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Memopal Recruits 100 Linux Beta Testers

Fri Aug 8, 2008 4:03am EDT
Testers Will Form a Community to Help Develop the First Low-Cost Online Backup
System for Linux

NEW YORK, August 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Memopal http://www.memopal.com
continuous, automatic, and long-term online backup. Following the release of
a beta version for Mac, Memopal is taking another step forward with today's
announcement of the launch of a beta release for the Linux Desktop and
Server. Until August 20, 2008, Memopal is looking for 100 beta testers around
the world to form a Linux community that will help it develop the first
low-cost online backup system for Linux. Anybody interested in online storage
and willing to participate can register with Wiki Memopal Beta Tester
betatest.memopal.com ( http://apps.memopal.com/mbt) Beta testers will receive
a fully functional user license.
    "We currently support Ubuntu and Debian and we are working on several
other distributions. We feel that Linux is a key platform," remarked Gianluca
Granero, Chief Technology Officer of Memopal. "Data protection," he
continued, "is essential for anybody who uses a computer, no matter what
operating system they use, including Linux. Memopal supports WebDav and Linux
users can access their files from the web or by doing a simple 'mount'."
Gianluca Granero is the co-creator of MGFS, " the Memopal Global File
System", a distributed architecture technology that can safely store
information at a cost that makes online storage extremely affordable. The
basic Memopal suite includes 150GB of storage for $49 a year.    Why choose
Memopal?

    - It costs less than an external hard drive.
    - By purchasing a single license, Memopal can be used on more than one
      computer (PC, Mac and Linux) until the storage allowance has been
      fully used (personal license).
    - Files can be accessed from the web or from a mobile phone.
    - Files too large to send by e-mail transmission can be shared in a
      click.
    - Stored files are never automatically deleted.
    - Cloud storage, scalability and redundancy thanks to geographic Raid 5
      technology.


    Memopal foresees a future in which users will work on their documents,
music and photographs at the speed of a local disk, while taking advantage of
an archive accessible from anywhere, at any time. Furthemore, Memopal will
last much longer than the user's computer.
    For more information on Memopal, visit http://www.memopal.com
SOURCE  Memopal

Lucia Bracci, Press office manager, Phone: + 39-06-9025-4250, Email:
press@memopal.com - info@memopal.com



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