Online Tech Launches Cost Effective SAN Disaster Recovery Hosting

Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) June 23, 2009

In conjunction with upcoming Dell seminars at its data centers, Online Tech, Michigan’s largest managed data center operator, has launched a SAN Disaster Recovery Package — Online Tech will host a secondary SAN at its secure SAS70 certified data centers, including Internet connectivity, for only $ 399 per month.

At the EqualLogic seminar this week (June 25th), Dell will demonstrate SAN-to-SAN replication between two Online Tech data centers. The EqualLogic SANs were set up in less than one hour with the primary SAN replicating data, snapshots, and restoration points to the secondary SAN for disaster recovery at a separate data center.

“Other SAN solutions we tested took a high level of expertise and days to configure the cross data center replication” said Jason Yaeger, Online Tech’s Operations Manager. “We were stunned at how quickly we could set up cross data center SAN-to-SAN replication with Dell’s EqualLogic product.”

SAN-to-tape backup is quickly giving way to offsite SAN replication, driven by three main factors: lower costs of disk storage, cheaper Internet connectivity costs, and easier to use SAN solutions.

Compared to daily SAN-to-tape backups that are “sent” offsite, offsite SAN-to-SAN replication provides the peace of mind that the SAN data is “continuously” replicated. The data can be

restored at any time without the delay involved in retrieving tapes from an offsite storage or the risk that the data may not be recovered from a bad tape.

The SAN hosting package starts at $ 399 per month and includes everything needed to host a Dell EqualLogic SAN at Online Tech’s secure, SAS 70 audited data centers, including:

SAN colocation in a secure, locked rack including redundant power
SAS 70 certified data center assuring physical and network security
5 Mbps Internet bandwidth for up to 50GB SAN-to-SAN transfer per day
Secure VPN network connection into the SAN

To attend a Dell seminar at Online Tech’s data center, or to learn more about this package, visit http://www.OnlineTech.com/EqualLogic, or call Online Tech at (734) 213-2020.

About Online Tech

Online Tech is Michigan’s premier Managed Data Center Operator. Online Tech helps companies manage their growing demand for data and computing capacity through its SAS-70 secure and reliable multi-tenant data centers. With a full range of colocation, dedicated server hosting and managed service options, industry leaders trust Online Tech to insure their servers are always on, always online, and always safe.

About Dell

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500.

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BlueBackUp Revolutionises Disaster Recovery by Introducing an Affordable DR Plan for Businesses

Brussels (PRWEB) July 11, 2009

Implementing a business recovery plan can be both complex and costly. Also, in the light of the current economic crisis, it comes a no surprise to learn that almost 50% of companies employing between 100 and 1,000 staff prefer not to invest in a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan.

There can be a number of reasons for this: the cost of investment may be too high, the business may lack infrastructure or be short of qualified staff. Also, by calling on a company that specialises in DR that also supplies backup offices and hardware, businesses are still ultimately responsible for the most critical part of the recovery process: rebuilding their servers and IT data.

BlueBackUp’s new Disaster Recovery offering represents a highly attractive alternative for companies that do not have the budget or infrastructure needed to establish a full DRP.

1) How does the BlueBackUp Disaster Recovery Plan work?

If there is a server crash or serious incident in the office, the customer’s data is restored on physical/virtual servers at BlueBackUp’s data centre (DR site).
During the time it takes for new servers to become operational, the customer can connect remotely (via a VPN connection) to the DR site, where its critical applications will have been restored. This enables customers to restart their business within a very short space of time (3, 12, 24, 48 hours, etc.).
BlueBackUp can also make backup offices and hardware available to companies that need them.
Unlike other Disaster Recovery providers, BlueBackUp takes responsibility for rebuilding the customer’s applications – which represents a genuine added value in comparison with conventional DR services.

2) What are the main benefits of BlueBackUp compared with a conventional DRP?

Business operations are back up and running within a very short space of time should disaster strike, plus greater flexibility of service : in cases where customers are already backing up their data at our data centres, BlueBackUp is in the ideal position to help them recover their data very quickly. Customers can choose the actual amount of time it takes to restart their business.
No need to worry about the maintenance and cost of a disaster recovery site or finding replacement hardware : Emergency spare servers are maintained by BlueBackUp at its own data centre. BlueBackUp handles the task of finding backup offices for customers who need it.
Unlike conventional Disaster Recovery Plans, it is BlueBackUp itself that takes charge of the entire procedure of rebuilding data.
Customers can also test the disaster recovery plan with a few mouse-clicks so that they are ready should disaster strike one day.

“Being able to guarantee business continuity should a major problem occur is a real worry for companies”. explains Philip Wittmann, BlueBackUp’s founder. “But not at any price – especially in the current economic climate. With BlueBackUp and by combining backup and Disaster Recovery, every company can now protect itself against these serious risks, as well as implement a Business Continuity Plan that will deliver unbeatable value for money, whatever its size and scope.”

BlueBackUp is the first online backup service to offer its customers a complete Disaster Recovery solution. And by expanding its offering even further in the wake of the recent launch of exclusive data restoration tools, BlueBackUp clearly intends to set the benchmark by positioning itself as THE specialist in protecting IT data.

For further technical information about the Disaster Recover solution proposed by BlueBackUp, please visit http://www.bluebackup.com.

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The City of Mission Viejo Implements World-Class Disaster Recovery Plan

Irvine, Calif. (PRWEB) August 19, 2009

The city of Mission Viejo recently implemented a new disaster recovery plan using cutting-edge technology to reduce costs, without sacrificing performance and efficiency.

Public safety and disaster preparedness being primary goals for the city, and wanting to continue to provide the most consistent and proficient service to city residents and customers, Mission Viejo city officials decided to employ a new state-of-the-art disaster recovery plan.

Reducing energy consumption and cost, without sacrificing performance and effectiveness, were priorities for Mission Viejo officials. Additionally, in order to optimize their infrastructure, they wanted to consolidate two data centers, which were managed at the same location, and create an environment capable of providing IT staff with the flexibility to accommodate their swiftly growing and changing services.

With the need for an innovative cost efficient solution, the city worked with Govplace for the creation and execution of an improved disaster recovery plan. Govplace, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., has extensive experience with similar challenges at other public sector organizations. Due to their exclusive public sector focus, Govplace was an ideal choice to be able to assess and develop a solution based on the City’s unique needs.

The ultimate solution included consolidating physical servers, upgrading the storage area network (SAN) and establishing a main VMware ESX server farm. Utilizing a combination of virtualization, disk-to-disk backup with de-duplication, and replication technologies, the city of Mission Viejo virtualized 80% of their servers, and now boasts 50% reduction in its data center footprint. The fully replicated environment at the disaster recovery site outside of Orange County will allow the city to continue providing necessary services to citizens and ensure critical taxpayer needs are met in the event of a disaster or emergency.

