Asigra Powers NTT America Cloud Backup

Asigra, Inc. announced
that NTT America, a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT
Communications Corporation (NTT Com), a global infrastructure services provider,
has selected Asigra Cloud Backup as its data and application continuity
platform.

The NTT America Cloud Backup service is an offering that
incorporates business continuity, disaster recovery, data protection services
and virtual disaster recovery (VDR) to ensure enterprise-class recovery in the
event of a disaster.

NTT America is in end-to-end network, IT solutions and services for
midsize and large enterprises. The company provides managed network services, one
of the largest Internet backbones, and data center services including
managed hosting and private enterprise cloud computing services globally under
the NTT Communications brand.

By leveraging Asigra Cloud Backup, NTT America
now delivers data and application continuity, disaster recovery
and data protection services with the reliability, flexibility, operational
efficiency, and security required for mission-critical business
operations. NTT America’s cloud portfolio improves uptime and compliance
with regulatory requirements while reducing the capital expense, management and
complexity of traditional computing infrastructure.

"Trends in IT show that an
increasing number of businesses are making the switch from traditional to
cloud-based backup solutions, benefitting from the added agility and elasticity
that cloud backup brings," said Lauren Whitehouse, Senior Analyst,
Enterprise Strategy Group. "The
partnership between NTT America and Asigra is ideal, combining experience,
innovation and reach to provide public, private and hybrid cloud backup
supported by two respected technology vendors."

"We are seeing strong demand from
both midsize and large organizations for cloud-based applications, especially
backup. Asigra has proven to be a leading player in this area and our strategic
relationship validates our trust in their solution," said Doug
McMaster, vice president for NTT America’s Data Center Services. "As NTT America helps businesses align IT
infrastructure with the demands of their business, our Cloud Backup service
supports them with reliable solutions that are secure, efficient and scale to
meet their business and cost requirements."

The NTT America Cloud Backup service
powered by Asigra
provides a complete solution:

• Enterprise-class backup and recovery that protects the
  digital footprint from the data center to the smartphone
• Cross-platform support for distributed heterogeneous IT environments
• Non-disruptive agentless deployment and management
• Support for local and remote recovery in public, private and hybrid cloud
  backup configurations
• Limitless protection of physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure
• Asigra Cloud Backup is an agentless cloud backup and recovery (BURR)
  platform with FIPS 140-2 certification, providing security
  assurance. FIPS 140-2 certification is the most current security requirement
  for cryptographic modules and data encryption.
• Virtual disaster recovery (VDR) for anytime, anywhere business recovery

"Regardless of organizational
complexity, Asigra Cloud Backup helps businesses simplify and gain added
maneuverability in how they manage data protection," said Eran
Farajun, EVP, Asigra. "With software
that enables private, public or hybrid cloud backup, Asigra caters to organizations
regardless of the cloud adoption phase they are in. In the end, this allows our
partners to be more responsive and better serve the unique demands of their
customers."