iPremise Uses NovaStor Solution to Bring Backup to the Forefront at SMBs

Business Wire, August 23, 2005

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Denver-based iPremise, a leading provider of complete network platforms for small businesses, is deploying NovaStor's NovaNet-WEB solution to provide online backup services for customers remotely. iPremise has revolutionized the value added reseller (VAR) model by providing a complete subscription-based network platform -- hardware, software, support, security and now backup -- for one low monthly fee. iPremise is including NovaNet-WEB with every server shipped to provide 24x7 proactive, preventive monitoring, security and backup with data automatically stored offsite at iPremise facilities.

iPremise's mission is to help small businesses limited legal, finance and IT resources operate as efficiently as larger companies without over-investing in IT infrastructure. iPremise enables customers to provide online services such as backup, remote access to emails and network resources, hosting, web sites and relational database development. The iPremise solution utilizes the Internet and NovaStors NovaNET-Web to ensure the network is continuously operational and that the data crucial to doing business is always protected.

"We're not simply using NovaNet-WEB to back up individual PCs, we're using it to back up entire small business infrastructures," says Chris Winfield, VP Sales and Marketing at iPremise. "Because the services we provide to customers are so diverse and comprehensive, we're using the NovaStor software in a widely distributed server environment to back up servers running SQL Server, Exchange, etc., and a tremendous variety of applications and file types."

In the face of unforeseen events, ranging from hackers to hurricanes to employees accidentally deleting the contents of a server, iPremise servers running NovaNet-WEB can immediately recover critical information such as customer databases, accounting records, payroll and benefits information or any other information paramount to continued operations.

"Resources such as NovaNet-WEB play a role in allowing leading-edge resellers to offer customers the utmost security and data continuity at predictable set prices," states Peter Means, president of NovaStor. "Progressive resellers such as iPremise can fully leverage the Web offer value added services that improve customer loyalty and can represent new ongoing revenue streams while saving customers valuable time and money."

iPremise's online backup service saves its customers capital costs on external hard drives, tape drives, autoloaders and software and configuration -- an attractive proposition when investing in major infrastructure build-outs or renovations. Ongoing savings include avoiding dedicated resources to warehousing space, backup tapes or dedicated man-hours to running and monitoring back up at regular intervals.

About iPremise

iPremise, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 2003 with a mission of building a solid network platform for small businesses nationwide. iPremise strives to provide customers with a dependable, secure, robust network platform for a fixed, affordable price without ever charging billable hours. For more information on iPremise, please visit www.ipremise.com.

About NovaStor Corporation

Based in Simi Valley, CA, NovaStor Corp. had been delivering data backup and recovery solutions since 1987. NovaStor was among the first to help resellers and service providers fulfill the burgeoning demand for online, offsite backup. NovaStor solutions are available worldwide direct and through channel partners. For more information, please visit http://www.novastor.com.