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Intronis’ Kent Plunkett Chief Executive Officer named one of 2011’s Top 100 Channel Executives by UBM Channel’s CRN

CRN recognizes CEO Kent Plunkett in the IT Channel

Boston, MA, November 29, 2011 – Intronis, the world’s leading cloud backup and recovery solution for the IT Channel, announced today that Kent Plunkett Chief Executive Officer was named one of the Top 100 Executives in the Channel by CRN. This annual list salutes individual channel executives for continuing to change the way the channel does business to increase partner sales while shaping their own organization’s future.

CRN’s 2011 Top 100 Executives list was based on nominations from solution providers who rated channel vendor executives based on influence, effectiveness and viability, as well as business and sales impact. The CRN Editorial team judged nominees based on sales volume, channel investment and advocacy, and performance in 2011 CRN research projects such as Channel Champs and the Annual Report Card.

Kent Plunkett was included on the list of Top 100 Channel Executives because he has guided Intronis Cloud Backup + Recovery to become a leader in the IT channel. Kent and the Intronis team have demonstrated that Intronis is not only a reliable solution, but a tremendous revenue builder. With his guidance, Intronis ensures that resellers can count on the company to be there every step of the way through the industry’s reliability leader, world class customer support, regional customer success team, and dedicated account managers.

Kent Plunkett, states “It is an honor to be recognized along with the other leading Channel Executives who also received this award. I am very proud of the team at Intronis, the value we give to the IT Channel, and being able to help each of our partners succeed in their businesses.

“From sales leaders and innovators to mavericks and up-and-comers, it takes different types of executives with different philosophies to drive continued success of the IT Channel,” said Kelley Damore, Vice President and Editorial Director for UBM Channel. “We’re recognizing this year’s Top 100 Executives for their commitment to the channel, as well as their determination to adopt new strategies and policies that drive greater sales for partners, while positioning their own company for future growth. We salute these leaders for their hard work and devotion to the technology channel.”

Expanded coverage of the 2011 Top 100 Executives will be featured in the November issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.crn.com.

About Intronis
Intronis Cloud Backup + Recovery is a world class cloud backup solution for the IT Channel. Intronis provides the industry’s easiest to use secure data solution for offsite and local backup, which generates a monthly recurring revenue stream to add to your business. Intronis offers the best, deepest Exchange and SQL backup on the market, U.S.-based customer support, and is also integrated to major solutions in the MSP ecosystem. The solution has been field tested by thousands of MSPs and the industry spoke by awarding Intronis the 2011 Vendor of the Year from ASCII. www.intronis.com

About UBM Channel: (www.ubmchannel.com)
UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at www.ubmchannel.com.

UBM plc (www.ubm.com)
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com

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Intronis Wins 6th Best Revenue Generator at ASCII NJ/NY Summit

The ASCII Group Recognizes Intronis for the 6th consecutive time as a Leading Cloud Backup Solution in the Channel

Intronis, a world class cloud backup and recovery solution for the IT Channel has been awarded and recognized as the Best Revenue Generator for the sixth consecutive time at the ASCII Success Summit in New Jersey / New York.

The ASCII Group, Inc. is the World’s largest IT Solution Provider community and gives the opportunity for IT Channel resellers to be recognized for their excellence in respective categories. This prestigious award for Best Revenue Generator is presented to the technology company that is deemed the best in this area in the IT industry. These esteemed awards are voted on by the Solution Provider attendees at the ASCII Success Summits 2011 in New Jersey/New York.

Jonathan Sneedse, Princeton Computer Support, Inc., is a current partner who believes in the Intronis solution, and the team behind it. Jonathan stated, “We are very happy with the service and especially the daily report we receive on how our backups are doing. I was surprised when one of the Intronis techs proactively emailed me regarding a backup issue with one of our customers. I felt Intronis always goes that extra mile to provide great customer service and continually exceeds my expectations for a cloud backup provider.”

About Intronis
Intronis is a cloud provider of backup and disaster recovery services for the IT channel. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the efficiencies of full web-based account management, and an industry leading technical support team. www.intronis.com

About the ASCII Group
The ASCII Group, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, was established in 1984, with additional offices in Canada, India, and the UK. ASCII is the largest paying community of independent computer resellers in the world with more than 2,000 members and system wide end-user sales of approximately $10.5 billion. ASCII provides technology tools, products and services to assist independent information technology resellers increase profits, reduce costs, and grow their respective businesses. For more information, please visit www.ascii.com or www.asciievents.com for more information on the ASCII 2010 Reseller Success Summits.

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Intronis Offers its Partners the Chance to Reduce Their Manhours Per Gigabyte™

Reclaim Your Time with Intronis Cloud Backup

Intronis, a world class provider of a trustworthy, easy-to-use, and reliable cloud backup solution, is ensuring that each of its partners has the ability to reduce their Manhours per Gigabyte™ (MPG). MPG allows each of our partners to evaluate their time and determine how it is spent with their customers.

