The Carphone Warehouse Enters Into Consumer Cloud Agreement With Spare Backup
PALM DESERT, Calif., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spare Backup (OTC Bulletin Board: SPBU), today, announced that it has entered into a Cloud and Digital Services Agreement with The Carphone Warehouse (CPW). The launch of the Consumer Cloud platform will target CPW's rapidly growing and large existing mobile user base. CPW currently operates over 2,450 stores within nine countries in Europe and in 2008 it connected 12.5 million customers.
Under the terms of the agreement Spare Backup has built a consumer digital services platform that consists of SPBU's storage and expanded cloud infrastructure. This will start with CPW's new customers throughout the over 800 CPW UK stores. Additionally, CPW is committed to offering the SPBU consumer cloud to its existing customers, throughout various channels. Customers will be provided with a storage and cloud offer, allowing them to try a variety of services, such as managing music, movies, mobile banking and apps.
Spare Backup will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the data and for the administration and operation of the consumer cloud platform consistent with the company's current industry leading solution. Spare Backup will ensure that the Cloud services are available on a 24/7 basis except for scheduled maintenance or in the event of an emergency.
Spare Backup is the first totally automated online backup service that intelligently selects, secures and stores files in the cloud without any user intervention. Tom Guy, Head of Digital Services and Content of Carphone Warehouse commented, "We're very much looking forward to launching our digital platform with SPBU. We will not only be bringing every customer a content storage and syncing solution, but we have developed a contact strategy, built on providing relevant services, and tools enabling them to make the most of this technology."
"Working on a co-branded basis with Carphone Warehouse, our digital services platform will be targeting their vast mobile user base, which solidifies our position as the backup and cloud service provider of choice for both PCs and mobile phones," stated Cery Perle, CEO of Spare Backup. "We are excited to provide this comprehensive platform through Carphone Warehouse."
"This jointly developed solution allows the consumer to store and share their information across all their devices; it enables the consumer to synchronize multiple devices and sharing of personal data. The variety of Cloud Services we will offer is really significant for the consumer. Most importantly, Spare Backup will continue to store the consumers valuable data safely, securely and with the highest availability," said Ivor Newman, Vice President of Operations, SPBU
Spare Backup CEO, Cery Perle, added, "Synchronizing your PC with other devices including mobile devices gives the consumer a truly rich, connected and integrated experience. Therefore, as Spare Backup expands its consumer cloud services, we will continue to empower consumers to safely and securely store, manage and share their content. We look forward to servicing Carphone Warehouse customers, as we jointly build out this long term partnership."
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About Spare Backup, Inc.:
Spare Backup, Inc. specializes in helping consumers, small office/home office users and small to mid-sized businesses protect their computer data quickly, automatically and cost-effectively. The company's flagship Spare Backup product is the first totally automated online backup service that intelligently selects, secures and stores files without any user intervention, automatically backing up documents, email, music, photos and other PC files on a continuous basis or according to the schedule of the user's choice. The company is headquartered in Palm Desert, California.
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