VAULT400 Enahances Offering with Agent 6.0 for IBM i

Cleveland, Ohio - September 9, 2008 - United Computer Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of VAULT400 Agent 6.0 for IBM i. This new agent includes several advantages relating to performance, security, ease of use and integration. VAULT400 Agent 6.0 for IBM i improves backup and restore performance. Seeding, restore and backup of small object workflows are significantly faster through DeltaPro enhancements. Bandwidth throttling minimizes disruptions to day-to-day business operations during backups. The DeltaPro recreation technology provides faster backups by regenerating the delta file index when it is missing or corrupt, and will eliminate a reseed of data to the Vault. Support for AES-256 encryption ensures customers running IBM i have access to the latest encryption algorithms. VAULT400 Agent 6.0 for IBM i is user friendly….Backup job creation utility provides a workflow for optimal configuration of backup jobs for new customers. Support for LocalRecovery and UltraRecovery ensures that backups from IBM i Agents integrate seamlessly with replication capabilities of the Director OS support - Full support for IBM i V5R4. The agent is immediately available for partners and customers from the VAULT400 Customer Support Center by emailing support@vault400.com VAULT400 is a licensed solution of United Computer Group, Inc. (UCG). UCG was formed in 1987 and has served 600+ end user clients. For more information, please visit www.vault400.com or www.ucgrp.com

VAULT400 Featured at AVNET Conference

Exciting speakers took the the stage during the General Session and technical, sales and executive level education was be offered throughout the conference. In the Solution Expo were numerous exhibits with some very exciting technology. Some of the more noteworthy vendors that I visited were VAI, VMWare, IBM and of course VAULT400.

I took the liberty of taking a quick photo of Jim Kandrac with one of Avnet partners visiting with him while everyone was setting up their booths.

VAULT400 Featured at ARROW MAYDAYS

I just noticed via a Google Alert that Jim Kandrac from VAULT400 was one of the featured speakers. As you can well imagine, he was speaking about online backup services for the IBM platform. For those of you that are not familiar with May Days...this is an exciting event designed to offer you the best of IBM AS/400 iseries system i partner education and networking opportunities, along with some time to socialize and enjoy yourself. At the core of May Days 2008 is the Solution Center. This is where ISVs and IBM Business Partners come together to showcase solutions and witness how technologies work together for increased competitive advantages. Rumor has it that Jim Kandrac had standing room only at his session. Congratulations Jim!

VAULT400 Ready for IBM Delivery for SMB Customers

IBM Aims to Simplify IT Delivery for SMB Customers New Initiative Offers Web 2.0 Platform -- and a New Choice -- for Software and Solution Firms LOS ANGELES & IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference - 01 May 2008: -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new software and unveiled for the first time a broad initiative to combine hardware, software and services to tackle the cost and complexity of IT for small and medium businesses. The new, strategic initiative -- code-named the "Blue Business Platform" -- aims to provide a new and compelling choice to simplify IT delivery for companies that lack the time and resources to manage computer systems. The initiative, which is part of IBM's ongoing plans to aggressively target its largest opportunity for growth in the $500 billion SMB marketplace, is focused on enabling thousands of software and solution providers to dramatically accelerate the adoption and simplify the management of their business applications on IBM systems. This new, open platform, which will be piloted and delivered in the coming months, will offer software and solution providers access to new customers on a global scale and reduce the high costs of new client acquisition, technology integration and support. VAULT400 is participating in the early releases so they can fully support your online backup and recovery needs.

UCG (VAULT400) Has Record First Quarter

Ohio Technology Firm UCG has record growth in first quarter. Brecksville, Ohio – April 18, 2008, – United Computer Group, Inc. a Brecksville, OH based technology solutions company reported a record first quarter for 2008.The twenty-two-year old private company did not release revenue figures, but said its quarterly growth increased 198 percent from the same period last year.“UCG is fortunate to have hard-working, dedicated employees that focus on solving end user problems and loyal end user clients who realize and take advantage of the value of our offerings,” President Jim Kandrac said.UCG is headquartered in Brecksville, OH and has survived and thrived by being a focused niche player in the IT industry. UCG’s long-standing hardware and software based solutions that run on IBM mid-market servers were enhanced in 2007 by the introduction of UCG’s VAULT400 online backup and disaster recovery managed service. VAULT400 has secured clients throughout Ohio and nationwide from California, Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina and Texas. End User data from around the country is vaulted daily to UCG’s state of the art data center in Columbus, OH Kandrac predicted that 2008 would remain strong and the outlook for cost effective mid-market solutions, especially for the security and disaster recovery segment will continue to grow by over 50% annually.“End User clients are looking for solutions to solve their problems and address key business issues”, Kandrac said. I believe UCG is well-positioned to address end user requirements with cost-effective products and solutions.About United Computer Group, Inc. United Computer Group, Inc. (UCG) UCG was formed in 1987 and has served 550+ end user clients. For more information, please visit http://www.vault400.com/ or http://www.ucgrp.com/

Disaster Recovery Pod Cast by Wayne Madden

If you have a minute, listen to this pod cast by Wayne Maden of the System iNetwork. It is sponsored by VAULT400. I hope this helps you with your iseries online backup plans as well as all other platforms. Thanks and enjoy!

Backup your email To Gmail

Yea, I know this is not exactly what the Pros from VAULT400 would do. However, I am a little cheap with my own email so when I read this article I thought I should share with everyone. Remember not everybody has only iseries online backup information and critical system data. Sometimes, all that email that I never get around to reading will be valuable. Therefore, why not take advantage of good old Google and backup the cheap way. Export and Backup Emails from Outlook to Gmail Online Sachin writes - “I have few thousand email messages inside Microsoft Outlook (a pst file) organized in various folders. I know it is possible to download emails from Gmail to Outlook using POP3 or IMAP but is the reverse path possible.” Sachin is looking for a trick to archive all Outlook email messages (and folders) to his online Gmail account for two reasons - one is secure backup and two, he will be able to access his old emails from any computer. Here is the rest of the article... http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/export-outlook-email-to-gmail-pst-backup/1938/