Availability of Retrospect Backup V.16.5 Software With Granular Remote Management Functionality

Retrospect, Inc., a StorCentric, Inc. company, announced tBackup 16.5 with granular remote management functionality through the Retrospect Management Console and macOS Catalina support.

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The release also marks the 30^th anniversary of Retrospect Backup, which has been protecting millions of homes and businesses around the world with software since 1989.

In addition, the company is rolling out worldwide subscription pricing, online and through distribution, to ensure that everyone who needs data protection has access to a solution starting at $3.99 per month for a single computer.

Product enhancements
Backup 16.5 for Windows, Mac and the firm’s Management Console include following features:

Granular remote management: Customers are able manage individual Retrospect engines, including views for sources, sets, scripts and activities as well as the ability to create or update scripts and create new destinations.
Improved NAS support: NAS volumes are visible in Retrospect, even if mounted through an OS, enabling customers to use their Drobo or other NAS device.
macOS Catalina support: The company is certified for Catalina.

30 years of data protection
Retrospect Backup 1.0 was released in 1989 by Dantz Development Corporation. Since then, millions of people have used the firm’s software to protect their digital information. Customers constantly write to Retrospect to talk about their data loss and how Retrospect has enabled them to restore their critical data for personal use and BC.

“Our school was mostly destroyed during the 2017 October Santa Rosa fire,” said Dirk Bietau, director, IT, Cardinal Newman High School. “Retrospect engineers were able to help us recover all of the school’s data from a backup, which was kept off-site.“

The company will be hosting events in San Francisco; CA, London, UK, Paris, France, Frankfurt, Germany, and other cities from October 3 to October 17 for customers and partners to join in celebrating three decades of data protection.

Ongoing commitment to StorCentric vision
StorCentric’s goal is to protect customers’ digital information, a component to the overall vision. By combining hardware with reliable, affordable data protection, the Retrospect suite enables the company to deliver a complete storage experience for customers. With subscription pricing, more homes and businesses will be able to protect their data with a low, monthly payment.

“Data protection is core to our mission at StorCentric to protect customers’ digital information,” said Mihir Shah, CEO, StorCentric. “We’re extremely pleased to celebrate 30 years of data protection. Our Retrospect 16.5 release along with the new subscription pricing will enable more homes and businesses to adopt Retrospect’s flexible, easy-to-use software to protect their critical data.“

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Retrospect 16.5 for Windows and Mac is free to customers who have Retrospect 16 and is available.

This software is available in six languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.

Subscription pricing is available for purchase on the company’s online store.

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