User:Veronika.iaso/GFI MAX Backup

GFI MAX Backup
Company typePrivate, part of GFI Software
IndustryOnline backup
Founded1992
HeadquartersSan Gwann, Malta
Key people
Walter Scott, CEO
Alex Crisses, Board Member
Jeff Horing, Board Member
Websitewww.gfimax.com

GFI MAX Backup is an online backup service for Windows, Mac and Linux users. It allows to backup and restore valuable data, e-mails, documents, photo, music to remote data center. Users can backup data continuously, manually or can create backup schedule. The service use security settings from secure 128-bit to military grade Blowfish 448-bit encryption. GFI MAX provides backup of MS exchange, Oracle applications, Microsoft SharePoint, SQL and also works with virtual environments like VMWare and Hyper-V. This isn't too bad - I'd suggest removing the sentence, "Users can backup data..." as it reads rather like a press release. You need to place inline citations to support statements like, "military grade... encryption", and you;d need to use a source that specifically states GFI MAX Backup uses such encryption.

History

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GFI MAX Backup started as a HoundDog Technology in 2003. In 2009 it became a part of GFI Software Family, which provides web and mail security, archiving, backup and fax, networking and security software. This is a bit on the short side, and could benefit from a bit of expansion. Note also that Wikipedia uses wikimarkup rather than HTML (although most HTML syntax is fairly widely supported); I've changed the coding for the headers and lists on this page accordingly.

Products

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GFI MAX produces following additional products:

  • Remote Management was introduced to prevent and fix multitude issues remotely.
  • Managed Antivirus was introduced as a virus protection service to protect computer’s from spy and viruses attack.
  • Mail Protection was developed as an antivirus and spam protection service.
  • Mail Archieve was presented as a mail archiving service which goes together with Mail Protection

Features

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  • True Delta Technology
  • Pricing for MSPs based on storage usage
  • Check the backup status
  • Open API allowing integration with other 3rd party systems
  • Deep integration with Autotask
  • Scalability
  • Self-service restore
  • HIPAA compliance software
  • Data compression

This bit you really don't need - lists of products and especially features positively reek of advertising copy. If some of the products listed above are independently notable - that is, they've received enough coverage in independent sources to warrant their own article on Wikipedia - then they could be included, but I very much doubt that they do.

References

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  1. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/data-center/review-gfi-max-remotemanagement-formerly-hound-dog/ This appears to be about a different, albeit related, product (GFI MAX RemoteManagement)
  2. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/29/gfi-software-acquires-dutch-online-backup-software-firm-iaso-terms-undisclosed/ This is about GFI Software, not GFI MAX Backup
  3. http://www.iteuropa.com/News/2012/05-May-2012/GFI-pitches-local-channel-backup-services.aspx This is a press release - we don't consider these to be independent.
  4. http://www.nfvzone.com/news/2013/08/12/7339682.htm This is a copy of a personal blog bpost, and as such does not meet the reliable sources guideline
  5. http://cloud-computing.tmcnet.com/news/2013/08/12/7339682.htm Identical to the previous source
  6. http://www.intronis.com/product/product-integration.php This comes from one of GFI's partners, and therefore isn't independent
  7. http://www.msptoday.com/news/2013/08/12/7339682.htm Another copy of the blog post
  8. http://www.technibble.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52294 Forum posts are definitely not considered reliable sources
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