As backup is set to be the prime storage priority for 2008...
I would advise storage managers to look from an holistic perspective when considering different vendor solutions, to ensure that they not only tick the boxes in applications that help to address storage capacity and DR issues, such as De-Duplication and continuous data protection tools and features, but that they also tick the boxes in being compatible with all types of server environments and being able to do this cost-effectively, particularly with regards to virtual server environments.
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FEBRUARY 2008

Industry News

Accountancy firm glad to have changed to Televaulting
After tape backup failed A Desaur & Co. receives Daily Backups and Easy-to-Use Data Restore services from Qualitas-IT and Restor-Me UK Ltd.

Asigra Televaulting Delivers “Unobtrusive Virtual Server Data Protection” According to Research Report by Enterprise Strategy Group
ESG Touts Asigra for Agentless Approach to Solving Toughest VMware Data Protection Challenges.

Asigra Televaulting Achieves “Certified for SAP NetWeaver®” Status Certified Integration of Asigra Televaulting Brings Centralized Agentless Remote Backup to Enterprises
Asigra Televaulting has been certified for integration with the SAP NetWeaver platform Release 7.0 via the SAP integration scenario BC-BRI HPUX 64 7.0 on Oracle 10g databases.

Interviews with Marc Staimer: To better understand Asigra's software, Jerome Wendt, analyst at DCIG, talks with Marc Staimer, the President of Dragon Slayer Consulting based in Beaverton, OR.

        What is a "Lite" Agent Anyway?

        Televaulting Provides CDP and De-Duplication for "Free"

On the ball - Rugby football club picks Asigra
Datastore365 carries out automated backups on a continual basis for Northampton Saints, to protect the Club’s sensitive and critical data.

Televaulting Eliminates Need for Backup Agents on Each VMware VM
Companies have a love-hate relationship with VMware. Most companies know that most of the resources on their existing Linux and Windows servers are underutilized by the applications running on them

Asigra Already Plays in Enterprise Backup
Can Asigra convince enterprises in 2008 that they should begin to use Asigra's Televaulting software to backup and recovery their data?...

Panic stations over security
The recent fiasco over missing personal data may yet have catastrophic implications if the information ends up in the wrong hands

Accolades

Byte and Switch names Asigra 64-bit Televaulting as Top Storage Product of 2007
With the addition of 64-bit capability, Asigra became the first provider of agentless backup services software to operate within virtualization environments.

"2008 promises to be breakout year for Asigra as more enterprise accounts become aware of Asigra's overall value proposition and more MSPs, SIs and outsourcers specialize in servicing enterprise accounts."

Jerome Wendt, DCIG
President and Lead Analyst

Customer Success Stories

Northampton Saints
Having experienced a major data loss two years ago that directly affected the Club’s business, the Saints needed to ensure that in the event of a systems failure this information would be protected and quickly restorable to allow for business continuity.

A Desaur & Co.
A Desaur & Co. was using a tape-based solution when the server failure occurred in April 2007. The tape restore failed entirely because its IT support company had not carried out trial data restores, which would have revealed that the backups were not working.

Emprise
Emprise was experiencing unreliable communication lines with multiple points of failure, inducing periods of downtime and costing the business in terms of wasted man hours and expensive license fees for hardware and software

Q&A

Q: Can Televaulting support my SAP application?

A: Yes. Asigra Televaulting 8.0, has achieved “Certified for SAP NetWeaver®” status from SAP AG. Asigra Televaulting has been certified for integration with the SAP NetWeaver platform Release 7.0 via the SAP integration scenario BC-BRI HPUX 64 7.0 on Oracle 10g databases. The certification confirms that Asigra Televaulting complies with the stringent SAP integration standards and interoperates with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 on the HP-UX PA-RISC 11.23 platform and in implementations that include solutions from SAP and Oracle.

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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.

 
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