Archive for April 2010
SSG-NOW Analyst Sizes Up ShadowProtect 4.0
StorageCraft Technology’s ShadowProtect 4: A study in enterprise data protection
New server virtualization and quick server recovery features introduced
By Deni Connor
Principal analyst, Storage Strategies NOW
April 2010
Protecting your organization’s most valuable assets – your data – should be a priority for any business. Whether those data assets are stored on physical or virtual servers or desktop PCs in your environment, it is important to be able to not only back this equipment up, but to recover it as well in the event of a disaster or server failure.
StorageCraft’s introduction of new versions of its data protection software — ShadowProtect Server4, ShadowProtect Small Business Server 4, ShadowProtect Desktop 4 and ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise 4– this month is focused on rapid server recovery, server virtualization and an enhanced management interface – each an enhancement that will help an IT administrator to better manage and protect the physical and virtual machines in his environment.
Quick server recovery
ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise, available as an add-on to ShadowProtect Server and ShadowProtect Desktop, leads in the number of enhancements shipped. The software enables the consolidation of daily, weekly and monthly image backup files into a single image file to save on storage consumption and ease the management of the images maintained on the system. ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise consists of five critical capabilities: quick server recovery using HeadStart Restore (HSR) technology, image verification and re-verification, off-site replication, notification and consolidation.
Most important about the ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise software is its quick recovery of file and application servers. With HeadStart Restore technology, IT administrators can create jobs that capture a virtual machine image complete with incremental up-to-the minute changes. When a server fails, the virtual machine file can be selectively updated, the server prepared with ShadowProtect’s Hardware Independent Restore (HIR) technology and then rebooted to a VMware Disk Image (VMDK) or Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file. HeadStart Restore’s ability to apply the latest changes to the virtual machine file is optional as the last incremental backup applied to the virtual machine may include the problem that caused the server to fail.
HeadStart Restore is particularly useful in its ability to provide nearly instantaneous disaster recovery for servers, especially those containing large, terabyte-sized amounts of data. In this situation, when an IT administrator wants to recover the server, he or she can simply choose and finalize the last incremental backup taken and recover the server and its data and thus, eliminate the time it would take to restore the entire multi-terabyte server.
Further, the ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise software verifies and rechecks backup image chains to ensure that servers can be recovered into a known good state in the event of a disaster or failure. The software verifies the backup image by calculating an MD5 checksum and comparing it to the MD5 checksum generated when an image was created.
ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise also allows off-site asynchronous replication over IP, which lets administrators vault point-in-time backup images to another location for disaster recovery or archival purposes. And, the software includes a notification process that alerts the IT administrator of the status of backup jobs based on e-mail configurations. (A “standard” version of ShadowProtect ImageManager ships with ShadowProtect Server, Small Business Server and Desktop without any additional cost. But it doesn’t include HSR or replication.)
Finally, ShadowProtectServer and Desktop now include the ability to restore server operating systems, data and applications to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments and to multiple targets via its Hardware Independent Restore (HIR) capability. Hardware Independent Restore can also be used to facilitate migrations to a new server or desktop or to consolidate servers and desktops to virtual environments.
Server virtualization
Other enhancements to StorageCraft’s ShadowProtect products focus on server virtualization. ShadowProtect Server 4, ShadowProtect Small Business Server 4 and ShadowProtect Desktop 4 introduce several improvements to virtual server backup, including VirtualBoot and Virtual Converter capability.
VirtualBoot allows the booting of virtual servers from a point-in-time backup image using Oracle/Sun’s open source VirtualBox virtualization technology (VirtualBox.org). This solution uses Virtualbox as a virtual machine environment for mounting the ShadowProtect image. VirtualBox links to the latest ShadowProtect point-in-time image and mounts “on-the-fly” to boot the physical machine as a virtual machine. When the virtual machine comes up, the backup job continues to run, creating a fast incremental image of the state of the machine.
