Cgest, R1Soft Partner to Provide Premium Data Protection Service

BRAGA, Portugal- (December 2, 2008) — Leading Portuguese Web hosting and data center services provider Cgest today announced their new status as an R1Soft Hosting Partner Program (R1HPP) member. Following the successful introduction of R1Soft Continuous Data Protection® (CDP) earlier this year, Cgest now joins R1HPP to benefit from additional marketing resources.

The R1Soft Hosting Partner Program will assist Cgest in promoting their services and familiarizing current customers with the benefits of the next-generation CDP technology. R1HPP also offers access to exclusive marketing materials, aggressive discounts, and other promotional tools to increase sales and ultimately ROI.

Powered by R1Soft CDP, Cgest offers the premium data protection service, Cgest Data Protect, as a value-add to its hosting and application services to support the security and business continuity of its customers. Starting at €0.19/GB per month, Cgest Data Protect provides secure, offsite backups, real-time restoration and control panel integration. An additional MySQL database backup plug-in, which offers live-protection of active databases, is available as a premium add-on.

CDP features next-generation technology which enables disk-based data protection and efficient disaster recovery for Linux and Windows. High-performance backups, scheduled as often as every couple of minutes, take instant point-in-time snapshots and only record the changed data providing almost zero server interruptions. Bare-Metal Restores allow for a full system restore from any chosen recovery point, without first re-partioning the hard drive and installing the OS, within 15-30 minutes for minimal downtime.

 “We chose R1Soft for our backup software because it was the best solution on the market. Since the addition of R1Soft CDP, our customers feel that their data is safer and the technology continues to attract more customers,” said Jose Oliveira, CEO of Cgest. “We look forward to working with R1Soft as a hosting partner to provide the most reliable backups, promote our services and generate new business.”

About Cgest
Cgest is an integrated Datacenter & Virtual Datacenter services provider for enterprises around the world. Since it was founded in 1997, Cgest has emerged as one of the largest Portuguese web hosting companies. Their Datacenter & Virtual Datacenter solutions provide foundational support for your business, offering an agile, scalable platform that ensures you are running at peak performance every step of the way. Our Application Services are designed to leverage the unique strengths of your business and enable you to run your business more efficiently.

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