
With regard to Carbonite Steve Buege, SVP and general manager of Code42's consumer & small business division told us. We worked hard to find the best possible alternatives for CrashPlan for Home customers as we transition out of the consumer market.

This continues to fuel our high growth and is driving our strategic decision to focus solely on business and education markets. With the rise in threats facing organisations today, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the data security and visibility solutions those organizations require. The needs of our business and consumer customers have diverged dramatically in the past few years. Joe Payne, president and CEO of Code42 explains. They also are stressing that they are not selling or transitioning any of their proprietary technology, software platform, the CrashPlan brand or other intellectual property. They have announced that this change will not affect their relationships or technology offerings with enterprise companies, organisations or small businesses. They also plan to offer a choice to transition to either their CrashPlan for Small Business product or to their exclusive referral partner for CrashPlan for Home customers, Carbonite, offering a transition path for those looking for a personal backup solution.

They plan to honour all existing CrashPlan for Home subscriptions and the data they store for consumers will remain protected. They have explained that they plan to help their consumer customers transition away from CrashPlan and will wind down support of CrashPlan for Home on Oct. With immediate effect, they will no longer be offering CrashPlan for Home, We understand that they will honour all current consumer subscriptions, but once they expire they will not renew any consumer subscriptions.

Code 42 have announced they are going to concentrate on the business and education markets. Another online backup service provider has decided to withdraw from the consumer backup market.