The Virtual Converter tool lets an IT administrator convert ShadowProtect backup images to either VMware disk image (VMDK) files or to Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files for storage, reboot and server recovery purposes.
Simplified management
Finally, ShadowProtect 4 has a new management interface that allows centralized backup administration. From the management console, IT administrators can simultaneously push installations of ShadowProtect Server, ShadowProtect Small Business Server or ShadowProtect Desktop to all Windows machines. A new agent discovery function can automatically discover agents or clients on the system that ShadowProtect can be pushed to.
The management console also lets administrators check the status of system backups and import or export server information. And a new grouping function allows administrators to create groups of physical or virtual machines for simplified management.
SSG-NOW Assessment
StorageCraft’s data protection products rate at the top of the list for meeting the needs of small and mid-size businesses. The incorporation of rapid server recovery via the ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise functionality is particularly useful as it establishes an easy-to-implement way for SMBs to recover their Windows servers in the event of disaster or failure. StorageCraft has introduced a truly innovative feature in its product – its HeadStart Restore capability in ImageManager Enterprise starts restoring data as it backs up data, resulting in exceeding fast recovery. In addition, its implementation of server booting from the open source VirtualBox technology is truly an innovative approach to recovery and booting of virtual machines.
Note: The information and recommendations made by Storage Strategies NOW are based upon public information and sources and may also include personal opinions both of Storage Strategies NOW and others, all of which we believe to be accurate and reliable. As market conditions change however, and not within our control, the information and recommendations are made without warranty of any kind. All product names used and mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Storage Strategies NOW, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for any damages whatsoever (including incidental, consequential or otherwise), caused by your use of, or reliance upon, the information and recommendations presented herein, nor for any inadvertent errors which may appear in this document.
ShadowProtect Desktop is available
StorageCraft is releasing ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 today. Like ShadowProtect Server, it includes some of the same cool features in that are in ShadowProtect Server 4.0, such as VirtualBoot™ and backup verification and re-verification.
It’s also very easy to test drive it with the free 30-day trial version. The trial has all of the features of the full version, except for the recovery environment, which isn’t quite as restrictive as that may sound. For example, you can recover individual files and folders from backup images with the trial version, using the Explore Backup wizard and you can recover data volumes on your system, as well. You just can’t restore your system (primary) volume because you don’t have the bootable recovery CD.
So go ahead and test drive ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0. We have the trial up on our Web site, or you can download it from sites like PC World. Try it, you’ll like it enough to buy it.
StorageCraft Sponsors ChannelNext
DRAPER, Utah, U.S.A. – April 22, 2010 – StorageCraft Technology Corporation, a provider of innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, today announced it is sponsoring ChannelNext Solution Provider East, 2010. The conference is April 22 – 23 in Montebello, Quebec.
In addition to sponsoring ChannelNext, StorageCraft will show solution providers how they can provide simple and profitable disaster recovery, data protection and system migration services to their customers.
“We are pleased that StorageCraft is a ChannelNext sponsor and is partnering with TechnoPlanet,” said Julian Lee, president, TechnoPlanet Productions Inc. “This shows StorageCraft’s commitment to Canadian resellers by promoting their solutions and partnership opportunities through eChannelNEWS and showing Canadian solution providers the long-term benefits they can bring to the business relationship.”
Solutions providers will also have the opportunity to join the No-Cost StorageCraft Reseller Partner Program at the StorageCraft exhibitor booth and receive a free StorageCraft Channel Partner Kit which includes NFR copies of StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server ™ and ShadowProtect Desktop ™, a $1,000 value. Additional benefits include: product and sales training, lead sharing, as well as excellent pre-sales and product support.
“As StorageCraft expands its distribution, we know that Canadian solution providers will be an important part of that growth,” said Curt James, vice president of marketing and business development at StorageCraft. “Partnering with TechnoPlanet and sponsoring event such as ChannelNext helps us to communicate strategically with our partners in Canada.”