Neal Bradbury, Co-Founder and VP of Operations at Intronis, states, “The ability to reduce one’s MPG is an opportunity we feel all our partners should have in their businesses. In our latest software release, the deployable installer and templates allow partners to spend less time traveling back and forth between customer sites. Additionally, with the Intronis solution, partners are confident that their backups will work correctly the first time, saving them not only additional time but the headaches of failed backups.” As our partners say, ‘it just works!’

Reclaiming your time is not just a dream, it’s a reality with Intronis Cloud Backup and the company’s commitment to its partners success. Learn more about reclaiming your time here: http://www.manhourspergigabyte.com.

About Intronis
Intronis is a cloud provider of backup and disaster recovery services for the IT channel. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the efficiencies of full web-based account management, and an industry leading technical support team. www.intronis.com.

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The ASCII Group Recognizes Intronis as the Winner of the ASCII Cup 2011

Intronis Honored as Vendor of the Year by the ASCII Community

Intronis, a world-class online backup and recovery solution provider, was awarded the ASCII Cup in Las Vegas this October. Intronis is a first time recipient of the ASCII Cup, but has been recognized five out of five times at regional ASCII events as the “Best Revenue Generator” technology solution in the channel.

The ASCII Cup is bestowed annually to a technology company that has shown outstanding channel goodwill and a commitment to helping ASCII members grow their revenue and more effectively serve their customers. The winner is voted upon by the ASCII membership at regional ASCII Success Summit meetings.

ASCII members chose Intronis as the winner of the 2011 award based on the quality of its product, commitment to customer service, dedication to the channel and ways they can bring more revenue to their businesses.

Vice President of Channel Development Ted Roller stated, “To even be considered the best channel vendor by the ASCII community, Intronis needed to perform exceedingly well on all fronts. The quality of our solution, the professionalism of our sales and marketing teams, the dedication of customer success and customer support, and the daily efforts of the finance and HR teams have earned this win for Intronis. In short, I am honored to be a part of the Intronis team and to be able to take part in the ASCII community, as it is a community of individuals and companies who are dedicated to their role in the IT channel and its continued success.”

“On behalf of the ASCII Group community, congratulations to Intronis as this year’s ASCII Cup recipient and to each of the top contenders for building well received channel friendly solutions that resonate with our community.” Jerry Koutavas, President, The ASCII Group.

Success Summit attendees vote for the vendors in 7 different categories: ‘Best Software Solution’, ‘Best Hardware Solution’, ‘Best New Product’, ‘Best Revenue Generator’, ‘Best Channel Incentive’, ‘Best Channel Program’ and ‘Best in Show’. The winners at each show are selected based on the votes of the solution providers, and at the end of the year the winner of the ASCII Cup is chosen based on the results at all the shows.

Intronis has won five awards this year during the Success Summits: In Newport Beach, Washington, DC., Chicago, Orlando, and Boston they won ‘Best Revenue Generator.’ Intronis was the only vendor who won the same category at every Success Summit.

About Intronis
Intronis is a provider of cloud backup and disaster recovery services for the IT channel. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the efficiencies of full web-based account management, and an industry leading technical support team. www.intronis.com.

About The ASCII Group, Inc. (ASCII)
The ASCII Group, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, was established in 1984, with additional offices in Canada and the UK. ASCII is the largest paying community of independent computer resellers in the world with over 2,000 members and system wide end-user sales of approximately $10.5 billion. ASCII provides technology tools, products and services to assist independent information technology resellers increase profits, reduce costs, and grow their respective businesses. The Company can be reached at (800) 394-2724, or at www.ascii.com.

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Intronis’ 5th Win for Best Revenue Generator at ASCII Reseller Success Summit Boston

Intronis Awarded 6th Time Overall by ASCII Community

Intronis, an industry leading online backup and recovery solution was awarded its 5th consecutive Best Revenue Generator Award at the ASCII Reseller Success Summit in Boston, Massachusetts this September. This is the 6th overall award given to Intronis by the ASCII community.

Since the Summit was on Intronis’ home turf, a larger Intronis team was present to accept the award. Both Ted Roller, VP of Channel Development and Carol Ferrari, VP of Marketing and Customer Success were present and honored by this 5th consecutive Best Revenue Generator Award.

Carol Ferrari stated, “It’s always an honor to be given this award, but we are especially proud as it was the 5th time by the ASCII community. We look forward to the ASCII events each time and are happy to see that our presence is not only noticed but valued by the IT channel and ASCII community. We at Intronis do our best to provide a solution that offers an industry leading value for MSPs and their reselling business. It is great to be a part of this tight-knit community and we look forward to future events, collaboration, and giving back to the ASCII community for years to come.

