New product allows for automatic compression and encryption of Windows Backup files, overcoming a long-standing limitation.

Melbourne, Australia – November 9, 2007 - Cortex I.T. Labs, developer of BackupAssist and a global leader in SMB Data Protection, has added 7-zip compression capabilities to Windows Backup, overcoming one of the major limitations of the popular backup program.

Windows Backup (also known as NTBackup) is used by millions of system administrators, but does not include software compression. This limits its usefulness where space or bandwidth is restricted – such as when backing up to DVD or transferring offsite via FTP.

“We’ve aimed our solution at smaller businesses that have under 10GB of data. Many system administrators want to burn their backup file to a DVD or FTP them offsite and need the backup to be compressed to save space. Our software does exactly that – it will compress the backup file using the 7-zip standard, often halving the size of the backup.” said Linus Chang, lead developer of BackupAssist.

“The user can create a self-extracting executable so they can uncompress their backup file without any additional software. As an added bonus they can even encrypt the backup using AES 256 bit encryption.”

These new features aim to help system administrators achieve better backup practices and are included as standard with BackupAssist. For more information, visit the product website at www.BackupAssist.com.

Cortex I.T. Labs is an Australian technology company, specializing in the development of software products for small to medium business. Since its founding in 2001, Cortex I.T. Labs has gained international success and a worldwide reputation as a leader in backup management software, with its flagship product - BackupAssist.

For more information, please contact Andrew Colliver on +61 3 9899 4681 or sales@backupassist.com.

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