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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Cristie Software - January eBulletin

Cristie Software - January News Bulletin
Cristie Software News Bulletin
January 2013 Update
Welcome to the first Cristie Software News Bulletin for 2013!

Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a prosperous 2013. Here at Cristie we are looking forward to the year ahead with lots of exciting projects and products currently in development.

In the last edition we introduced our latest solution in the last phases of development - CloneManager (www.cristie.com/products/clonemanager), we have had some fantastic news from a large reseller who has chosen us as their on-boarding software provider for all of their worldwide user base. Press release will soon be announced!

Other news includes our new offer for existing HomeBase users - find out more information below or at www.cristie.com/homebase-user-offer

We hope that you have had a successful start to 2013 and please get in touch if we can help support any deals that you have in the pipeline or if you need any advice for new software for your own business.

Why not keep in touch with what we are getting up to by following us on Twitter @CristieSoftware, LinkedIn and on our blog site.

Natalie Schofield - Marketing Manager
All the best,
Natalie Schofield,
International Marketing Manager
Connect with me on LinkedIn



Purchasing Updates...

Purchase Cristie Software solutionsCristie Software solutions (CBMR, TBMR and NBMR) can now be purchased through a range of new channels, including IBM's Passport Advantage (PPA).

For further purchasing channel information please visit the website - www.cristie.com/purchase

If you are interested in becoming a Cristie Software approved reseller - please fill in the form available at the bottom of the page at www.cristie.com/partners/ and we will be in contact with you.



Competitive upgrade for existing EMC HomeBase users...

Cristie Software is offering EMC HomeBase users a low cost option to migrate to NBMR (Bare Machine Recovery for NetWorker) or CBMR (Cristie Bare Machine Recovery) for non-NetWorker users. EMC announced end of life for their HomeBase solution on 12th August 2012, with maintenance and support also being discontinued later this year.

The cost of the upgrade is only US$100 per license which includes 12 months maintenance. This is often less than the maintenance cost of HomeBase licenses alone and is a massive discount to the normal list price of NBMR/CBMR of US$700 per license. But hurry this offer is only available for a limited time!

For further information please visit the website - www.cristie.com/homebase-user-offer or contact us at sales@cristie.com


2013 Planning - Schedule a meeting with your account manager...

2013 planningAs you start your account planning for 2013 remember we are on hand to help add value to any deals that could benefit from Bare Machine Recovery. With all of our solutions now available through numerous purchasing channels (visit www.cristie.com/purchase for more details) TBMR, CBMR and NBMR are all easy solutions to sell and can increase the value of your opportunities this quarter.

We are currently planning our travel for this quarter and have added to our resources for visiting customers, resellers and partners in EMEA and APAC. If you would like to schedule a meeting or plan a deal clinic with an account manager that covers your area - please get in touch.

Account manager teams contact details:
Americas - americas@cristie.com
APAC - apac@cristie.com
EMEA - emea@cristie.com
General sales - sales@cristie.com


Events...

Pulse
Come and visit us on Stand E526 at IBM Pulse 2013, March 3-6, MGM Grand, Las Vegas (www.ibm.com/pulse) to discuss BMR for Tivoli Storage Manager and cloud migration solutions and also meet some of the team!

If you would like to book a time to talk to us about your businesses requirements please get in contact to organise a time slot. Email me at natalie.schofield@cristie.com


Webinars...

Product webinars We are looking at a new series of webinars to introduce our range of solutions. Please keep a look out for new dates of webinars at www.cristie.com/about-us/events

If you are an EMC or IBM employee or approved reseller we already have a couple of webinars booked in to introduce the product range and also help you to understand the added value BMR can include to existing and new customer deals.

EMC focused - NBMR and CBMR product introduction, add value to your pipeline
7th February 2013 / 10:00 GMT / sign up here

IBM focused - TBMR and CBMR product introduction, add value to your pipeline
4th March 2013 / 10:00 GMT / sign up here

Space is limited so please book your space as soon as possible.

More product focused webinar dates to be released soon. Keep up-to-date with our latest information by following us on twitter and LinkedIn or check out www.cristie.com/about-us/events


Have you read our latest Blog posts?

New Year, New Business Resolutions
As the New Year begins the custom of setting New Year's resolutions starts, the tradition of setting resolutions dates back at least to ancient Roman times, and 2,000 years later the goal-setting habit is still thriving. ...

