KineticD
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| Industry | Data back-up and recovery |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Digital Deposit Box |
| Founded | Toronto, Canada (2002) |
| Website | Official website |
KineticD is a data back-up and recovery company based in Toronto, Ontario.
Company overview
The Toronto-based company KineticD was originally named Digital Deposit Box[1] and founded in 2002.[2] In 2011 KineticD merged with ROBOBAK, which extended its place in the SaaS market into providing services to larger enterprise VARs and IT consultants.[3] The acquisition began in late 2010 and was finalized in March 2011.[2] The first CEO of KineticD is Jamie Brenzel,[4] and the current president of the company is Troy Cheeseman.[5]
Software
The company deploys software including KineticCloud Backup, which backs up the webservers and hard-drives of a company and is able to restore servers to pre-crash or problem conditions.[6] They also back up Managed service providers in particular,[7] and their software is compatible with all PCs, Macs, servers and databases.[8][9] KineticFAM allows the backup of Outlook and all Windows programs because of its Windows certification.[10] It is also compatible with thumbdrives and other separate storage devices.[1] KineticD programs also have remote control capability in their iPhone and Web versions, in order to sync smart phones to a customer's main harddrives.[11] The program runs in the background of a computer, backing up documents after each new save, and allows the file-sharing of backed up data.[1] The company also issues reports on current events in the industry, such as the 2011 loss of financial data by the Federal Government of Canada.[12]
References
- 1 2 3 Michael Muchmore (January 14, 2011). "KineticD". PC Magazine. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- 1 2 Jameson Berkow (April 5, 2011). "Toronto's KineticD buys data backup firm Robobak". Financial Post. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "KineticD Delivers Peace of Mind to Nerds On Site Customers with Disaster Recovery for Fully Secure, Real-Time Offsite Backups". Computer Weekly News. July 7, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "KineticD Appoints Lars Graefe as VP of Sales and Business Development to Expand Channels and Partnerships for SMB Cloud Services". Computer Weekly News. March 10, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "About Us". Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "KineticD Rescues ShofCorp from Permanent Data Loss". Computer Weekly News. October 18, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "KineticD Receives Rave Review on Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution for MSPs". Information Technology Newsweekly. April 16, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "KineticD Launches Turnkey Cloud Backup Website for Reseller Partners". Information Technology Newsweekly. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Products of the week 3.19.12". Network World. March 16, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "KineticD Delivers Industry First Online Backup Solution with Windows Certified Open File Driver for SMBs". Computer Weekly News. July 12, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ Michael Muchmore (March 30, 2013). "Disaster-Proof Your Data with Online Backup". PC Magazine. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ Samara Lynn (March 27, 2013). "Business Backup: Nothing Personal". PC Magazine. Retrieved May 13, 2014.