▁personal ▁computers ▁and ▁servers . ▁The ▁cloud - based ▁products ▁allow ▁res ellers ▁to ▁offer ▁online ▁backup ▁and ▁recovery ▁services ▁to ▁their ▁clients ▁with ▁near - continu ous , ▁scheduled , ▁or ▁manual ▁updates . ▁N ine ▁Technology ▁pione ered ▁use ▁of ▁Im ation - brand ed ▁R D X ▁port able ▁hard ▁drives ▁to ▁implement ▁cloud ▁backup ▁services ▁without ▁requiring ▁an ▁initial ▁over - the - wire ▁backup . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁N ine ▁Technology ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁V ault ▁USA , ▁an ▁online ▁backup ▁managed ▁service ▁provider . ▁D iss atisf ied ▁with ▁existing ▁software , ▁N ine ▁Technology ’ s ▁execut ives ▁began ▁developing ▁an ▁entirely ▁new ▁system ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁Upon ▁completion ▁of ▁the ▁Power ed ▁By ▁N ine ▁product , ▁N ine ▁Technology ▁sold ▁the ▁managed ▁service ▁business ▁and ▁began ▁s elling ▁its ▁own ▁software . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁technology ▁that ▁gover ns ▁the ▁Power ed ▁By ▁N ine ▁software ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁U . S . ▁pat ent ▁for ▁its ▁combination ▁of ▁block - level ▁ded up lication ▁and ▁encryption . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁issu ing ▁of ▁the ▁pat ent , ▁the ▁technology ▁and ▁certain ▁other ▁assets ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁Im ation . ▁N ine ▁Technology ▁continues ▁to ▁offer ▁backup ▁services ▁as ▁a ▁partner ▁of ▁Im ation ▁and ▁a ▁stand - alone ▁channel ▁en ab ler . ▁ ▁Head qu arter ed ▁in ▁Middle bor o , ▁Massachusetts , ▁N ine ▁Technology