StorageCraft is also showcasing the release of ShadowProtect 4.0, the latest version of its award-winning backup, disaster recovery and system migration solutions for Windows servers, desktops and laptops. ShadowProtect 4.0 includes features that will help solution providers to improve their recovery time objective (RTO), maximize business continuity and simplify backup and disaster recovery management.
About StorageCraft Technology Corporation
StorageCraft Technology Corporation provides innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops. StorageCraft delivers software products that reduce downtime, improve security and stability for systems and data and lower the total cost of ownership for servers, desktops and laptops.
About TechnoPlanet
TechnoPlanet Productions Inc. is a Canadian marketing and communications company that helps technology companies to develop and grow their reseller channel network in North America and Europe. With over 20 years of doing business in the Information Technology sector, TechnoPlanet does just about everything to help its vendors succeed. To learn more about TechnoPlanet’s twelve business divisions please visit http://www.technoplanet.com/stopchannelsurfing/ and www.technoplanet.com
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StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0
Backup, disaster recovery and migration software has new features to improve restore rates, virtual integration and centralized management
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DRAPER, Utah, U.S.A. – April 22, 2010 – StorageCraft Technology Corporation, a provider of innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, today released StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop™ 4.0. The newest version in the ShadowProtect™ line of award-winning backup, disaster recovery and system migration technology addresses the need to protect business assets – the data that resides on desktops and laptops throughout an enterprise – and improves virtualization technology while centralizing management of desktop backups throughout an enterprise.
ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 includes several recovery options that allow you to improve business continuity by reducing the time desktops and laptops are offline. ShadowProtect gives you the flexibility of choosing granular recovery of files and folders or full bare metal recovery of a system in a matter of minutes. Hardware Independent Restore™ (HIR) technology makes it quick and easy to recover to the same system, to dissimilar hardware or to and from virtual environments. ShadowProtect’s HIR feature also makes system migration to new desktops or consolidation to virtual environments a straightforward process.
“Today’s business world is very decentralized as many workers rely on laptops as their sole computing environment,” said Deni Connor, principal analyst with Storage Strategies NOW, a research firm focusing on storage technologies. “Some small businesses conduct all business from desktops and laptops, choosing not to centralize their data to a server environment. Businesses need a solution, such as ShadowProtect Desktop, which can automate backups and restore systems very quickly in the event of a lost laptop, a drive failure on a desktop or some other disaster.”
Flexible Recovery
ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 gives you several recovery options – bare metal recovery, recovery to dissimilar hardware and recovery to and from virtual environments for complete system restores – or simple granular recovery of files and folders in a matter of seconds.
ShadowProtect Desktop also improves on its virtualized technology features such as Hardware Independent Restore with new VirtualBoot™ technology to give administrators the ability to boot any ShadowProtect backup image into a virtual machine using Sun VirtualBox. The backup image file can be booted into a .VMDK or .VHD format. In addition, ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 can convert any ShadowProtect backup image into a virtual machine without the need to use any third-party technology.
“VirtualBoot is an amazingly quick way to failover to a virtual machine,” said Brandon Nordquist, vice president of product management at StorageCraft. “There are several kinds of scenarios where VirtualBoot technology can be very helpful, including testing new applications, booting obsolete operating systems or recovering files from old systems.”
Backup Management
ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 includes additional features which make it simpler to manage desktop and laptop backups across your system. ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 includes a management console, at no additional cost, that allows IT Administrators to push install ShadowProtect simultaneously to multiple desktops and laptops, group machines, import or export node information or check the status of ShadowProtect backups.
ShadowProtect ImageManager™ allows administrators to verify and re-verify ShadowProtect backup image files as well as consolidate backup image files to minimize storage usage and streamline management. ShadowProtect ImageManager is also included at no additional cost.
Additional Features
ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 also includes Resume on Interruption – the ability to continue a restore, even after it’s been halted by a power failure or other disruption. In addition, it has an updated user interface.
ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 includes the following features:
· Hardware Independent Restore (HIR),
· Bare metal recovery,
· Granular recovery of files and folders in moments,
· Resume on interruption,
· Central management console,
· VirtualBoot,
· Virtual converter,
· ShadowProtect ImageManager,
· Image verification and re-verification,
· Image consolidation.
Pricing and Availability
ShadowProtect Desktop is available from authorized StorageCraft distributors and value-added resellers (VARs). Volume discounts are available.
For additional information about StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0, or to learn more about volume licensing, please e-mail sales@storagecraft.com, call +1 801 545-4700 or visit: www.StorageCraft.com/ShadowProtectDesktop.
About StorageCraft Technology Corporation
StorageCraft Technology Corporation provides innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops. StorageCraft delivers software products that reduce downtime, improve security and stability for systems and data and lower the total cost of ownership for servers, desktops and laptops.
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StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise 4.0
Disaster Recovery software includes revolutionary technology to dramatically improve recovery, backup image management
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DRAPER, Utah, U.S.A. – April 21, 2010 – StorageCraft Technology Corporation, a provider of innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, today announced the release of StorageCraft ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise™ 4.0. The newest version in the ShadowProtect™ line of award-winning backup, disaster recovery and system migration technology dramatically decreases the amount of time required to restore Windows systems and improves central management of ShadowProtect backups.
ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise includes a new feature called HeadStart Restore™ (HSR), which allows IT managers to automate recovery – getting servers back up and running in a matter of mere minutes, rather than hours. IT managers create a system restore job from their ShadowProtect Server™ or ShadowProtect Small Business Server™ scheduled backups. The HSR job begins the recovery process immediately – and the restore job is updated with incremental changes throughout the day. Following a disaster, the administrator is able to finalize the restore and get the server online again very quickly.
“System restores often involve terabytes of data, which means a realistic RTO is hours,” said Scott Barnes, chief technology officer at StorageCraft. “With HeadStart Restore, we’ve drastically reduced the time it takes to recover your systems and data because most of the system and data recovery occurred before there was even a failure.”
How HSR Works
To prepare a server for HSR, the IT administrator sets up a system restore job in ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise, which begins recovery right away.
HeadStart Restore
Any incremental changes to the backup are also sent to the system restore job and applied. The Lag Time Apply feature in HSR also allows administrators to delay incremental changes – to account for corruption from malware or a virus. By default, this is set to three days, but this can be changed to suit IT requirements.
In the event of a disaster, the administrator finalizes the restore – which usually takes seconds to apply the incremental updates – then prepares the virtual environment, runs ShadowProtect’s Hardware Independent Restore™ technology, reboots the server, and is back up and running. The elapsed time is several minutes, not several hours.
“Being able to get a jump on the restore process with HeadStart Restore is a tremendous asset for our business and for our customers,” said Shawn Massey, director of NetAssist at Camera Corner/Connecting Point Computer Center. “We’re able to get servers up and running in a fraction of the time it used to take. Downtime is expensive, and knowing that it won’t take all day or all weekend to rebuild a server is invaluable.”
Additional Features
ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise also includes replication technology, to allow you to send your backup images to a separate location, on-site or off-site. Once you’ve configured replication, you can send backup images to one or multiple locations. This feature also lets you save backups to an off-site location to meet compliancy and archival requirements.
In addition, ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise allows administrators to verify and re-verify ShadowProtect backup image files, consolidate backup image files to minimize storage usage and streamline management and set up e-mail notification to track the status of backup jobs.
ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise has the following features:
· HeadStart Restore
· Lag Time Apply
· Image replication
· Image verification and re-verification
· Image consolidation
· E-mail notification
Pricing and Availability
ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise is available from authorized StorageCraft distributors and value-added resellers (VARs). Volume discounts are available.
For additional information about StorageCraft ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise 4.0, or to learn more about volume licensing, please e-mail sales@storagecraft.com, call +1 801 545-4700 or visit: www.StorageCraft.com/ShadowProtectIME.
