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Despite its problems with U.S. distribution, Agite Software AG has been on a tear to expand its global presence over recent months, and is also eyeing Asian opportunities.

"We have just opened up a new distributor in Korea, and we hope that we can enter the Chinese market within the next three months," says Schweizer, outlining the vendor's plans to add to its Asian customer base, which already includes giants LG Electronics and Korean Telecom giant KTF.

The CTO estimates that more than 40 of its 350 Backup Visual licenses have been sold since last summer. The firm is also planning Backup Visual version 3, which will be launched in late April or early May.

"This will be a major version," Schweizer says, explaining that the vendor is adding support for HP's Data Protector and applications running on full 64-bit versions of Windows.

Clearly, there is still plenty of work to do before Agite Software AG establishes a real presence on this side of the pond.