales and a growing network
of customers and partners. The addition of a London-based hub will enable the
company to better serve its constituents and advance its European business.

"Our
strategy for success in Europe is to follow the same, three-pronged approach
that has propelled us to explosive growth in the US," said Mike
Coney, CEO of Unitrends. "This
foundation consists of offering advanced technology that protects data across
physical, virtual and cloud environments, providing customers with unrivaled
support and service, and driving the company with strong leadership."

Unitrends’ portfolio of all-one-one
backup and recovery solutions is available in international markets, including
the Recovery Series of physical appliances that support up to 97TB of raw
capacity, as well as Unitrends Enterprise Backup, its software-only virtual
appliance. With a focus on providing unified data protection across heterogeneous
environments at low TCO, the company is
investing in product development to help companies protect data on-premise, on
virtual machines and in the cloud. For example, last year, Unitrends became the
first vendor to support Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and VMware vSphere 5.1,
and, in Q4, the company announced Unitrends Release 7.0, the next generation of
software powering its physical and virtual appliances.

"In
most cases, our customers’ infrastructures are and will remain a hybrid of
physical and virtual servers," said Carl Dipane, technical director at
CD-DataHouse Ltd, Unitrends’ distribution partners in
the UK. "As they discover Unitrends,
they realize that deploying different backup solutions for virtual, physical
and cloud environments is neither economical nor practical. As a result, they
are jumping ship from their existing backup technology providers and turning to
Unitrends’ all-in-one solutions that protect data across heterogeneous
environments. Unitrends delivers advanced technology with seamless simplicity
and at a price point that SMBs can afford. As the company expands further into
Europe, we will certainly do our part to help a growing local audience learn of
the many benefits Unitrends provides."

"We
were looking for a solution that we could trust to back up and restore our data
without requiring constant management by IT," said Richard Palmer, IT
manager at Balderton Capital. "This
is exactly what we got with Unitrends. The technology was painless to deploy,
and it’s extremely easy to use. I can honestly say that backup and recovery is
one thing I don’t have to worry about anymore."

Behind Unitrends’ technology is
a support team that strives for a customer satisfaction rating
exceeding 98%. The firm is working to build a network of partners
in Europe that will support the company in its mission to deliver the same
level of care and service internationally that its North American
customers have grown accustomed to. Unitrends is also recruiting a
European GM to oversee operations.

"Partnering
with Unitrends was an easy decision for us," said Mukesh Gupta, MD at e92plus Ltd, which signed on as one of Unitrends’ new UK
partners earlier this month. "The
company offers best-in-class backup and recovery technology that protects data
across hybrid environments. Add to that the fact that the solutions are simple
and affordable, and the company has unrivaled customer support, and we knew
this was a partnership that would benefit our resellers tenfold. We look
forward to supporting Unitrends in its mission to deliver to European customers
the same level of care, commitment and value that has made it so successful in
the US."

As
a kick-off to the company’s international expansion, Unitrends was
attending Cisco Live! London, taking place Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2013, at the ICC
London ExCeL. In addition to discussing the expansion, the company demonstrated Unitrends Release 7.0 and showcasing the software’s new features
that bolster data protection in virtualized and cloud environments, while
providing an expanded range of platform and enterprise application support.