Novosoft Becomes Microsoft Gold Partner

Novosoft Becomes Microsoft Gold Partner
Novosoft, an international software development and IT-consulting company, earns Microsoft Gold Partner status.
Alliance, Ohio, September 16, 2009 – Novosoft, one of the leading providers of backup solutions worldwide, today announced that they have achieved the status of Gold Partners with an ISV/Software Solutions Competency in the Microsoft Partnership Program. The main factor that allowed the company to earn the status was certification of their flagship product Handy Backup for the Microsoft's "Works with Windows Server 2008" logo.
"Becoming Microsoft Gold Partner gives us an opportunity to bring even more benefits to our clients," said Vladimir Vaschenko, CEO of Novosoft. "It not only demonstrates our knowledge of Microsoft technologies and our proficiency in high-quality software development, but also provides us with a rich set of resources that will help us further improve our products and deliver better service to our customers."
Microsoft Gold Certified Partners with an ISV competency are considered as being the most experienced companies that have proven their technical competence and expertise at developing professional software solutions. The Partnership Program is aimed to help customers identify the best software vendors on the market and use only the best products that are guaranteed to deliver superior user experience and highest business results.
About Handy Backup
Handy Backup is an award-winning backup solution for desktop and laptop computers working under Windows OS and Windows Server-based enterprise networks. It allows creating scheduled backups of information stored on workstations and servers, including Exchange servers, SQL servers, databases of different types and much more.
Prices of the software range from $39 for Standard edition to $199 for Full edition. Also, there is an enterprise backup edition of the program, Handy Backup Server, which includes 5 licenses for remote workstations and costs $599.
To learn more about Handy Backup, please refer to the product website at http://www.handybackup.net
About Novosoft
Established in 1992, Novosoft develops and markets a wide range of B2C and B2B solutions for individual PC users and small businesses with Windows-based IT infrastructures. The company strives to keep in step with the most advanced technologies and deliver high quality and cost effective software products, ensuring customer satisfaction and trust. For more information, please refer to the corporate website at http://www.novosoft-us.com

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