“Govplace was a great partner, who came up with the right innovative solution for Mission Viejo’s unique needs,” said Jackie Alexander, Director of Information Technology for the city of Mission Viejo, “Their exclusive focus on the public sector was a definite asset to understanding our needs and in designing a solution that best suits us.”

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Abacus Solutions Announces Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solutions Packages

Marietta, GA (PRWEB) October 18, 2009

Abacus Solutions, a leading IT services firm, today announced its new Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solutions packages.

“Every company I know of is concerned with business continuity, and therefore needs a disaster recovery plan,” said Patrick Hiller, CEO of Abacus Solutions. “Our bundled plans make determining the right solution simple. Our pre-packaged plans make determining needs and budget easy by eliminating guess work and hidden costs.”

The Abacus Solutions Professional Service team takes the pre-packaged business continuity and disaster recovery solutions bundles and design the plans to work within a company’s needs. The plans are specifically designed to cater to customers with a variety of business continuity needs, from the customer that cannot afford any downtime but has a high budget, all the way to those that have a tight budget but can deal with a bit of downtime. Then the packages can be customized even further, with specific priorities in mind.

According to the Abacus Solutions certified engineers, companies tend to make the mistake of testing their disaster recovery plan using the “best case scenario.”

While these tests may be less time consuming, they do not account for failed disks, delivery time, and many other factors that can affect downtime. The Abacus Solutions disaster recovery plans are tested factoring in all conditions that determine how fast an IT department can get back up and running following a disaster situation.

The Abacus business continuity and disaster recovery solutions also span different back-up preferences. Tapes can still be used for storage, but Abacus also has options that allow data to be stored online or even hosted at the Abacus Solutions facility. Having different options allows a business to choose the one that works for them. The Abacus plans range from a basic, do-it-yourself approach, to plans where Abacus handles everything from start to finish.

About Abacus Solutions

Abacus Solutions architects multi-platform enterprise-level, server, storage and networking solutions by offering technologies from leading vendors. Products include new and used servers, software, networking and storage solutions. Whether new or expertly refurbished and warrantied equipment is needed, Abacus works directly with, and across, the purchasing and IT departments at both strategic and deep-dive technical levels to match the right equipment, budgets and processes to a company’s direct needs — delivering technology much faster than working directly with OEM vendors, at a fraction of the cost. For additional information, call 770-738-1101, 1-800-605-5446 or visit abacusllc.com.

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Penn Foster Deploys Spectra Logic nTier Deduplication for Efficient, Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery

Boulder, CO (Vocus) October 21, 2009

Spectra Logic, a leading innovator of intelligently integrated data protection solutions, announced today that Penn Foster has selected its deduplication solution to provide cost-effective data backup, archive and disaster recovery. Penn Foster chose the Spectra

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Webair Introduces Customized Disaster Recovery Solutions

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 26, 2009

Webair (http://www.webair.com), a global leader in managed hosting services, announced the offering of customized disaster recovery plans including remote location website failover, offsite backups, disaster recovery seats and providing emergency office space that is completely outfitted and ready for immediate use in the event of a disaster.

“Having a concrete disaster recovery plan in place is a vital part of every company’s business model in today’s market place,” says Sagi Brody, CTO of Webair. “With our multiple datacenter locations, disaster recovery seats and Webair Cloud Storage, existing clients as well as those that host elsewhere can benefit by leveraging our wide range of services.”

By creating a mirrored setup of existing infrastructure regardless of current location, the client now has the ability to instantly and automatically handle all traffic should the primary site go down without requiring IP or DNS changes.

Brody went on to say that “by offering unlimited storage, clients only have to worry about upgrading capacity on their production infrastructure as capacity needs grow. They no longer have to do ‘double upgrades’ by upgrading backup resources. Webair’s Cloud storage will automatically grow with the user’s primary infrastructure and no upgrades are required thus making it easier to manage”.

“Instead of having an exact duplicate server for the purpose of failover, added Brody, clients can now use the Webair Cloud VPS Service as a backup to physical servers. This greatly decreases the cost of a failover server that is only used when the primary server goes down. It also allows for storage to grow as the primary server’s storage needs grow, eliminating the need for upgrades.”

Data is an irreplaceable asset; Webair helps their clients pinpoint the potential risks and provides a customized solution to meet each of their unique requirements. Webair has brought together many of its product offerings to create custom failover solutions to ensure peace of mind to all types of businesses based on their individual requirements.

About Webair Internet Development, Inc.

Founded in 1996, Webair.com provides viable web hosting and managed solutions for companies of all sizes and is recognized as a global leader in the industry. With datacenters in New York, Long Island, Los Angeles, Montreal and Amsterdam, Webair continues to grow while leading the way with cutting edge technology, exemplary customer service and the value added extras that provide their customers with the peace of mind they expect. For more information on Webair, visit http://www.webair.com or email sales (at) webair.com

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SteelEye Supports Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity for Windows Server 2008 R2

Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) October 26, 2009

SteelEye Technology, Inc. (steeleye.com), a leading provider of business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for multi-vendor IT infrastructures, today announced SteelEye DataKeeper support for Windows Server 2008 R2, including support for multi-site clusters of Hyper-V, SQL Server, File/Print, DHCP and all other Microsoft cluster resource types.

DataKeeper, a highly optimized data replication solution for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, is available in two versions. The first delivers data replication services as an extension to Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, while a second version of DataKeeper Cluster Edition further extends the capabilities of Microsoft Cluster Services and Windows Server Failover Clustering. Both editions support real-time replication of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtual machines between physical servers across either LAN or WAN connections.

“Windows Server 2008 R2 with support for Live Migration of Hyper-V virtual machines across data centers is a best-of-breed solution that is unrivaled in the market today,” said David Bermingham, director of product management, SteelEye Technology. “The first time our customers see that they are able to live migrate a Hyper-V virtual machine to a remote data center, they are blown away. Moving virtual machines between servers in the same data center has become commonplace. However, by deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 and SteelEye DataKeeper Cluster Edition, we have removed the physical barrier, enabling customers to migrate Hyper-V virtual machines between data centers as easily as they can migrate virtual machines between servers.”

By keeping a running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtual machine synchronized with a standby VM in an alternate location, DataKeeper enables disaster recovery without the data loss typically associated with traditional backup and restore technology. Real-time continuous replication of active Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V VMs ensures that in the event of a disaster, the standby server can be activated with minimal to no data loss.

