Hi Mike, Sorry for the delay in responding, it is tax season and our software generates 1099s so my time for forums and this list is very limited. I'm glad I took a quick break and saw this today.
Yes, I'm a partner at Forward Thinking Software along with Frank Perez. We started building it in late 2014, and went public at Southwest Fox 2015 by showing our beta version and getting feedback from other developers. It went into production in January 2016 and has been rolling for the last year. It has already saved several customers from multiple ransomware attacks, and many others from the normal common hardware failures and power problems, and of course protects from theft, fire and other natural disasters. SET MARKETING ON && for those who are not interested We built this product out of a need to protect our vertical market and custom software customers who do not have an IT person or do not do a good job at backups. It is something we have needed for several years, especially with the advent of the ransomware discussed. It turns out the process of doing the backups was not difficult (time consuming, yes), but the management of the backups, scheduling, monitoring, and reoccurring billing are not trivial. CleverFox Backup backs up VFP data (DBC and/or free tables) even if they are open in shared mode, something other backups sometimes fail to do, or will only do when they table gets closed. It also can do SQL Server backups too, which is perfect for those who are using SQL Server Express, or better. All on a scheduled basis, configurable to be done multiple times a day, week, or month. All it requires is Windows XP and better, and an Internet connection. Management of the backups is done via the Web-based management console either by the customer, their IT people, or you as the developer if given permission by the customer. Naturally it keeps a history of backups in the cloud, and even the local computer depending on how you configure it. Mostly it is a management of the gigabytes allotted. On-the-fly backups can also be initiated via the Web site. Monitoring can be done via the Web site. Emails are configurable upon success, failure or missing (in the case when the user shuts down the computer over the scheduled time). If backup is missed, the backup is performed soon after reboot once the service gets loaded and connects to the Web server. Restores can be initiated from the Web to copy the ZIP file down to the computer. You can also use the System Tray applet to download backups. Someone has to decompress the file from there. Frank also built a REST API for developers who want to interact with the data on the backend of our system too. We have sample code for VFP developers to interact with the API. All the data returned from the API shows up in cursors. The API is documented on the CleverFoxBackup.com site. Plans start as low as US$9.95 a month per device (normally the computer where the data resides). The lowest level works for most customers just fine as VFP data compresses with high efficiency. One side benefit we did not consider when we first put this together is the ability to use the backups to restore to a test folder, or bring down for diagnostics when the software is having a problem and it is related to data. I'm using this feature this morning to set up a test environment for a customer. I'm not just a partner, I am a user. We have this on our own servers, we have it on numerous customer servers and workstations, and several other developers are using it for their customers. We handle all the billing automatically on a monthly basis, and share revenue with partners who are referring their customers to use the software. Give me a call if you (or anyone else on the list) are interested. 586.254.2530. SET MARKETING OFF Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:23 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: CleverFox Backup Rick's snippet from from my last thread: > Ransomware is probably the number one reason we get new subscriptions > to CleverFox Backup these days. People get hit, find giant hole in > their disaster recovery plan, and then get on with solid, scheduled > offsite backups. Rick -- This is the first I'm hearing about this software...sounds great! I'd love to recommend this to my few DBF clients. Is this your company? When did you start it? --Mike [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/005501d277f4$cfe5b8b0$6fb12a10$@whitelightcomputing.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
