PLEASANTON, Calif.—October 19, 2016—Retrospect®, Inc., makers of Retrospect Backup & Recovery Software announced today the successful launch of an initiative to offer financial support to small businesses in need through Kiva.org.
Retrospect launched their initiative at two ASCii Group SMB Success Summits in Toronto, Canada and Columbus, Ohio. Rather than offering promotional items to event attendees, Retrospect made a $5 donation toward micro loans for each attendee who stopped at their tradeshow booth during the Success Summit events.
Through Kiva.org, that money was lent in sums of $25 to small business owners around the world to fulfill varying needs. Once loans are repaid, the money will be re-lent to other businesses.
Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. By lending as little as $25 on Kiva, anyone can help a borrower start or grow a business, go to school, access clean energy or realize their potential.
“Every year we spend thousands of dollars on promotional items to give out at trade shows—pens, snack foods, etc.—things that are engaging, but don’t necessarily help anyone. I decided that this money could be put to be better use if we loaned it out through Kiva.org, and as a small business ourselves, we like that we can help to support other small businesses around the world,” said Kristin Goedert, Director of Worldwide Marketing.
“This is a great way for us to make a huge impact not only in someone’s life, but in their community as well, since most of these businesses support a community. Plus I really like that a person attending a trade show in Columbus Ohio can help fulfill a $275 loan to a woman in India so that she can buy a buffalo just by stopping by a trade show booth to say ‘hi!’”
To date Retrospect has helped to fund 13 loans, including,
All of Retrospect’s loans can be viewed on their Kiva donor page at www.kiva.org/lender/retrospectinc.
Le logiciel de sauvegarde et de restauration Retrospect offre aux petites et moyennes entreprises la fiabilité, la facilité d'utilisation, la puissance et la souplesse nécessaires pour protéger les données critiques sur des réseaux de plateformes mixtes. Retrospect fournit des sauvegardes locales et hors-site, des restaurations à un point précis dans le temps, la déduplication au niveau fichier, la gestion iOS à distance de plusieurs serveurs de sauvegarde, des restaurations à l'initiative de l'utilisateur final, et le meilleur support technique du secteur. Avec plus de deux décennies d'expertise éprouvée sur le terrain et des millions d'utilisateurs dans le monde, Retrospect répond aux besoins des organisations qui exigent le plus haut niveau de récupération.
Retrospect développe des sauvegardes multi-plateformes et des logiciels de récupération conçus pour répondre aux besoins des professionnels et des petites et moyennes entreprises, qui ont besoin de restaurations fiables et d’un support technique irréprochable. Pour plus d'information, rendez-vous sur retrospect.com.
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Kristin Goedert, Directrice du marketing et des communications à l'international
Director, Worldwide Marketing
sales@retrospect.com