About Intronis
Intronis is a provider of cloud backup and disaster recovery services for the IT channel. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the efficiencies of full web-based account management, and an industry leading technical support team. www.intronis.com.

About the ASCII Group
The ASCII Group, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, was established in 1984, with additional offices in Canada, India, and the UK. ASCII is the largest paying community of independent computer resellers in the world with more than 2,000 members and system wide end-user sales of approximately $10.5 billion. ASCII provides technology tools, products and services to assist independent information technology resellers increase profits, reduce costs, and grow their respective businesses. For more information, please visit www.ascii.com or www.asciievents.com for more information on the ASCII 2010 Reseller Success Summits.

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Ted Roller of Intronis Cloud Backup + Recovery Honored in Fourth-Annual MSPmentor 250 Report

Nine Lives Media Inc. Identifies the World’s Top Managed Services Executives, Entrepreneurs and Experts

Ted Roller, Vice President of Channel Development of Intronis was selected for Nine Lives Media Inc.’s fourth annual MSPmentor 250, a global report that identifies the world’s leading managed service executives, entrepreneurs, experts, coaches and community leaders.

The complete MSPmentor 250 coverage is available now at: http://www.mspmentor.net/top-250-people

This year’s expanded MSPmentor 250 coverage includes FastChat videos, executive biographies and extensive social media links. The community destination and associated links allow MSPmentor site visitors and industry leaders to rapidly network with one another.

“I was honored to be among so many bright and successful executives in the IT industry on the MSPmentor 250 list of 2011.” said Ted Roller, Vice President of Channel Development, Intronis. “Being a part of the MSPmentor 250 is a reminder of how great it is to be a part of this Channel and be able to work hand-in-hand with fellow MSP service providers and experts. I enjoy every minute of getting to know our partners and being able to deliver a valued and profitable cloud service to our channel partners.”

“We promised to raise the bar with our fourth-annual MSPmentor 250 report,” said Amy Katz, CEO of Nine Lives Media Inc. “We’ve delivered on that goal, paving the way for MSP experts across North America, EMEA, Asia and Australia to network.”

The fourth annual MSPmentor 250 report is based on a global survey of MSPmentor site readers conducted from April through July 24, 2010. The MSPmentor editorial staff also weighed in with nominations, based on the team’s daily coverage of the managed services market. The resulting MSPmentor 250 report represents managed services experts across business, technology, sales, marketing, community development, coaching and more.

MSPmentor’s readership and editorial staff are uniquely positioned to identify the world’s top managed services experts. MSPmentor is the world’s leading managed services blog and community—and the ultimate guide to managed services.

About Intronis
Intronis is a provider of cloud backup and disaster recovery services for managed service providers. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the convenience of online account management, and industry leading technical support. www.intronis.com.

About Nine Lives Media Inc.
Nine Lives Media Inc. (www.ninelivesmediainc.com) defines emerging IT media markets and disrupts established IT media markets. The company’s websites — MSPmentor (http://www.mspmentor.net), The VAR Guy (http://www.thevarguy.com), Talkin’ Cloud (http://www.talkincloud.com), MSPtweet (http://www.msptweet.com) and VARtweet (http://www.vartweet.com) are the leading blogs and social media destinations in the IT channel.

For More Information
Nine Lives Media Inc. and MSPmentor, Joe Panettieri, EVP Editorial Director, joe@ninelivesmediainc.com or 1.631.423.3536.

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Intronis Cloud Backup + Recovery Introduces Fall Release 2011

Reduce your Manhours per Gigabyte™ with Intronis’ Fall Release

Today, Intronis Cloud Backup and Recovery introduces its Fall Release. The Fall Release will allow partners to decrease the time they spend managing their online backup solution by reducing their Manhours per Gigabyte™ through exciting new features! The highlights of the Fall Release include advanced notification enhancements, brand new easy-to-use groups and templates, an efficient deployable agent installer and improved self-service branding. As an added bonus, a powerful new Autotask integration is being released at the same time.

Carol Ferrari, Intronis VP of Marketing and Customer Success, comments “The Intronis team is excited about the new Fall Release features. We constantly strive to decrease the time a partner has to spend with the Intronis solution, making it easier and faster to use. We call that reducing their Manhours per Gigabyte™. The team has worked hard in order to provide our partners the best in cloud backup and recovery features. We look forward to putting even more at our partners’ fingertips in order to assist their backup needs, reselling efforts, and allowing them to focus on their business with even more ease. “

Want to know more regarding the Fall Release? Check out What’s New!

