Zix intends to tap into the backup market by securing a portfolio of products for Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace, and more.
Zix has acquired CloudAlly in order to add backup solutions for products including Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace to its portfolio. As the coronavirus pandemic will ensure many of us are working from home for the foreseeable future, enterprise companies have had to rapidly analyze their infrastructure, technological and security postures, and remote access capabilities. With such an unexpected and rapid transition to remote working for many employees, cloud services, systems, and reliable backup options are important to keep operations as stable as possible at least until the crisis ends — and to this end, Zix has decided to break into the backup market. See also: Amazon unveils automatic archive to deep storage for AWS S3, and a bevy of other storage enhancements Announced on Monday, the email security and data loss prevention specialist said the acquisition of the company « will provide our partners and customers with another robust tool to drive further cloud adoption in their digital transformation journeys.
