APRIL 2008

Industry News

Outsourcing Data Recovery - Agentless Backup Options for VMware Virtual Machines
When it comes to backup and disaster recovery, when can you do it yourself and when should you turn to an outside service provider? What are the benefits of outsourcing your backup, and what should you look for in a service?

Notes from SNW: Encryption shifts to disk drives
There were several technical reasons why early products aimed at storage encryption failed. They were often slow, did not scale well and had rudimentary key management. But perhaps they were just aimed at the wrong media.

Financial services provider selects DSC to deliver Asigra-empowered managed backup services.
"With Asigra as our backup service software platform, recovery time is minimal since we are able to provide recovery of select mailboxes or emails, instead of having to unnecessarily restore the entire Exchange database," said Jason Nocco, Vice President at DSC.

Energy XXI Transitions to Asigra-empowered Managed Backup Services Delivered by Terian Solutions
Asigra Inc. announced that Energy XXI (NASDAQ: EXXI), an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations based in Houston TX, has implemented Asigra’s information recovery platform deployed and managed by Terian Solutions.

Northampton Saints Go Marching On
Major data loss spurs Northampton Saints Rugby Club to achieve business continuity using Asigra's online backup and recovery software through Datastore365.

Q&A

Q: How do I recover an entire ROBO site if all data is lost during a disaster?

A: The restore method depends upon the recovery time objectives (RTO), the amount of data to transmit and the bandwidth of line installed. Often there is too much data to restore via the WAN if the latest backup copy on local storage has been destroyed. If the actual ROBO has been destroyed then the data will be restored to an alternate DR location.

There are three methods in which data can be restored.

• Data is restored across the WAN link
• Restore data is delivered via a portable disk
• A portable DS-System can be delivered to the customer's site or alternative disaster recovery location or hot-site in the event of a major DR effort.

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Resources

Compliance: Is Remote Office Data Your Achilles Heel?
This white paper discusses the risks of non-compliance and explains how deploying Asigra as part of an overall compliance solution can help protect both you and your remote office data.