You can also keep up with the conversation on the Intronis product, release, and team. Join the discussion by following: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Group Flickr YouTube Intronis Blog

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Intronis Co-Founder Steve Frank Named Vice President and Chief Architect

Intronis Veteran becomes Vice President and Chief Architect

Intronis, the leading cloud backup and disaster recovery solution for the IT Channel, announces co-founder Steve Frank as Vice President and Chief Architect.

Steve, one of the co-founders of Intronis, has been an essential team member to the success of our online backup solution since the beginning. He came to Intronis with more than 15 years of experience in programming in software engineering, embedded systems, website application testing and statistical analysis.

Intronis CEO Kent Plunkett commented, “Steve, one of the original co-founders, has been an incredible asset to our team at Intronis. We are excited to promote Steve to Vice President and Chief Architect, since he has been a critical resource in building our leading cloud backup solution. I fully believe that Steve will continue to drive the evolution of our solution. With a great talent like Steve driving our roadmap and development agenda, it is no wonder our product has become the number one choice in the IT channel for cloud backup.”

About Intronis
Intronis is a cloud provider of backup and disaster recovery services for managed service providers. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the convenience of online account management, and an industry leading technical support team. www.intronis.com.

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Intronis Co-Founder Neal Bradbury Named Vice President of Operations

Intronis Veteran Leads the Operations Team

Intronis, the world class cloud backup and disaster recovery solution for IT service provider announces, co-founder Neal Bradbury as Vice President of Operations.

Neal was one of the co-founders of Intronis in 2003 and has been instrumental in driving the company to its leadership position in the cloud backup and recovery industry. He came to Intronis with over 15 years of experience in the IT field including networking, security, and systems management.

Throughout his tenure at Intronis, Neal has worn many hats including technical support, product management, hosting operations and information technology. In his return to the role he loves, Neal will focus on running our operations team, keeping the company at the leading edge of online storage technology. Intronis CEO Kent Plunkett commented, “Neal is one of the key reasons we are a successful company. He was part of the original team that brought such an incredible solution to the IT channel. He personifies the type of MSP-centric service we aim to provide our partners.We are delighted to recognize Neal with this promotion and we look forward to his continued contributions as a widely respected member of our executive team.”

About Intronis
Intronis is a cloud provider of backup and disaster recovery services for managed service providers. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the convenience of online account management, and an industry leading technical support team. www.intronis.com.

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Carol Ferrari Recognized as One of the Top Women of the Channel

CRN Women Channel

Intronis Cloud Backup and Recovery’s Carol Ferrari Recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as One of the Top Women of the Channel

Intronis, a world class online backup solution, announced today that Carol Ferrari, VP of Marketing and Customer Success has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the top Women of the Channel in 2011. This annual list recognizes female executives for their accomplishments over the past year, based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. This year’s Women of the Channel were chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine from a field of vendor channel organizations, distributors and solution providers.

Carol Ferrari’s role at Intronis has been pivotal in the continued engagement with the company’s customers. In her time thus far with Intronis, Carol has launched a channel customer success process, which allows partners to take part in an onboarding program to ensure all partners are utilizing best practices for their Intronis solution. In addition, Carol developed a Networking series which allows potential and current partners to engage with one another not only to learn more about Intronis and its offerings, but hear from Intronis current customers on how the solution is helping them be successful in their business. Carol has also formalized our product launch process for new releases, which is a major communications and training venue that enables our partners to effectively use the Intronis solution in their business.

“This year’s Women of the Channel list honors those female executives who epitomize success within the IT channel - a traditionally male-centric industry. Whether they come from tier-one vendors, VAR500 solution providers or just bring a bevy of channel experience that cannot be ignored, the 2011 Women of the channel list will recognize the most influential women of the channel based on their overall achievements, and their influence in the technology industry,” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel.

Carol Ferrari exclaims “I am so honored to have received such great recognition from CRN, and be among this great group of women who were recognized in the Channel as influential and successful executives. Being a part of the Intronis team has allowed me to reach higher in my career goals within the industry. I look forward to doing even more for the channel as well as continuing to be an inspiring role model to other females within the industry.”

A sample of the Women of the Channel list will appear in the July issue of CRN Magazine and expanded coverage will be featured online at www.crn.com.

About Intronis

Intronis is a cloud provider of backup and disaster recovery services for the IT channel. Intronis utilizes 256-bit AES security and multiple data centers located on opposite coasts to ensure data protection and availability. Intronis offers IT service providers a secure data solution combined with a robust partner program, the efficiencies of full web-based account management, and an industry leading technical support team. www.intronis.com. http://www.twitter.com/intronisinc

About Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

About UBM plc

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com

Press Contacts:

Scott Regan, Senior Marketing Manager
Everything Channel
508.416.1186
scott.regan@ec.ubm.com

Carol Ferrari, VP of Marketing and Customer Success
Intronis Cloud Backup + Recovery
617.948.5337
cferrari@intronis.com

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