DataKeeper Cluster Edition allows administrators to build “shared-nothing” and geographically dispersed Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V clusters. By eliminating the requirement for shared storage, the administrator can protect against both planned and unplanned downtime for servers and storage. The use of DataKeeper with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V VMs allows for non-disruptive disaster recovery testing. By simply accessing the replicated VMs in the disaster recovery site, the administrator can segment a virtual network separate from the production network and start the replicated VMs for disaster recovery testing. An administrator can perform complete disaster recovery testing without impacting the production site.

In addition to support for Hyper-V clusters, SteelEye DataKeeper Cluster Edition enables multi-site clusters for all other Microsoft cluster resource types such as SQL Server, Exchange, File/Print and DHCP. SteelEye DataKeeper Cluster Edition reduces the cost of deploying clusters by eliminating the need for a SAN and increases the availability of the application by eliminating the single point of a failure that the SAN represents in a traditional cluster.

Visucate, a California-based academic value-added reseller of the Autodesk design software, selected SteelEye’s disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for its Hyper-V set-up.

“Knowing that data loss is one of the bigger causes for small businesses to fail, we had to do something about protecting our data,” said Visucate’s Chief Technical Officer Jeremy Null. “We needed an easy to implement, easy to maintain solution for providing higher protection for our data and critical systems, and we needed it to be cost effective. We needed our servers to replicate and be able to ‘hold their own’ on a standalone basis, so that if one failed the other could take over. SteelEye DataKeeper Cluster Edition does this for us.”

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Simply Continuous Gives Customers Unprecedented Management and Accelerated Data Recovery with Data Recovery Vault 2.0 Managed Service

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 18, 2009 -

Simply Continuous, a recovery service provider (RSP) for mid-size enterprises, today announced Data Recovery Vault 2.0 managed service integrating new software that dramatically simplifies and accelerates the data recovery process. Available free of charge to current customers, the new and upgraded version includes RecoverNOW (recovery management software) and Dynamic SLA (service-level agreement) capabilities in addition to support for the newest EMC Data Domain deduplication appliances and platforms and other recovery performance refinements.

RecoverNOW Software Lets Customers Recover Data 10 Times Faster

The new RecoverNOW software adds powerful rules-based filtering and analytics capabilities that enable customers to analyze and determine which critical data sets to recover first in the event of various disaster recovery scenarios. Once a recovery scenario and the associated data set for recovery are determined, RecoverNOW automatically calculates the estimated time it will take to replicate the data onto an EMC Data Domain emergency recovery appliance and be ready-to-ship to the customers location.

In nearly every disaster recovery scenario, customers find that they dont need to recover their entire data set right away. For example, a company may store 90 days worth of data but only need its last full backup of data in the event of a disaster. By recovering a smaller data set, Simply Continuous can prepare and ship the data up to 10 times faster than shipping the entire data set. For companies protecting 10s to 100s of terabytes, this accelerated recovery time can make a huge difference when time is of the essence.

During a beta test of the RecoverNOW software, Jackson Wan, system administrator for the San Francisco Giants, was able to define his recovery data set within a couple of minutes of using the software. Once he determined the data set, RecoverNOW calculated the hours to replicate the data to a recovery appliance and be ready-to-ship.

RecoverNOW is easy-to-use and provides added visibility into the recovery process. I can select different data sets for RecoverNOW to analyze and calculate the ready-to-ship times. At first, I thought that I would need 30 days of backups in the event of a full blown recovery, said Wan. After playing with the application for a few minutes I determined that 30 days was overkill and all I needed was 8 days of backups thereby reducing the ready-to-ship time dramatically. I look forward to using it as part of the Data Recovery Vault service.

Industrys First Dynamic Recovery SLA

Simply Continuous Dynamic SLAan industry firstgives companies unprecedented flexibility and control to define their own guaranteed recovery SLAs to meet specific disaster recovery scenarios and corporate governance requirements. This unique Dynamic SLA capability is enabled by the RecoverNOW software which calculates the estimated ready-to-ship time for a customer specified data recovery set. With just one click, Simply Continuous Data Recovery Vault customers can create a custom SLA based on this estimated ready-to-ship time.

Because RecoverNOW provides granular and accurate ready-to-ship times based on the customers defined recovery data set, we now have the ability to provide an instant SLA that relates to that specific data set, said Tom Frangione, Simply Continuous co-founder and CEO. We are committed to helping our customers recover their data in the fastest and easiest way possible. RecoverNOW software and our Dynamic SLA truly put our customers in the drivers seat, giving them the ability to run what-if recovery scenarios with filtering parameters that meet their unique needs and get back their data quickly in case of a disaster or emergency.

Enterprise-Class Upgrades for Simply Continuous Universal Recovery Platform

In addition to RecoverNOW and the Dynamic SLA, Simply Continuous made significant upgrades to its Universal Recovery Platform to support the newest EMC Data Domain deduplication appliances and operating systems including the DD140, DD610, DD630 and DD880. These infrastructure upgrades bring EMC Data Domains enterprise-class deduplication technology to the mid-size enterprise as part of a recovery service rather than stand-alone technologies. The support for these new appliances and operating systems was done concurrently to EMC Data Domains general availability.

Detailed understanding of the methodology of storing data in an EMC Data Domain environment allowed Simply Continuous to make infrastructure improvements to better balance and optimize the replication of data resulting in a significantly faster recovery of customers data.

About Data Recovery Vault and AppAlive

Data Recovery Vault 2.0 and AppAlive integrate into any existing backup infrastructure and enable customers to use an easily accessible web portal to monitor, browse or restore the companys digital assets. The Simply Continuous patent-pending Universal Recovery Platform architecture integrates data compression, network acceleration, secure transmission, off-site monitoring and reliable, simple recovery processes. Cost of the services is nearly always less than the combination of tape backup and off-site storage that the majority of mid-size enterprises use today.

About Simply Continuous

Simply Continuous, provider of enterprise-class managed services, enables businesses to strategically plan for and recover data and applications during unplanned outages and disasters. Founded on the belief that recovery should be simple and cost-effective for enterprises of all sizes, Simply Continuous Universal Recovery Platform uniquely delivers on this promise. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Simply Continuous is backed by Greylock Partners and can be found on the web at http://www.simplycontinuous.net.

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Govplace Contracted to Design, Build and Manage IT Storage and Disaster Recovery for the County of Orange, California

Irvine, CA (PRWEB) December 4, 2009

Govplace , provider of enterprise IT solutions for the public sector, has been awarded a contract to design, build and manage IT storage and disaster recovery for the County of Orange, California. The County will leverage a Govplace IaaS offering to improve government efficiency, enhance its disaster recovery response and reduce costs.

