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Hosting Partner Program At R1Soft, Welcomes Opus Interactive

Portland, Oregon - (The Hosting News) - July 23, 2008 - Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft, has welcomed Managed Services Provider, Opus Interactive, into its value-added Hosting Partner Program.

The partnership opportunity is designed to enable more effective deployment of R1Soft's next-generation Continuous Data Protection backup and restore technology, which allows data to be backed up on a constant basis.

Jeremy Sherwood, an Executive with Opus Interactive Business Solutions noted, ''R1Soft's data protection solution has helped us solve several problems created by our previous system and allows us to more affordably offer a very robust solution to our Dedicated Hosting customers. We have been especially impressed by the flexibility of R1Soft's solution and the scalability across a variety of platforms and server environments. It it's a natural fit for our business model and we look forward to full implementation.''

As a member of the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program, Opus Interactive receives a variety of sales and marketing resources from R1Soft, as well as priority technical support and access to new software updates before they become available to the general public. Opus Interactive will provide Continuous Data Protection as a premium value-added service to its Dedicated Hosting customers, using Windows, Linux or FreeBSD operating systems. Pricing starts at $5/monthly per protected gigabyte of data, plus an initial setup fee.

Continuous Data Protection is unique in its ability to provide near-Continuous data protection that virtually eliminates the lag time between restore points. With traditional backup technology, there is a delay hours, days or even weeks between restore points, resulting in significant data loss in the event of a disaster. But with Continuous Data Protection, data is protected around the clock. With but a minimal impact on server resources, Continuous Data Protection is presented as an ideal solution for even busy servers.

David Wartell, Vice President of R1Soft division, BBS Technologies Inc. remarked, ''Opus Interactive is an ideal partner to implement our data protection technology. By combining its world-class infrastructure with our solution, Opus Interactive is able to deliver on its promise to offer mission-critical hosting solutions for businesses of all sizes.''

Based in Portland, Ore., Opus Interactive is a full-service Managed Services Provider (MSP), providing managed hosting solutions, colocation, and hi-cap Internet bandwidth services through its owned micro data center. The company leads in efforts surrounding data center virtualization to improve reliability and efficiency. Opus Interactive is a Microsoft Certified Partner, Microsoft Network Infrastructure Solutions Provider, and Microsoft Business Process and Integration Solutions Provider. The company also staffs a Cisco Certified Network Professional.

Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company's customer list includes some of the world's largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for over 85,000 mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc.

To learn more about Opus Interactive, please visit: www.opusinteractive.com.

For more about R1Soft and Continuous Data Protection, please visit: www.r1soft.com.