Brother(TM) Collaborates With Protected Trust, LLC to Help Increase Security and Improve Compliance for Customers

New Partnership Provides Secure Cloud Services With Email Encryption and Archiving for Customers


BRIDGEWATER, NJ--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2014) - Brother International Corporation, a leader in small and mid-sized business technology, today announced its joint solution with Protected Trust, a leader in secure, private and compliant cloud based managed services to expand the breadth of Brother's IT services to customers that utilize their hardware and cloud offerings. The collaboration between both companies will offer organizations secure solutions for cloud storage. 

Organizations are taking more precautions to secure their data and protect their IT infrastructure as the number of data breaches continues to rise. With the Brother and Protected Trust solution, companies can help improve business operations by utilizing Brother scanners and all-in-one printers, enhance technology planning with improved scalability and meet stringent regulatory requirements.

"At Brother, we are committed to driving innovation while staying true to the Brother core mission of providing affordable and secure solutions," said Dan Waldinger, Director of Marketing, Solutions and Services at Brother. "With Protected Trust, we are able to expand our portfolio to meet the growing concerns and security needs of our customer base."

The Brother and Protected Trust joint solution offers the following services to customers:

  • Secure Cloud Servers - provides high-quality technology at a fraction of the cost, offered in adequate package sizes to address various computing needs
  • Email Encryption Services - offers simple and secure email encryption that is optimized with Brother hardware to protect valuable digital information and ensure privacy and compliance
  • Secure Hosted Exchange Services - helps organizations protect and manage private email services from planning, inception, deployment, hosting, and support
  • Email Archiving Services - reduces the demands for Exchange and help ensure regulatory compliance for email integrity and email archiving
  • Disaster Recovery Services - minimizes disruption of computer and network operations in the event of server failure or natural disaster

"We refer to an organization's data as their 'company memory'," said David Bailey, Vice President of Protected Trust. "We recognize the value of organizational data and the security vulnerabilities associated with this information and together with Brother, our offerings will be integrated with various organizations to help keep their data secure."

For more information on the Brother and Protected Trust solution, please visit http://www.brothercloud.com/Partners/.

Other Web Services from Brother
For decades, small office / home office, small and medium sized businesses, and corporate workgroup customers have depended on Brother for high-quality, value-packed business machines. By launching the Brother Online suite of smart, web-based business services, Brother has now expanded beyond simply offering great hardware products. OmniJoin™ web conferencing was the first such major service offering, the Brother Online suite has now added a variety of scanning and workflow solutions, which complement and expand the value of Brother™ scanners, printers, and Multi-Function Center® devices. For more information on Brother Online services, visit www.brothercloud.com

About Brother
Brother International Corporation is one of the premier providers of products for the home, home office and office. The U.S. corporate office in Bridgewater, NJ, was established on April 21, 1954 and currently markets many industrial products, home appliances and business products manufactured by its parent company, Brother Industries, Ltd. of Nagoya, Japan.

These products include an award-winning line of Multi-Function Center® machines and printers. Brother also provides the number-one line of facsimile machines in the U.S. and is the leader in electronic labeling, with its full line of P-touch® Electronic Labeling Systems. For more information you can visit the website at www.brother-usa.com.

About Protected Trust Managed Services
Protected Trust brings to the market the synergy between several products and services focused on just one thing -- risk management for an organizations digital assets and private communications.

Protected Trust combines operational experience, a physically secure data center infrastructure, cloud based managed services, and an expert culture of security and privacy to insure data security to small and medium sized businesses as well as enterprise-wide organizations.

Contact Protected Trust directly at 863.594.1141.

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Working with you for a better environment
At Brother, our green initiative is simple. We strive to take responsibility, act respectfully and try to make a positive difference, to help build a society where sustainable development can be achieved. We call this approach Brother Earth. www.brotherearth.com

Contact Information:

Nicole Wyman
LEWIS PR
202-507-4716