ShadowProtect is one of several finalists in the backup and disaster recovery software and services category. The category covers backup, recovery, DR, snapshot, replication, electronic vaulting and archivers. Vendors from around the world nominated nearly two hundred products. The gold, silver and bronze winners for each of the five award categories will be announced in the February issue of Storage magazine.

In announcing the award, editors wrote, “StorageCraft’s data protection products have been popular among small- and medium-sized companies who need ease of use without sacrificing functionality. StorageCraft ShadowProtect 4.0 adds features such as HeadStart Restore®, which accelerates the restore process, replication and centralized management of all instances of ShadowProtect.”

ShadowProtect is the award-winning line of disk-based backup and disaster recovery software for Windows servers, desktops and laptops. Products include ShadowProtect Server™, ShadowProtect Desktop™, ShadowProtect IT Edition™ and ShadowProtect Granular Recovery for Exchange™, to name a few.

“It’s such a privilege for ShadowProtect to be named a finalist for such a prestigious award,” said Jeff Shreeve, StorageCraft CEO. “Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com have a venerable reputation in the storage industry, so just to be placed in this company and to be recognized in this way is a credit to the entire StorageCraft team. We’re very proud to be an Enterprise data storage 2010 Product of the Year finalist.”

To see a complete list of the Enterprise data storage 2010 Products of the Year finalists, please visit SearchStorage.com.

About StorageCraft Technology Corporation
StorageCraft Technology Corporation provides innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, and data protection 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, ShadowProtect, HeadStart Restore, ShadowProtect Server, ShadowProtect Desktop, ShadowProtect IT Edition and ShadowProtect Granular Recovery for Exchange are trademarks or registered trademarks of StorageCraft Technology Corporation. Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

In addition, ShadowProtect has the added advantage of allowing you to migrate from physical environments to virtual ones, and from virtual to physical — or any combination of the two (P2P, P2V, V2V or V2P). The cool Hardware Independent Restore™ technology in ShadowProtect allows you to change your environment no matter what kind of hardware you’re switching to. So upgrade that server without fear.

Plus, you’ll want to check out the new virtualization tools in ShadowProtect 4.0. The newest version of ShadowProtect has two really cool new features. The first is VirtualBoot™, which lets you right-click on a ShadowProtect backup image file and boot it as a virtual machine, usually in about two minutes (no matter how large the server). Another feature is the new Virtual Converter in the Backup Image tool, which lets you convert a ShadowProtect backup image into a VM — either .VHD or .VMDK.

If you’re exploring how to make the most of virtual technology to maximize your storage, be sure to see how ShadowProtect will help you get all your data into the virtual world — and to continue to protect it once you’re there.

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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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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.