About StorageCraft Technology Corporation
StorageCraft Technology Corporation provides innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops. StorageCraft delivers software products that reduce downtime, improve security and stability for systems and data and lower the total cost of ownership for servers, desktops and laptops.
www.storagecraft.com
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StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect Server 4.0
Backup, disaster recovery and migration software has new features to improve restore rates, virtual integration and centralized management
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DRAPER, Utah, U.S.A. – April 21, 2010 – StorageCraft Technology Corporation, a provider of innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, today released StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server™ 4.0 and StorageCraft ShadowProtect Small Business Server™ 4.0. The newest version in the ShadowProtect™ line of award-winning backup, disaster recovery and system migration technology addresses the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for businesses, the need to integrate disaster recovery planning with virtualized systems as well as centralizing management of backups.
ShadowProtect Server 4.0
“The new functionality is truly game changing for us and we look forward to utilizing ShadowProtect 4.0 in our managed services offering.”
ShadowProtect Server 4.0 includes several recovery options that allow you to improve RTO by reducing the time your systems and data are offline. ShadowProtect gives you the flexibility of choosing granular recovery of files and folders or full bare metal recover of your server in a matter of minutes. Hardware Independent Restore™ (HIR) technology makes it quick and easy to recover to the same system, to dissimilar hardware or to and from virtual environments. ShadowProtect’s HIR feature also makes system migration to new servers or consolidation to virtual environments a straightforward process.
“Business continuity is key,” said Deni Connor, principal analyst with Storage Strategies NOW, a research firm focusing on storage technologies. “Having a disaster recovery plan, recovering data quickly with a minimal loss of productivity, can mean the difference between staying in business and closing your doors. That’s why backup and disaster recovery software such as ShadowProtect can be critical for maintaining access to your Windows servers and all of the business-critical applications and data on them.”
Virtualization Technology
ShadowProtect Server 4.0 improves on its virtualized technology features such as HIR with new VirtualBoot™ technology to give administrators the ability to boot any ShadowProtect backup image into a virtual machine using Sun VirtualBox. The backup image file can be booted into a .VMDK or .VHD format. In addition, ShadowProtect Server 4.0 can convert any ShadowProtect backup image into a virtual machine without the need to use any third-party technology.
VirtualBoot
“We could not be more excited about VirtualBoot and the other features that ShadowProtect 4.0 is bringing to the table,” said Sean Furman, president of STF Consulting. “The new functionality is truly game changing for us and we look forward to utilizing ShadowProtect 4.0 in our managed services offering.”
Centralized Management
ShadowProtect Server 4.0 includes a management console, at no additional cost, for central management of ShadowProtect on multiple servers. IT Administrators may push an agent simultaneously to multiple machines, group servers, import or export node information or check the status of ShadowProtect backups.
In addition, ShadowProtect ImageManager™ allows administrators to verify and re-verify ShadowProtect backup image files as well as consolidate backup image files to minimize storage usage and streamline management. Additional features are included in ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise™.
Recovery Features
ShadowProtect Server 4.0 also includes Resume on Interruption – the ability to continue a restore, even after it’s been halted by a power failure or other disruption. In addition, it has an updated user interface.
ShadowProtect Server 4.0 includes the following features:
· Hardware Independent Restore (HIR),
· Bare metal recovery,
· Granular recovery of files and folders in moments,
· Resume on Interruption,
· Central management console,
· VirtualBoot,
· Virtual converter,
· ShadowProtect ImageManager,
· Image verification and re-verification,
· Image consolidation.
“The new features in ShadowProtect Server 4.0 will give IT administrators flexible options for getting their systems and data back online very quickly,” said Scott Barnes, StorageCraft CTO. “Backup is easy and everyone is doing it. Restoring massive amounts of data quickly and making it accessible is the difficult part. ShadowProtect’s advanced technology helps get business back online in minutes, not hours or days.”
