In addition, many data protection solutions overlook the critical component of the recovery time objective (RTO). Your RTO is the maximum amount of time your systems can be out of commission – from when a disruption occurs to the moment your system is available again. Minimizing your RTO helps you avoid the consequences of a long-term break in business continuity.

Unfortunately, most backup and recovery strategies are bound by technological limitations. When your server has many terabytes (TB) of data that must be recovered – not to mention the operating system and applications – it takes many hours to restore everything from the original volume, even at relatively rapid disk speeds.

Cloud computing and off-site replication can help address concerns about data security and help ensure that information is available following a catastrophe. But again, these types of security solutions are often unavailable to SMBs due to their complexity and their costs.

Plus, IT administrators working for SMBs rarely have the time or the resources to managecomplex backup systems that require extensive certifications or hours of training to understand. But having a clear picture of your backup resources, knowing whether backups are successful and minimizing the resources required for ongoing data protection are imperative.

Download this white paper to learn more about each of these issues, why they are important for SMBs to address and how to resolve them while maximizing business continuity, protecting critical data and minimizing IT resources necessary to accomplish the demands of maintaining Windows servers.

Attendees can learn about StorageCraft ShadowProtect™ line of disk-based backup, disaster recovery and system migration software. StorageCraft recently released ShadowProtect Server Edition™ 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition™ 3.0 which include Hardware Independent Restore (HIR) features, which make it easy to protect systems and data and recover to a new system, even a virtual system, following a catastrophic failure.

“StorageCraft software solutions truly simplify the disaster recovery and system migration process,” said Curt James, vice president of marketing and business development at StorageCraft. “ShadowProtect is a fantastic solution for SMBs looking to protect their valuable data or migrate to new systems, even virtual systems.”

Visit the StorageCraft Technology Corporation booth #4 to sign up for the StorageCraft Reseller Partner Program or the StorageCraft Managed Service Provider Partner Program and find out about the free benefits for authorized StorageCraft resellers. These benefits include NFR software, product and sales training, lead sharing, as well as excellent pre-sales and product support.

For more information about the StorageCraft exhibit at SMB Nation 2007, please visit the following URL:

http://www.storagecraft.com/smbnation.html.

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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