With this Govplace IaaS offering, the County will be able to pay-as-they-go for their IT storage and disaster recovery service needs. Govplace will guarantee predetermined levels of performance, support and reliability to meet the Countys storage and disaster recovery needs. This arrangement will allow the County to scale up their IT storage and backup needs quickly, without large start up expenses, and only pay for the resources they use.

The County of Orange will realize a number of benefits that will enable it to better meet the needs of residents. This Govplace IaaS solution will lower operating costs, capital outlay and manpower expenses, as well as enables the County to improve the level of service it provides to internal organizations and residents. Additionally, Govplaces IaaS solution greatly improves the Countys data backup efforts, and in the event of a disaster, speeds the recovery of data and systems.

A key component of the Govplace IaaS solution will be mainframe integration. The Govplace IaaS solution will allow the County to continue to use its legacy mainframe environment, and even increase performance, while greatly reducing operating and backup costs. As an example, the mainframe integration will reduce media (tape) and storage expenses, provide faster back up and restores, and reduce manpower needs for the County.

This IT solution will improve efficiency and enhance our disaster recovery capability, said KC Roestenberg, Director of Business IT Shared Services for the County of Orange, California. We appreciate the contributions of Govplace in the design and management of this innovative solution

Now, more than ever, customers require effective and efficient services and solutions with a limited budget,” said Damon Brown, Chief Technical Officer at Govplace. “This led us to create customized solutions, like Infrastructure-as-a-Service, which improve the efficiency of our customer’s data centers at a considerably reduced expense.”

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CAPS Hosts Revco Hot Ideas Symposium; Attendees Advance New Data Center Recovery and Continuity Solutions

Shelton, CT (PRWEB) December 17, 2009

On November 17th over fifty IT executives gathered at the CAPS Shelton CT data center at the Enterprise Corporate Park for the first Hot Ideas Symposium co-hosted by Revco, a regional Value Added Reseller (VAR) with over forty-one years of experience, and Computer Alternative Processing Sites (CAPS), Inc., a leading IT infrastructure solutions provider.

The day-long joint event included networking-oriented breakfast and lunch breaks coupled with presentations and interactive discussions. General and technical presentations addressed both existing and future solutions impacting data centers, as well as disaster recovery and business continuity planning, implementation, operations and cost-related issues. The symposiums featured speakers were management and technical executives from Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ: DTLK), Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT), Server Technology, AVTECH Software, Cooper B-Line and CAPS.

The morning began with Revco president Mr. Bob Von Steins welcoming remarks and introduction of co-host and opening speaker, Mr. Peter Messina, senior vice president and chief operating officer of CAPS, who gave a talk on protecting against business interruption with a comprehensive business resilience and disaster recovery solution.

Afterwards, Mr. Brendan Flaherty, northeast representative, and Mr. Dick Sonderegger, storage engineer, of Datalink Corporation came to the podium to speak about how to develop an effective backup and disaster recovery strategy using VMware’s Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Avocents Ms. Kris Chartier, northeast district sales manager, and Mr. Jon Lorton, SE, followed with a detailed talk on how to know, plan and manage a data center more efficiently.

The morning session concluded with a presentation offering key insights on measuring power and efficiency within a “green” data center by Mr. John Dynan, the regional manager of Server Technology.

Opening the afternoon session was Mr. Michael Sigourney, the president and co-founder of AVTECH Software. His presentation covered how to avoid the “Big 7″ environmental threats facing data centers. Continuing the environmental theme, Mr. Nick Tosca, Cooper B-Lines eastern regional representative, spoke about thermal management solutions that effectively handle heat in the data center. Closing comments by Revcos Von Stein, networking conversations and a tour of the CAPS data center and workstation facilities wrapped up the day.

We welcomed the opportunity to co-host the Hot Ideas Symposium and establish a long-term relationship with Revco, said Peter J. Messina, senior vice president and chief operating officer of CAPS. Having strong ties to long-standing local firms like Revco is an integral part of our new business approach as well as CAPS new brand image.

The Hot Ideas Symposium series got off to a very successful start. I was very pleased with the large turnout and positive response to its concept, topics, guest speakers and location, said Bob Von Stein, president of Revco. We look forward to working together with CAPS to create a long-running series that consistently serves the region with forward-thinking insights.

CAPS SAS 70 Type II facilities serve the southeastern states surrounding metro Atlanta and the northeast states forming the Boston-New York metro business corridor. CAPS supports large enterprise and SMB clients with colocation, managed services, data backup, workstation facilities, failover and notification communication systems, mobile disaster recovery and DR/BC services. Forresters 2008 WaveTM report cited CAPS as a strong performer in the Fixed-Site Disaster Recovery Service Provider category; CAPS can offer high-performance solutions in its region, and boasts very high customer satisfaction levels.

About AVTECH Software, Inc.:

AVTECH Software Inc., a privately held corporation founded in 1988, develops and manufactures IT & facilities environment monitoring equipment specifically designed to monitor advanced computer rooms, data centers and other facilities. AVTECH’s Room Alert and TemPageR product lines monitor a wide range of conditions including temperature, humidity, power interruptions or failures, flood/water, smoke/fire, airflow, room entry and much more. Their unique combination of hardware and software allows easy remote monitoring via a web browser or software and keeps managers and staff informed by all popular methods when events occur. AVTECH’s customer base extends around world in 104 countries and on Antarctica. With 20 years of experience, AVTECH has become the industry leader, serving many thousands of data centers and facilities of all sizes. Their customer base consists of over 80% of the Fortune 1000, all branches of the U.S. government & military, the White House, Pentagon, United Nations, leading educational institutions and organizations of all types.

About Computer Alternative Processing Sites (CAPS), Inc.:

CAPS, an IT infrastructure total solutions provider, has flexible, scalable solutions for the entire enterprise. SMB and large cap clients house real-time production or backup, disaster recovery and business continuity operations at our first-class data centers and workstation facilities. CAPS facilities offer custom colocation packages, various levels of managed services, disk-to-disk data backup/archiving/storage, failover and notification systems, mobile recovery support, secured 7×24 access, carrier/vendor-neutral access to top telecom vendors, SAS70 Type II compliance and a best of breed data center infrastructure for ongoing operations. CAPS serves the Boston-New York corridor and the Atlanta region plus the surrounding states. Please visit us at http://www.capsbrs.com.

