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Drew Gorton, Director of Developer Relations at Pantheon and long time web veteran.

Drew Gorton: Director of Developer Relations at Pantheon

Ronan Downling

Pantheon

## NodeSquirrel * What is NodeSquirrel?     * Backup and Migrate (over 300,000 sites using it)     * Only cloud backup-as-a-service for Drupal     * Backup database and Files     * Every site should have automatic off-site backups configured. * That leads great into the pantheon acquisition, because now everyone can create free off-site backups with NodeSquirrel.   ## Pantheon Acquisition * How did the aqcuisition come about?     * Drew - BadCamp October 2014. Sitting at a Pantheon party, ended up talking to Zack about running a services firm and product at the same time. The excitement, issues etc. involved with that. And it happened. * Did you pitch it to him? Did he pitch it to you?     * Me. * So, what’s in it for them? Why did Pantheon buy NodeSquirrel?     * They want to build great tools that developers can love and trust and use.  * What’s new now that it’s been acquired by Pantheon?     * It’s FREE! (There’s a new free tier)     * It’s not a trial. It’s always free.     * It’s not just for Pantheon customers.     * We have access to Pantheon’s resources to further the development and continue improving support.     * It’s been a side project from the start, but now that it’s backed by a real product company, we’re officially here for the long-haul. So, if you’ve been holding off because you didn’t want to risk storing your backups with something that might not be there in a year, you can rest assured that we’ll be here.     * (Ronan) Now I’m able to dedicate more time and effort to the Backup and Migrate module (instead of only using my free time), which helps the community as a whole. * What happens to current users?     * Higher storage limits     * Might even be able to downgrade and pay less.     * Won’t lose any features. Still use local backup, etc. (except maybe email) * What’s in the future?     * Drupal 8     * Wordpress     * More features for both Backup and Migrate and NodeSquirrel     * Bringing Pantheon features to NodeSquirrel and NodeSquirrel features to Pantheon (Notes)

## NodeSquirrel * What is NodeSquirrel?     * Backup and Migrate (over 300,000 sites using it)     * Only cloud backup-as-a-service for Drupal     * Backup database and Files     * Every site should have automatic off-site backups configured. * That leads great into the pantheon acquisition, because now everyone can create free off-site backups with NodeSquirrel. ## Pantheon Acquisition * How did the aqcuisition come about?     * Drew - BadCamp October 2014. Sitting at a Pantheon party, ended up talking to Zack about running a services firm and product at the same time. The excitement, issues etc. involved with that. And it happened. * Did you pitch it to him? Did he pitch it to you?     * Me. * So, what’s in it for them? Why did Pantheon buy NodeSquirrel?     * They want to build great tools that developers can love and trust and use.  * What’s new now that it’s been acquired by Pantheon?     * It’s FREE! (There’s a new free tier)     * It’s not a trial. It’s always free.     * It’s not just for Pantheon customers.     * We have access to Pantheon’s resources to further the development and continue improving support.     * It’s been a side project from the start, but now that it’s backed by a real product company, we’re officially here for the long-haul. So, if you’ve been holding off because you didn’t want to risk storing your backups with something that might not be there in a year, you can rest assured that we’ll be here.     * (Ronan) Now I’m able to dedicate more time and effort to the Backup and Migrate module (instead of only using my free time), which helps the community as a whole. * What happens to current users?     * Higher storage limits     * Might even be able to downgrade and pay less.     * Won’t lose any features. Still use local backup, etc. (except maybe email) * What’s in the future?     * Drupal 8     * Wordpress     * More features for both Backup and Migrate and NodeSquirrel     * Bringing Pantheon features to NodeSquirrel and NodeSquirrel features to Pantheon (Notes)

136 Details on the NodeSquirrel Acquisition by Pantheon with Drew Gorton and Ronan Downling - Modules Unraveled Podcast