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New Subscription, Cloud Storage Pricing and Large-Scale Models Give Customers Increased Flexibility for Integrated Backup in Physical, Virtual, Cloud, and Hybrid Environments

Campbell, Calif. – (MARCH 29, 2016) – Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA) -

News Highlights:

• Barracuda announced significant updates to its Barracuda Backup product line, including new subscription and cloud storage pricing and two new large-scale models – increasing deployment flexibility for customers operating in physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Barracuda Backup Vx is a software offering that is deployed as a virtual machine in VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, and includes the same integrated backup functionality as the physical Barracuda Backup appliance. It can now be purchased as a per-socket subscription for virtual hosts, which includes software replication. Physical server backup with Barracuda Backup Vx can be licensed on a per-server basis.
• Barracuda Backup Vx includes a new metered Barracuda Cloud Storage plan that is priced competitively against major public cloud storage providers. With today's announcement, it now includes built-in data redundancy and the ability to move data out of the cloud without additional bandwidth charges as with other cloud backup providers.
• Barracuda also introduced a new standalone purchasing option for Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup. The new option offers one of the industry’s most cost-effective cloud backup services.
• Barracuda Backup 790 offers 12 TB of usable capacity and Barracuda Backup 895 offers 24 TB of usable capacity, giving customers cost effective options as their backup requirements expand.

Barracuda today announced multiple updates to its Barracuda Backup product line – including new subscription and cloud storage pricing and two new large-scale Barracuda Backup models. Barracuda’s new pricing for Barracuda Backup Vx and Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup provides customers with integrated backup functionality at industry-competitive price points. Barracuda’s new Barracuda Backup 790 and 895 offer 12 TB and 24 TB of usable capacity, respectively. For organizations transitioning to cloud, hybrid, and virtual network configurations or for those who already have made the move, these updates offer additional flexibility for data protection and recovery in a single-source solution.

“Barracuda is an established leader in the worldwide purpose-built backup appliance market and we’re pleased to expand our offering with Barracuda Backup Vx as a purpose-built virtual appliance,” said Rod Mathews, GM Storage, Barracuda. “Many businesses deploying backup software for virtualization are forced to deal with the headaches of licensing, deploying, and maintaining a ‘build-it-yourself’ solution with multiple point products. Barracuda Backup Vx delivers the same integrated functionality and quick setup experience as Barracuda physical appliances. Barracuda offers a cost effective integrated backup solution – regardless of how customers want to deploy. Today’s announcement reinforces our commitment to helping customers simplify their data protection needs.”