About Datalink:

A virtual data center infrastructure, solutions, and services provider Datalink helps organizations store, manage, and protect one of their most critical assets–information. The company’s solutions and services span four practices: backup and recovery; consolidation and virtualization; archive and compliance; and business applications. From analysis and design to implementation, management, and support, Datalink is focused on maximizing the business value of IT. For more information about Datalink services, contact Datalink at (800) 448-6314, or visit Datalink online at http://www.datalink.com.

About Revco:

Revco provides top quality, intelligently designed, innovative products to the data processing industry. Their offerings include server cabinets, Comm/Data equipment racks, cable management products, control room furniture, NOC furniture, environment monitors and cabinet power distribution units (PDUs). They also focus on the design and configuration of data center infrastructure management solutions that include KVM-over-IP switching, serial and console control, Service Processor (iLO, DRAC, RSA, ALOM, etc.) managers, power control and monitoring as well as centralized software for secure Out-of-Band (OOB) management of physical and virtual IT assets. Revco is located in Trumbull, CT. For more information, contact Revco at (800) 500-1346, or on the web at http://www.revco-inc.com.

About Server Technology:

Server Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures intelligent power distribution products for enterprise data centers, service providers and branch office locations. Founded in 1984, Server Technology is recognized as a leader in innovative Remote Power Management solutions. The companys line of Sentry power products eliminates unnecessary trips to remote locations and minimizes the impact of locked-up internetworking equipment on business critical networks, combining intelligent power distribution, remote management and power measurement. Server Technology is located in Reno, Nevada and can be reached at (800) 835-1515, or on the Web at http://www.servertech.com.

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Restoration Environmental, a Leading Asbestos Removal, Demolition and Disaster Recovery Company, Completes Two Green LEED Projects in Ontario, Canada

(PRWEB) January 11, 2010

Restoration Environmental Contractors-REC Demolition, a leading Canadian company in the areas of asbestos removal, demolition and disaster recovery, announces its 20th anniversary of being green. Established in 1989, the company has completed over 9,000 environmental restoration and demolition projects throughout Canada specializing in demolition, asbestos removal, lead abatement and industrial plant cleaning, plant decommissioning & closures, site remediation, disaster recovery and emergency response in the industrial, commercial, governmental and institutional sectors.

Restoration Environmental REC Demolition has successfully completed two green LEED projects. REC has exceeded 94.7%, LEED certification at the Regent Park, the Toronto Revitalization TCHC, environmental remediation and demolition project, and achieved over 75% LEED certification at the Queens University, Jock Harty Demolition project in Kingston, Ontario. REC recently has safely completed the asbestos removal, demolition and remediation at the seven storey Historic Guild Inn project in Toronto, by using their Caterpillar Demolition Excavator fleet with the addition of a new CAT 330D UHD Ultra High Reach Demolition Excavator and new CAT shear.

Restoration Environmental prides themselves on their outstanding safety record, their commitment to environmental stewardship, the high level of productivity of their skilled unionized workforce and the Three Rs Reduce, Re-use and Recycle, the companys green philosophy and market strategy.

Restoration Environmentals senior project management and site supervisory team has accumulated more than one million hour of on-site contracting experience. They possess years of on-site experience whether they are large or small projects, from emergency service response calls, or small maintenance calls, or multi-million dollar demolition, disaster recovery , and environmental remediation projects. REC believes the process should be simple, while at the same time creating options that offer sound environmental solutions in plant decommissioning, site decontamination, soil remediation and demolition.

The companys commitment to meet the needs of their clients with experienced, highly skilled unionized workers, well-planned project planning and an assurance to quality means that Restoration Environmental can help with a disaster recovery emergency response plan, plant decommissioning or closure, an asbestos removal, an environmental remediation, demolition or historic restoration project.

Restoration Environmental Contractors – REC Demolition – REC Disaster Recovery services include:

Environmental Abatement and Soil Remediation Contractors
Demolition; Deconstruction, Asset Recovery, Equipment Dismantling
Hazardous Materials Removal; Asbestos removal, Mold, PCBs, Lead
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Sharonview Federal Credit Union Gains Disaster Recovery Assurance While Reducing Backup Windows with Unitrends

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) January 26, 2010

Unitrends (unitrends.com), the leader in affordable, heterogeneous D2D (Disk-to-Disk) and D2D2D (Disk-to-Disk-to-Disk)-based data protection backup appliances, today announced that Sharonview Federal Credit Union has recently upgraded to Unitrends latest data protection appliances after successfully relying on Unitrends for more than five years. With its new Unitrends solutions in place, the growing non-profit credit union has cut backup windows in half while assuring disaster recovery preparedness by vaulting its data to an offsite location using Unitrends technology.

Headquartered in Fort Mill, SC, Sharonview Federal Credit Union began as an employer-based credit union in the 1950s. Today, Sharonview is a full-service, not-for-profit financial institution with assets of $ 900 million serving more than 59,000 members with 22 branches in South Carolina, North Carolina and New Jersey.

As it grew, Sharonview was facing a dramatically increasing quantity of data, an expanded network infrastructure, and storage environment complexity. In 2005, Sharonview decided it was time to get away from the credit unions painstaking tape backup process. Sharonviews tape backups were a hassle to manage, requiring manual review of logs to determine whether backup jobs were successful. Whats worse, there was no way to fully recover a failed server, even after extensive investment in a new tape library and new tape backup software.

While seeking a new solution with better speed and reliability for up to 1TB of data, Sharonview also wanted to improve its disaster recovery readiness while also encrypting critical financial data to meet privacy and security requirements. After evaluating its options, Sharonview purchased disk-to-disk data protection units from Unitrends. Following a successful implementation in 2006 and efficient performance results ever since, Sharonview recently upgraded to Unitrends latest technology in 2009 to accommodate their growing data store. Now with three new Unitrends appliances in place, the growing credit union has cut their backup window in half.

We were probably one of the early adopters of Unitrends, said Mark Johnson, CIO, Sharonview Federal Credit Union. Now after five years we are completely satisfied. When it was time to expand after five years, we didn’t even look anywhere else, we were happy with the Unitrends product.

Today, Sharonview uses Unitrends to backup SANs and individual servers and to vault data to another location for disaster recovery assurance. It also uses the Unitrends Baremetal recovery feature for whole system protection, and the included Unitrends Exchange Agent for email protection. Backups are encrypted with InCrypt 256-AES encryption, delivering the integrated security required by this member-focused, and highly successful financial institution.

When we migrated from tape to Unitrends five years ago we cut our backup way down, then cut it in half again when we upgraded to the latest Unitrends hardware earlier this year, said Kevin Hughes, network engineer, Sharonview Federal Credit Union. We invested in a SAN earlier this year, and are now using the Unitrends product to back up individual servers as well as our (new) SAN.

