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Dec 21
2017

Spanning 2017 – Year in Review Video

BY Jeff Erramouspe

This has been a big year for Spanning. When I look back at 2017, I am proud of how we rose to the challenge of once again becoming a standalone company following our spin-out from Dell EMC in April. The overwhelming support we’ve received from customers, partners, and the industry has been more than rewarding. […]

Oct 04
2017

Visit Us @ ATX Startup Crawl

BY Rosa Santoyo

We are proud to join the biggest startup party of Austin Startup Week—The ATX Startup Crawl for Houston—on Thursday, Oct. 12, 5 pm to 10 pm. The ATX Startup Crawl is a celebration of innovation and technology. More than 60 local startups and 7000 people gather twice a year to travel through downtown Austin experiencing […]

Apr 20
2017

Spanning Enters Next Phase of Growth With Acquisition by Insight Venture Partners

BY Jeff Erramouspe

We’re excited to announce Spanning has entered the next phase in our evolution as a company. This week, we were acquired by Insight Venture Partners, a leading private equity firm with an emphasis on growth stage SaaS companies. This acquisition will allow us to realize our full potential as a SaaS data protection provider with […]

Mar 09
2017

Market Momentum Accelerates with Spanning Backup for Google Workspace

BY Nadra Ghaddar

With Google Cloud Next ’17 taking place this week, we wanted to look back to see how our Spanning Backup for Google Workspace business has grown over the past year, particularly since 2016 was hugely successful for our organization. This momentum was driven by an increased percentage of large enterprise deals and distribution agreements with [...]

Nov 22
2016

Apps Admins Can’t Live Without

BY Morag Keirns

Salesforce is showing some love for admins by highlighting their achievements and showcasing the Salesforce AppExchange apps they love most. We’re happy to report that Spanning Backup for Salesforce is among the 20 “heroic” apps that admins say they rely on to drive results. Considering there are hundreds of apps on the AppExchange, we’re pretty [...]

Sep 07
2016

Spanning Joins Dell Technologies – Let the Transformation Begin

BY Jeff Erramouspe

We’re excited about making tech history by participating in the world’s largest technology merger as Dell and EMC combine forces to become the premier end-to-end technology company. The momentous acquisition is effective today and that means that we are now Spanning, a part of Dell Technologies. For the team at Spanning, I have to quote […]

Jul 27
2016

We’re a 2016 SaaS Awards Finalist – Best Enterprise-Level SaaS Product

BY Melanie Sommer

We’re thrilled to announce that Spanning Backup has been named a finalist for the 2016 SaaS Awards. A sister program to the Cloud Awards, the SaaS Awards celebrate international excellence and innovation in SaaS solutions across public clouds, as well as alongside private, single-tenant solutions, off-premises or on-premises. Our SaaS data protection offering, Spanning Backup […]

Jul 11
2016

Spanning by EMC Teams up with Schinnerer and Microsoft to Deliver Cyber Security Protection Solution

BY Melanie Sommer

No organization – regardless of size – is immune to cyber security-related data loss. Even small to midsized businesses aren’t safe. That’s why we have joined forces with Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, a leading underwriting manager, andMicrosoft to provide a comprehensive cyber security protection solution for small to mid-sized businesses. Our solution includes the […]

Jun 30
2016

Survey Says The Cloud Is Changing the Game When It Comes to Data Protection

BY Melanie Sommer

EMC has published the results from its annual global research survey, the EMC Global Data Protection Index 2016, asking IT decision-makers at 2,200 organizations to index data protection maturity, threats, and trends. Several trends were identified and it’s no surprise with the recent news coverage of the ransomware attacks that 29% of organizations surveyed reported […]

May 02
2016

Spanning by EMC Extends Cloud-to-Cloud Backup to Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive for Business

BY Melanie Sommer

As enterprises continue to migrate their business applications and data to cloud services, their need to be able to quickly recover from a data loss disaster is more crucial than ever. So today, we’re proud to announce that we’ve extended our enterprise-class SaaS data protection for Microsoft Office 365 to include backup and restore for [...]