Axcient: Doing Double Duty

摘要

A new entrant to the online storage market just came out of stealth mode with a bet that customers and their solution providers are as much interested in protecting data locally as they are about taking that data to the cloud. Axcient just unveiled a new combination storage appliance and Internet-based storage service that lets customers back up data both locally for fast restores, and online for safe archiving. The Mountain View, Calif.-based startup, which is focusing its business on small and midsize companies with as few as five employees, is also pursuing a channel-only model, said CEO Justin Moore.