Pricing and Availability
ShadowProtect Server and ShadowProtect Small Business Server are available from authorized StorageCraft distributors and value-added resellers (VARs). Volume discounts are available.
For additional information about StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server 4.0, or to learn more about volume licensing, please e-mail sales@storagecraft.com, call +1 801 545-4700 or visit: www.StorageCraft.com/ShadowProtectServer or www.StorageCraft.com/ShadowProtectSBS.
About StorageCraft Technology Corporation
StorageCraft Technology Corporation provides innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops. StorageCraft delivers software products that reduce downtime, improve security and stability for systems and data and lower the total cost of ownership for servers, desktops and laptops. www.storagecraft.com
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StorageCraft Launches ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise
StorageCraft released a brand new product this morning, ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise™ 4.0. ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise is an add-on feature for ShadowProtect Server™ and ShadowProtect Small Business Server™. It has a few more features than the basic product, ShadowProtect ImageManager, which comes with all of the ShadowProtect™ products.
The revolutionary feature in ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise is HeadStart Restore™, which allows you to simultaneously restore your server backup images, while you’re still backing up your server.
“System restores often involve terabytes of data, which means a realistic RTO is hours,” said Scott Barnes, chief technology officer at StorageCraft. “With HeadStart Restore, we’ve drastically reduced the time it takes to recover your systems and data because most of the system and data recovery occurred before there was even a failure.”
With HeadStart Restore — or HSR — you set up a system restore “job” in ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise to begin the server recovery right away.
ShadowProtect Server continues to back up any incremental changes that are made on the server, which also get sent to the HeadStart Restore job and applied. The Lag Time Apply feature in HSR also allows administrators to delay incremental changes – to account for corruption from malware or a virus. By default, this is set to three days, but this can be changed to suit IT requirements.
In the event of a disaster, the administrator finalizes the restore – which usually takes seconds to apply the incremental updates – then prepares the virtual environment, runs ShadowProtect’s Hardware Independent Restore™ technology, reboots the server, and is back up and running. The elapsed time is several minutes, not several hours. So you’re able to restore a server with even multi-terabytes of data in 15-20 minutes.
“Being able to get a jump on the restore process with HeadStart Restore is a tremendous asset for our business and for our customers,” said Shawn Massey, director of NetAssist at Camera Corner/Connecting Point Computer Center. “We’re able to get servers up and running in a fraction of the time it used to take. Downtime is expensive, and knowing that it won’t take all day or all weekend to rebuild a server is invaluable.”
You can find all kinds of additional information about StorageCraft ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise 4.0 on the ShadowProtect product pages, including data sheets and white papers. Or e-mail sales@storagecraft.com.
ShadowProtect Server 4.0 and ShadowProtect Small Business Server Available
StorageCraft released ShadowProtect Server™ 4.0 and ShadowProtect Small Business Server™ 4.0 this morning. There are some great new features in this new version that you will definitely want to check out.
In particular VirtualBoot™. With VirtualBoot, you can right click on any ShadowProtect™ image file and boot it as a virtual machine. 
This feature makes it very easy to test new software in your server environment or boot legacy systems for archival purposes.
“We could not be more excited about VirtualBoot and the other features that ShadowProtect 4.0 is bringing to the table,” said Sean Furman, president of STF Consulting. “The new functionality is truly game changing for us and we look forward to utilizing ShadowProtect 4.0 in our managed services offering.”
VirtualBoot uses Sun VirtualBox to boot the file into .VMDK or .VHD format.
Other features in ShadowProtect Server 4.0:
- Central management console,
- Virtual converter,
- ShadowProtect ImageManager™,
- Image verification and re-verification,
- Image consolidation,
- Resume on Interruption,
- Hardware Independent Restore™ (HIR),
- Bare metal recovery,
- Granular recovery of files and folders in moments.
Check out the ShadowProtect product pages for additional information, including data sheets, white papers and product tours.