Its always exciting to play a role in the business success of our customers, said Maria Ellison, senior vice president, support, Unitrends. Sharonview Federal Credit Union has been very pleased in their ability to perform individual file recovery in minutes versus hours with Unitrends while receiving both whole system local backups and offsite vaulting at a remote location for complete disaster recovery.

For more information, please view the complete Sharonview Federal Credit Union Success Story.

About Unitrends:

Small and medium businesses have the same critical reliance on the integrity of their data as enterprises, but often cant afford the operational expenditure of a dedicated staff or the capital expenditure of replacing their IT infrastructure. Unitrends provides enterprise-level data protection, at the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry, through a family of scalable disk-based data protection appliances that integrate and protect existing heterogeneous computer and storage systems through a single, intuitive, graphical user interface.

Unitrends uses a common backup and recovery engine for providing protection for over 100 different versions of operating systems and applications. This means you can support Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, Sun Solaris, Novell OES, Novell Netware, Novell GroupWise, Novell eDirectory, Linux, FreeBSD, Apple MacOS X, IBM pSeries/AIX, HP HP-UX, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, IBM iSeries/OS400, and SGI IRIX on notebooks, PCs, workstations, and servers and on DAS, NAS, or SAN storage.

Information about Unitrends can be found at http://www.unitrends.com.

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Pivot Networks Partners with Flashback Data to Deliver Data Recovery Services Across Texas Region

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) March 8, 2010

Pivot Networks, the preferred provider of Managed IT Services for Texas-based small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced a partnership agreement with Flashback Data, an Austin-based industry leader in computer data recovery and restoration. Flashback Data will complement Pivot Networks disaster recovery planning program by offering managed recovery services of lost, corrupt, and damaged data across laptops/desktops, servers, and various media types, helping regional SMBs to be better prepared to recover critical data when disaster happens.

Many SMBs with minimal or no IT support often find themselves unprepared for the recovery of their mission-critical data in the event of accidental data loss or acts of nature such as a fire, flood or power outage, said Brannen Mehaffey, founder and CEO of Pivot Networks. Teaming with Flashback Data enables us to expand our services to include the component of recovering lost data which is most critical, yet the last to be considered until disaster hits. Together well provide customers with a comprehensive plan to mitigate risk, proactively protect company information, and implement proper backup solutions for the seamless recovery of business data in the event any one of these disasters occurs.

Flashback Data will offer its data recovery service offering as an extended service to the Pivot Networks disaster recovery program. The program is a step-by-step process consisting of a full-service business/technology audit of a customers entire organization, a comprehensive plan outlining needs/service recommendations based on the audit, and hands-on deployment of the recommended managed solutions with direct access to a professional services team, 24/7.

SMBs often find themselves in a position where they have lost data and dont know what to do or where to turn, said Damon OConnell, president and CEO, Flashback Data. It is our technological knowledge and continuing research and development that allows us to recover data from virtually any situation. By incorporating our services with Pivot Networks disaster recovery efforts, customers will always have peace of mind knowing critical business data can be recovered quickly and cost-effectively.

Pivot Networks has been a leader in the managed IT services industry throughout the Austin and Central Texas area for nearly a decade. Pivot Networks delivers a wide array of technology solutions to meet business and computer network needs for small- to medium-sized businesses, while lending expert project planning and consulting along the way. Services include Real-Time Network Monitoring and Alerts, Proactive Network Support, Remote and On-Site Tech Support, Off-Site Data Backup, Disaster Recovery and Planning, Quarterly Reviews, Hosted Services, and 24×7 professional services support.

About Flashback Data

Headquartered in Austin, TX, Flashback Data is an industry leader in data recovery, computer forensics, media & data conversions, and other data services. We provide advanced data services to businesses and individuals who have experienced data loss from hardware failure, accidental deletion, and natural disasters. It is our technological knowledge and continuing research and development that allows us to recover data from virtually any situation. For information, please visit http://www.flashbackdata.com.

About Pivot Networks

Founded in 2001, Pivot Networks is a preferred provider of managed IT services to growing SMBs. With a relentless focus on customer service, we deliver reliable managed IT services to help SMB companies with little to no IT support manage and maintain their networks with 24/7 assistance. We bring both technology and business-savvy intelligence to serve the needs of your business, while implementing critical network management solutions that foster a solid IT foundation to successfully grow your company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas Pivot Networks is a privately-held company. For more information, please visit http://www.pivotnetworks.com.

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New Hires Augment Consonus Virtualization and Disaster Recovery Expertise

Cary, NC (PRWEB) March 19, 2010

Consonus today announced three new hires that extend the companys already deep knowledge of and experience with virtualization and disaster recovery. Patrick R. Dunn joins the Consonus IT Consulting team as principal consultant responsible for building and implementing Consonus Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity consulting program on a national scale. Stan Yarbrough joins the Consonus IT Consulting team as a senior consultant responsible for the companys Virtualization solutions. Brian Costello joins the Consonus IT Consulting team as delivery consultant for infrastructure computing and virtualization. All three new hires have considerable cloud computing and cloud services expertise.

Patrick Dunn brings to Consonus over 20 years of experience in providing IT consulting and IT infrastructure services focused on Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, crisis and incident management, information security, data center operations, and IT and project management for multi-national Fortune 500 and Big Five accounting firms. As a Business Continuity Professional, he has provided business continuity consulting services in the United States and Europe. His industry expertise includes financial, entertainment, manufacturing, telecommunications, retail, healthcare, and government.

A member of the Association for Contingency Planners (ACP), the Southeast Continuity Planners Association (SCPA), the Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas (CPAC), Patrick holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maine and his credentials include Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP). Patrick has presented at Contingency Planning Management and other national conferences on a variety of Disaster Recovery, Security and Pandemic topics.

Stan Yarbrough also brings to Consonus over 20 years experience as an operations manager, technologist, engineer, and architect in the support of business development, solutions development, and the implementation and support of enterprise network, telecommunications and security solutions. Stans expertise encompasses designing, implementing, and managing enterprise routing and switching architectures, remote access solutions, data center planning, enterprise applications, security and business continuity solutions, data center migrations, data center relocations, service policy, and virtualization. His experience includes engagements with Lowes Corporation, S1, CARE, Consolidated Container Company, BellSouth/AT&T, HBOC/McKesson, Georgia Pacific, Delta Airlines, and most recently was Operations Manager for the Katalyst Network Group and Senior Manager, Technology Consulting Services for North Highland.

Stans many credentials include Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), and he is a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) candidate.

