Spare Backup, which specializes in helping consumers, small office and home office users and small to mid-sized businesses protect their computer data quickly, automatically and cost-effectively, reportedly has reached an agreement to launch a co-branded cloud computing platform with Comet Group, PLC, throughout their 250 store locations in the U.K.

 

According to Spare Backup officials, the customer platform will serve as a central Web-based interface where a user can backup, store, sync, share retrieve and coordinate all their data across all their devices including PC’s, cell phones and PDA’s.

 

Company officials said that the platform will be designed to be a “personalized experience” in the cloud. It will provide a so-called “robust feature set” for the user offering an array of complimentary services tailored to each individual’s patterns, uses and needs.

 

As part of the pact, Spare Backup will provide the co-branded platform to Comet customers in a progressive rollout throughout Comet’s 250 store locations.

The platform will be sold as part of Comet’s service plan program for all computers and start within the next 30 days.

 

Moreover, Spare Backup will also be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the data and for the administration and operation of the platform, website and service delivery.

“Spare Backup, from its inception, has been designed to provide a unique consumer backup solution, with cloud interoperability and marketed through strategic partnerships that deliver our products to targeted markets,” said Cery Perle, CEO of Spare Backup, in a statement.

 

Perle said that Comet, a leading electrical specialist retailer in the U.K., has a store footprint and customer base that the company believes will generate a high level of customer acceptance leading to significant revenue opportunities for the company as partners.

 

“We are excited to move forward in a long term partnership with Comet as we work diligently to solidify our position as the backup service of choice among the top retailers in Europe and as a leader in cloud computing services”

 

Perle said that the company is confident that cloud computing is where the future is going, and that these services are the building blocks enabling Spare Backup to deliver additional layered services, further increasing the demand, stickiness of the company’s products and enhanced revenue opportunities.

“We intend to position ourselves with leading retailers like Comet that have a proven ability to build a lucrative subscriber base around their valued customers.”

 

Perle said that co-branding these types of cloud services through Comet and other leading reseller relationships, Spare Backup has effectively increased its market opportunity five-fold - from an estimated 130 million PC’s sold annually to 1.2 billion units when including cell phones and other PDA’s.

 

“We are excited by the opportunity that Spare Backup offers in providing our customers with a leading-edge back-up solution,” said Frank Vymetal, head of financial services at Comet Group PLC.

 

Vymetal said that the company looks forward to working closely with Spare Backup to develop further the opportunities that the cloud computing platform offers for the customers.