AUGUST 2007

Industry News

Asigra targets VMs with 64-bit software (InfoStor)
With all the companies scrambling to virtualize their servers onto fewer physical machines, Asigra says it has the answer.

Backup as a Service (eWeek)
Storage managed service providers need software too. Editor David Strom finds out why in this Channel Chat Podcast with Eran Farajun.

Featured Success Stories

Art of Performance
Art of Performance was prepared to cope with unexpected data loss with Smartways' online backup and recovery service, based on Asigra's technology and delivered by Falcon IT.

DFA Law Saves Time And Money Moving from Tape Backup to Asigra's Agentless Online Backup And Recovery Solution (InfoStor) Smartways helps traditional law firm to modernise and lead the way by providing services to ensure business continuity.

Q&A

Q: How does Asigra Televaulting access data without agents?

A: The Asigra Televaulting software eliminates the requirement for locally installed agents because it leverages the protocols, APIs, methods and functionality that platform, operating system, database, and other application vendors utilize for remotely accessing and managing their own systems. While other backup/restore solutions require a unique backup agent (installed on every target server, workstation, and laptop) for each type of system and application, the Televaulting architecture integrates support for all major platforms and applications into a single, optimized software system comprised of just two major components: the DS-Client (just one installed at each remote site) and the DS-System (installed at the vaulting location).

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Resources

White Paper: Hardware cost implications of data protection software.
Calculating TCO without hardware costs is a dangerous illusion. Hardware acquisition costs are very much determined by the architecture and functionality of the software and can increase TCO by by 10 times.

White Paper: The Agentless Backup/Recovery Architecture
This white paper describes how the Asigra Televaulting agentless architecture improves remote site backup and recovery processes to reduce costs, bolster security and simplify scaling. The paper contrasts these benefits with the security risks, high licensing costs, administrative complexity, and CPU/LAN overhead problems associated with agent-based backup/recovery alternatives.