Brian Costello joins the Consonus IT Consulting team as delivery consultant for infrastructure computing and virtualization. Brian was most recently the infrastructure support Analyst for Burts Bees, Inc. in Durham, NC where he supported more than 500 customers around the world. Brian has extensive experience performing NetBackup implementations and also Physical-to-Virtual (PV2) implementations, specifically around migrating Windows 2003 servers to the VMware ESX 3.5 environment.

Led by company veteran Michael Overton, Consonus Director of IT Consulting, and supported by Steve Bulmer, Consonus Chief Technology Officer, Patrick and Stan enhance the Consonus IT Consulting teams ability to address the rapidly increasing demand for world-class consulting services around business continuity, disaster recovery, virtualization, and data protection. An essential aspect of their mission is to reach out to prospective and existing clients by transferring knowledge and delivering thought leadership such as vis-

New Hires Augment Consonus Virtualization and Disaster Recovery Expertise

Texas DataVault Launches New Online Remote Data Backup, Vaulting, And Recovery Services Web Site

Lubbock, TX (PRWEB) March 29, 2010

Located at http://www.TexasDataVault.com on the web. Texas DataVault, a leader in Online Remote Data Backup for businesses worldwide, announced the launch of their newly designed and expanded Online Remote Data Backup, Vaulting, And Recovery Services portal this week as part of its continuing expansion of Online Remote Data Backup services and systems offerings.

“We continue to see rapid increases in the number of businesses seeking to achieve regulatory compliance and protect their mission critical and confidential business data” said Thomas Mandry, CEO of Texas DataVault. “Our web site’s expanded content and information is just one of the ways we continue to educate business owners and IT professionals on the cost savings, compliance, and security our automated solutions can provide.”

With a variety of online data backup and compliance solutions for business clients, Texas DataVault offers easily managed, affordable solutions that are scalable for clients ranging from individual professionals to large enterprises and multinational corporations with multiple locations.

http://www.texasdatavault.com/compliance/

The need for secure backup and storage of business data has increased significantly over the past few years in response to increased security threats and government regulations addressing privacy, compliance, and financial reporting issues.

Texas DataVault enables businesses subject to these regulations to affordably and painlessly comply with the data backup and storage requirements of HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, NASD, and Graham-Leach-Bliley, and other laws.

As part of its enhanced service and support Texas Data Vault delivers premier systems integration, implementation, disaster recovery, technical support, and education services that ensure the successful deployment of their secure online backup and recovery solutions for their business clients.

With a 100 percent customer satisfaction goal, Texas Data Vault customer services continuously monitors and maintains regular, interactive communication with every client to deliver and manage their superior automated disk-based solutions.

http://www.texasdatavault.com/solutions/

“Our clients are telling us that our ease-of-use, compliance, security, and affordability were critical factors in deciding to use our online data backup solutions.” added Mandry. “That’s why we continue to expand our service offerings around these must-have criteria and deliver superior return-on-investment to businesses operating in today’s economic climate.”

Texas DataVault’s done-for-you compliance driven data backup, vaulting, and recovery services give businesses an easy-to-use backup solution so owners and IT Managers can relax knowing that data is secure and protected with an automated disk-based solution that means no more worries, hassles, or costly media purchases.

http://www.texasdatavault.com/solutions/business-solutions/

Since regulatory compliance is not an option for covered businesses, Texas DataVault helps clients fulfill complex and costly regulatory compliance obligations with an affordable solution specifically engineered to meet or exceed regulatory technical requirements. The full audit trail reporting, preservation of document iterations, and built-in redundancy make it a comprehensive and dependable solution.

Standards-based methodologies and technology guard against threats both internal and external – and End-To-End Military-Grade Data Encryption, along with the use of unique encryption keys to control access to your data ensures data integrity.

Texas DataVaults off-site backup solutions also help businesses save costly resources and remove the undue burden on stretched IT organization and budgets by leveraging the Internet for remote automated backups so staff can focus on day-to-day operations that support the bottom line.

For additional information on Texas DataVault’s Online Remote Data Backup program contact Thomas Mandry or visit http://www.texasdatavault.com/features/

About Texas DataVault:

Texas DataVault provides innovative Online Remote Data Backup Solutions & Services that allow businesses to achieve Regulatory Compliance while eliminating the burden of cumbersome tape rotation, costly backup software management, and the uncertainty of not knowing whether their mission critical data was captured and backed-up in a secure and usable format.

Contact:

Thomas Mandry, CEO

Texas DataVault, LLC

Toll-Free: 1.866.533.0945

http://www.TexasDataVault.com

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Unitrends And Colocube Partner To Deliver Reliable Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Services

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) March 30, 2010

Unitrends, the leader in affordable, heterogeneous, vertically integrated, disk-based all-in-one data protection appliances, today announced that it has partnered with Colocube, a leading Atlanta-based IT hosting and colocation provider. Together, the companies will deliver cost-effective, cloud-based disaster recovery solutions for the small and medium-sized enterprise. The partnership extends the data protection of Unitrends on-premise appliances into the cloud for 24/7 disaster recovery availability.

Unitrends has for years offered private cloud-based disaster recovery; as we have begun offering public multi-tenant cloud-based disaster recovery services we found that Colocube offered the type of world-class 24x7x365 day infrastructure our customers have come to expect from us, said Dr. Mark Campbell, chief operating officer, Unitrends. Their carrier-class facility enables us to assure exceptional service levels and backup and recovery speeds to our customers at an exceptional price point.

Unitrends helps organizations solve many of the traditional challenges and concerns when it comes to data protection including ease of use, manageability and reliability, said Fred Tanzella, CEO, Colocube. Companies will benefit from the security, performance, and continuous data availability of the cloud data protection services delivered through our partnership with Unitrends.

The partnership allows Unitrends to integrate its all-in-one on-premise backup and archiving appliances with a muti-tenant cloud-based storage architecture implemented via a SAS 70 compliant cloud backup infrastructure hosted by Colocube. Unlike other cloud-based offerings, the combined Unitrends/Colocube solution delivers fast physical seeding of customer data into the cloud via next-day shipment of a fully-loaded on-premise appliance for data recovery. The service is monitored and managed through the same simple, easy-to-use Web 2.0-based user interface offered for all Unitrends appliances and monitored at all times by expert data protection staff at Colocube.

About Colocube

Colocube is a US-based hosting firm headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., specializing in high-performance IT hosting, colocation, disaster recovery and IP Services with a global presence. Colocube operates SAS 70 certified facilities and is carrier-neutral, offering the richest connectivity with over 80 providers in the most secure and reliable colocation facilities for customers’ mission critical operations. Colocube operates HPC (High Performance Computing) styled data center environments for its customers around the world. Operating HPC data centers includes coverage in many key areas such as Security, Networking, Power, and Cooling. For more information, please visit http://www.colocube.com.