Read the full blog post here


Cristie Software Bare Machine Recovery solutions support a wide range of Operating Systems
Cristie's Bare Machine Recovery (BMR) solutions, CBMR, TBMR for IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and NBMR for EMC's NetWorker, all work with a range of operating systems. For a full list...

Read the full blog post here


Cristie Software Ltd, New Mill, Chestnut Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3EH
Website: www.cristie.com
Email: sales@cristie.com

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Cristie Software November News Bulletin

Read the latest Cristie Software News Update 

Cristie Software August 2012 News Bulletin
November 2012 Update
Welcome to the Cristie Software News Bulletin!

What a packed edition of the bulletin we have this month with the launch of our latest product announced! CloneManager has been in development for most of the year and we are very proud that it has already gained a huge amount of interest including a global outsourcing company who are looking to employ it as their main migration software!

We also have a new employee to introduce to you, a new customer case study to read, a new product discussion group launched and some new collateral to keep you up-to-date with our product news.

We hope that you have had a successful start to Q4 and please get in touch if we can help support any deals that you have in the pipeline or if you need any advice for new software for your own business.

If you currently purchase our solutions TBMR and CBMR through IBM - read the latest blog post about changes to how to purchase, with a move to IBM's Passport Advantage.

Why not keep in touch with what we are getting up to by following us on Twitter @CristieSoftware, LinkedIn and on our blog site.

Natalie Schofield - Marketing Manager
All the best,
Natalie Schofield,
International Marketing Manager





Product News... 

Introducing the latest solution from Cristie Software - CloneManager:

Latest solution - Cristie CloneManager. Server Migrations and Clones

CloneManager –the latest solution announced for release very soon! CloneManager enables machine migrations and server moves on an easy to use drag and drop GUI.
For more information visit the website at www.clonemanager.com

  • Read the full the Press Release here
  • View the CloneManager Datasheet download
  • Have a look at the CloneManager PowerPoint Presentation download
For more information on pricing and beta testing contact us here

Interested in finding out more?
We will be arranging a number of introduction product webinars, if you are interested in registering for one of these online events please email us and once the dates are released we will forward you the information.

For webinars or further product information please email sales here.


Customer Case Study...

Read how Kwik Fit Financial Services have used in TBMR to support their operations and business continuity plans.

Kwik-Fit Financial Services“Sometimes a good hardware maintenance contract and a good data backup schedule just isn't enough to ensure that services can be recovered quickly. Our experience shows that there is a significant gap here and we are relying more and more on TBMR to fill this gap.”- Duncan Waddell, Second Line Team Lead, KFFS
Kwik Data Recovery Called For As Server Fails For Main Customer Contact Centre

Kwik-Fit Financial Services relies on a number of fileservers running software applications which are key to the day to day operations of the business. Running a fully operational contact centre is essential to keep customer service levels high and ensure that the corporate aims of a fast, courteous and professional service are maintained.

Following a corruption of the OS disks on one of the critical fileservers, it took several days to recover fully and had a major impact on the service level...

Read the full case study here

New LinkedIn TBMR Customer Group...

LinkedInWe want to hear from you! We have launched a new product development and discussion group for all of our TBMR customers and associates. You can help share best practices, discuss experiences and new features, helping aid Cristie to shape the TBMR future product roadmap.

The group Cristie Software TBMR Product Discussions & Development, offers you the chance to make valuable contibutions to future improvements and developments for our products or maybe make suggestions of other new solutions or new products integrations, that would help resolve your business' disaster recovery, data protection and migration issues.

We hope you will join us and become part of the Cristie world-wide discussion and development community. We are also looking at creating these type of groups for our other solutions - get in touch if you would be interested in joining other product groups - email me at natalie.schofield@cristie.com

Join in the TBMR conversation today by applying for membership here http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Cristie-Software-TBMR-Product-Discussions-4692242


New Collateral...

We have created new PowerPoint presentations introducing our product range for you to use:

View the PowerPoint Presentations here:
Along with a range of new Sector overviews. We hope you find them useful as reference points:


Introductions...

We would like to introduce you to our newest member of staff to join the Cristie Software family:
Clair Brown, Account Manager
CLAIR BROWN
Accounts Manager



Clair who has managed a successful book keeping company, joins the company part-time to help run the accounts team. We are very pleased that Clair has joined us as she brings an invaluable skill-set to the company.

