Carbonite, a provider of online backup systems to consumers and small businesses, has signed a partnership agreement with LaCie, a manufacturer of computer peripherals, to power LaCie One Year Online Backup.
The one-year unlimited online backup, powered by Carbonite, is bundled with the purchase of eligible LaCie consumer external storage hard drives, said Carbonite.
David Friend, co-founder and CEO of Carbonite, said: We are very pleased that LaCie decided to power its external hard drive online backup with Carbonite. We take pride in our mission to offer the most secure and simplistic backup solution available. LaCie’s dedication to quality data storage products is a natural extension to our backup service and we look forward to similar partnerships in the future.
Philippe Spruch, CEO of LaCie, said: Taking into account the quality of information users place on our drives, we wanted to go beyond our expertise in hardware to provide the best options to our customers. LaCie One Year Online Backup provides one year of unlimited online backup to showcase the importance of backup strategies that keep data safe and our dedication to helping users get there.