ShadowProtect Wins a New Award
It’s always exciting to win an award, even when you get them fairly regularly. If that sounds a little boastful, we really don’t mind because it isn’t boasting if it’s the truth. So ShadowProtect is in the spotlight again, getting another award. This time, it’s the “Riding the Crest” award from Programmer’s Paradise.
“StorageCraft is honored to receive the 2009 Riding the Crest award from Programmer’s Paradise,” said Curt James vice president of marketing and business development. “This award demonstrates that StorageCraft ShadowProtect continues to be recognized as a reliable disaster recovery solution not only for physical environments, but virtual systems, as well. ShadowProtect solutions are an excellent way to improve Recovery Time Objectives and keep business up and running.”
Programmer’s Paradise selects award winners based on total annual sales.
“The Programmer’s Paradise Riding the Crest Award to StorageCraft represents our customers’ choice as to the best-of-breed solution for business continuity and disaster recovery of their virtualized environments,” said Shawn Giordano, Vice President of Sales for Programmer’s Paradise. “They clearly recognize ShadowProtect’s value in minimizing downtime, improving business continuity and lowering their total cost of operations.”
This is the 14th year they’ve given out Riding the Crest awards.
StorageCraft Wins Riding the Crest Award
StorageCraft ShadowProtect Given Top Honors by Programmer’s Paradise as a Virtualization Solution for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
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DRAPER, Utah, U.S.A. – April 14, 2010 – StorageCraft Technology Corporation, a provider of innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, announced that StorageCraft ShadowProtect™ won the 2009 “Riding the Crest” award from Programmer’s Paradise in the Virtualization: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery category. This is the second year in a row that Programmer’s Paradise recognized ShadowProtect for a Riding the Crest award.
Programmer’s Paradise, a leading reseller of software, systems and services for information technology professionals, presents the annual award recognizing leading products from its exclusive “World View” software ecosystems for Application Lifecycle Management, Virtualization, Security, Database Infrastructure, Networking and Business Productivity. The Riding the Crest awards are now in their 14th year.
“The Programmer’s Paradise Riding the Crest Award to StorageCraft represents our customers’ choice as to the best-of-breed solution for business continuity and disaster recovery of their virtualized environments,” said Shawn Giordano, Vice President of Sales for Programmer’s Paradise. “They clearly recognize ShadowProtect’s value in minimizing downtime, improving business continuity and lowering their total cost of operations.”
StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the award-winning line of disaster recovery, system migration and data protection solutions for Windows servers, desktops and laptops.
“StorageCraft is honored to receive the 2009 Riding the Crest award from Programmer’s Paradise,” said Curt James vice president of marketing and business development. “This award demonstrates that StorageCraft ShadowProtect continues to be recognized as a reliable disaster recovery solution not only for physical environments, but virtual systems, as well. ShadowProtect solutions are an excellent way to improve Recovery Time Objectives and keep business up and running.”
For a complete list of 2009 Riding the Crest winners, please visit: http://www.programmers.com/ridingthecrest.
About StorageCraft Technology Corporation
StorageCraft Technology Corporation provides innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops. StorageCraft delivers software products that reduce downtime, improve security and stability for systems and data and lower the total cost of ownership for servers, desktops and laptops. www.storagecraft.com
About Programmer’s Paradise
Programmer’s Paradise – a subsidiary of Wayside Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTG) – is a leading reseller of software, systems and services for information technology professionals in the United States and Canada. Programmer’s Paradise sells an extensive line from leading publishers of software and tools for application lifecycle management, virtualization, database modeling, security, business continuity/disaster recovery, application and network infrastructure, science/engineering, and other technically sophisticated domains. Software technology professionals and corporate purchasing managers rely on Programmer’s Paradise for unparalleled value and selection, knowledgeable service reps, in-depth product expertise, great service, and fast, accurate turnaround. For more information, visit www.programmers.com, or call +1.800.599.4388, or +1.732.389.8950. In Canada, call +1.888.423.2700.
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