Other News...

The Green IT Strategy – cloud and e-procurement take center stage
CIO Jennifer Rigby, Department of Energy and Climate Change announced the driving forces of the Government’s green IT strategy, as cloud and e-procurement whilst speaking at the Efficient ICT: 2012 Conference at Westminster in Central London...

Read the full blog post here


Bare Machine Recovery for TSM and NetWorker:
Include BMR in your Disaster Recovery plan simply by adding one of Cristie Software’s BMR bolt-on solutions. At Cristie Software we can enhance the capabilities of both IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and EMC NetWorker with solutions that add essential Bare Machine Recovery functionality...

Read the full blog post here


Cristie Software Ltd, New Mill, Chestnut Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3EH
Website: www.cristie.com
Email: sales@cristie.com

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Cristie Software News Bulletin - September 2012

Cristie Software August 2012 News Bulletin
September 2012 Update

Welcome to the Cristie Software News Bulletin!

We have quite a lot to update you this month, with new releases, new staff members and some great product news along with industry guest blogger special.

After a successful first two quarters we are hoping that the rest of 2012 continues to be just as interesting. With some new customers on board and quite a number of software projects being developed, the end of Q3 and Q4 could have some big announcements for us to make!

We were also proud to report that this year's Global Fortune 500 Companies list included over 100 of our customers!

Why not keep in touch with what we are getting up to by following us on Twitter @CristieSoftware or LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/cristie-software-limited
Natalie Schofield - Marketing Manager
All the best,
Natalie Schofield,
International Marketing Manager




Product News... 

Several new Windows releases to let you know about:
Contact our sales team if you would like to know more at sales@cristie.com
And as usual you can download a free trial of the software via the website - www.cristie.com/download

And new software to introduce you to
  • CRISP - Cristie Recovery ISO Producer – this is a simple utility that we have designed to automatically build the recovery ISO for you, since Microsoft changed their licensing rules for the WinPE based DR environment (May 2012). View the technical video demonstration here


Introductions...

We would like to introduce you to the two latest additions to the Cristie Software family:

Andy Loydell - UK&I Business Development Manager ANDY LOYDELL
UK&I Business Development Manager
Email Andy
Connect on LinkedIn

Andy joins the company to help support business in the UK and Ireland. With an IT software background Andy brings a wealth of knowledge becoming a valuable member of the team.
Toby Bishop - US Territory Manager
 TOBY BISHOP
US Territory Manager

Email Toby
Connect on LinkedIn

Toby joins the US team to assist our growing customer-base and resellers. Coming from a technical sales team background Toby is a fantastic addition to the company.



Special Feature...

This month is from Pentire Solutions Ltd"The service we provide is built upon quality, reliability and integrity" 
Delft fire - business continuity questioned
the role of business management after a crisisBusiness Continuity: The Role of Business Management in a Crisis
Many organisations have a form of business continuity plan, developed to meet various requirements. It may be a “tick in the box” document to enable regulatory compliance, or to meet a customer’s requirements. It should be developed to protect the business and its stakeholders’ interests.

But how many business managers actually understand the plan and its processes? If there were a major disruptive incident, most would need to ask someone what to do. The response would be more effective if we understood, in advance, our role in helping to keep the business operational….

Read the full story here…



Other News...

Business Disaster Recovery Planning - TOP 10 TIPS:
We all know that IT downtime happens, whether due to cyber-attack, power-cut, natural disaster including hurricanes, fire, floods or even unplanned IT outages. Every company, whatever the size or number of locations should have a disaster recovery plan in place as part of the business continuity strategy.

Business Disaster Recovery Planning - Top tipsWe have pulled together 10 top tips to help you create a great IT DR plan:

  1. Test, test and test again, at least quarterly run through the disaster recovery process, ensure that it all works, re-create plan to include any changes that are highlighted through this testing process, this should streamline your process and make it user-friendly and robust
  2. Staff knowledge, document processes and ensure that everyone involved understands the process required to recover and restore systems. Enabling staff from branches and individual offices to be in control of their requirements whether onsite or remotely can also provide your organization with better control over data and systems, providing a swifter solution to recovery....

Read the full top 10 tips here...


Cristie Software Ltd, New Mill, Chestnut Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3EH
Website: www.cristie.com 
 Email: sales@cristie.com