About Unitrends

Unitrends provides enterprise-level data protection, at the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry, through a family of scalable disk-based data protection appliances that integrate and protect existing heterogeneous computer and storage systems through a single, intuitive, graphical user interface. Unitrends uses a common backup and recovery engine for providing protection for over 100 different versions of operating systems and applications. This means you can support various versions of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, Sun Solaris, Novell OES, Novell Netware, Novell GroupWise, Novell eDirectory, Linux, FreeBSD, Apple MacOS X, IBM pSeries/AIX, HP HP-UX, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, IBM iSeries/OS400, and SGI IRIX on notebooks, PCs, workstations, and servers and on DAS, NAS, or SAN storage all using a single backup appliance.

Information about Unitrends can be found at http://www.unitrends.com.

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De-Duplication, Compression and No Double Backups Required: AppAssure Releases the Fastest and Most Scalable Backup & Recovery Solution for Microsoft Hyper-V

Reston, VA (PRWEB) April 7, 2010

AppAssure Software today released version 4.3 of Replay, the award-winning, next generation backup and disaster recovery software solution. Because Replay performs a single application-aware snapshot spanning the entire host machine and an unlimited number of guest machines in a Hyper-V environment, customers experience the fastest backup and restore process of the entire host, individual virtual machines or specific files within virtual machines compared to traditional backup and disaster recovery technologies.

“Other backup and recovery solutions simply didn’t scale as well as AppAssure’s Replay,” said Brendan Hourihan, technology services network engineer at Flagler College in St. Augustine FL. “Before we switched to Replay, we were consuming 9.6TB of backup storage space every two weeks. Now with Replay, we’ve used just over 1.5TB in the same time period, saving 84% storage space due to Replay’s advanced de-duplication and compression. That translated into a savings of several thousand dollars per year to our organization. That’s a very real ROI.”

While there’s undeniable movement away from agent-based backup in virtual machines, people are expanding their view of backup to encompass data protection as a whole, whether that means recovering an individual file or mailbox message, to replicating entire hosts at an disaster recovery site, said Chris Wolf, a senior analyst at the Burton Group.

Because traditional backup and recovery solutions require separate backup and recovery processes for Hyper-V host machines and each individual guest server, restoring a server or the entire environment can take several hours.

In contrast, AppAssures Replay 4 performs a single application-aware snapshot spanning the entire host machine and an unlimited number of guest machines, enabling a much faster backup and restore. In addition, companies can implement Replay 4 on a host machine and all guests through a single license, dramatically reducing backup and recovery costs in Hyper-V environments.

AppAssures approach to backup and disaster recovery of virtual machines running Hyper-V is extremely innovative, said Greg Shields, Founding Partner, Concentrated Technology and Microsoft MVP. Any organization leveraging Microsofts Hyper-V virtualization technology can benefit greatly from implementing Replay 4 as their backup and disaster recovery solution.

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De-Duplication, Compression and No Double Backups Required: AppAssure Releases the Fastest and Most Scalable Backup & Recovery Solution for Microsoft Hyper-V

Safe Havens for Disaster Recovery

Kutztown, PA (PRWEB) June 15, 2010

There is a network of secure disaster recovery locations across the country capable of hosting everything from a single rack of IT equipment to a fully-loaded data center in a box, such as a Secure Agile Vault Environment (SAVE) unit. These sites owned and managed by members of the Secure Media Vault Associates (SMVA) group offer the power, network communications bandwidth, chilled water supply and round-the-clock security for mission critical IT operations.

The SMVA is a network of owner-managed offsite data storage service providers who offer the highest level of protection for their clients’ data backup tapes with FIRELOCK Class 125 data vaults. These Class 125 Media Vault Chambers provide enhanced protection, which ensure the vault interior will not exceed 125

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Datto Launches "Aurora", the Next Generation Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution

Wilton, CT (PRWEB) June 23, 2010

Datto Inc., a leading provider of hardware-based on and off-site backup and disaster recovery solutions introduces Aurora, the latest innovation in backup and recovery technology. With instant virtual failover abilities on the local appliance and advanced features like data deduplication and simple granular exchange recovery, Aurora redefines business continuity.

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) need an all inclusive backup solution to keep their businesses running. They rely on managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver an effective on and off-site solution. MSPs in turn need a comprehensive backup and recovery solution for their clients that is reliable, affordable, and quickly implementable. Aurora was designed with both SMBs and MSPs in mind. SMBs will appreciate the accessibility and flexibility Aurora provides, as protected files now have greater functionality than ever before. With Aurora, businesses have quick and easy access to data with features such as individual message search and recovery for Microsoft Exchange and granular SharePoint recovery. Incremental backups as frequently as every five minutes ensure that when a data loss occurs, high transaction servers lose very little, if any, data. The instant, one-click virtualization feature can have failed servers and workstations back online quickly and easily, eliminating costly downtime.

Aurora enables MSPs to bring an enterprise class solution to the SMB market. Powerful features that were once sought in separate software and hardware purchases are now implemented in one, easy to use solution. Fully automated on and off-site backup and hardware independent, bare metal restore functionality means that backup and recovery with the Aurora is fast and simple. With additional features such as unattended virtualization and advanced alerting, MSPs can easily support Aurora. When combined with Datto’s 100% US-based technical support, MSPs always have the help they need to keep their clients’ business running. “We wanted a comprehensive solution,” said Datto president, Austin McChord. “Aurora was developed so that our Partners could offer a product that has cutting edge technology, but is still extremely manageable and always reliable.”

Katie Braband, VP of Business Development for Datto, agrees. “Backup and disaster recovery is a key component to our Partners’ managed services offering and we’re excited to bring them this ground-breaking technology. Datto Aurora is the first and only end-to-end solution offering advanced features like instant virtualization and data deduplication in a cost-effective package for SMBs. It aligns perfectly with Datto’s mission to deliver our Partners the best in business continuity.”

For additional information on Aurora, contact Christopher Thibdeau or visit

http://www.dattobackup.com.

About Datto Inc.

Datto Inc. is a leading provider of hardware-based on and off-site backup and disaster recovery solutions. Founded in 2007, Datto is a channel-only company changing the way MSPs and VARs deliver complete business continuity. Dattos offerings range from small data storage systems to large, enterprise-class business continuity solutions. Easy and affordable pricing, no recovery or incidental fees, generous upgrade plans, and US-based technical support are just a few ways Datto is changing the Channel.

Contact:

Christopher Thibdeau

Datto, Inc.

203.665.6423

cthibdeau(at)dattobackup(dot)com

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