Key Features:
-- Windows Server 2008 family support
-- Novell OES (OES1/OES2) family support
-- New multiple appliance management and monitoring features
-- Enhanced direct NAS protection
Further expanding its operating system, virtualization and application
support, Unitrends today announced the latest version of its data recovery
software with new support for the Windows Server 2008 family and the Novell
OES family of products, including Microsoft Hyper-V and Xen virtualization
platforms. Unitrends Release 4.1 also includes expanded multi-appliance
management and monitoring capabilities as well as enhanced support for
Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems.
"As a managed service provider, we use Unitrends' solutions to remotely
manage the data protection for more than 30 customers," said Scott D'Amore,
senior systems engineer, BPI Information Systems. "The enhanced management
capabilities of their latest software release have improved our ability to
integrate the management of these multiple units while supporting our
customers' needs for 64-bit operating system support. Unitrends is an ideal
solution for simplifying data protection and recovery and eliminating
cumbersome tape backup processes."
The new Unitrends Release 4.1 backup and recovery software offers support
for more than 40 operating systems and applications. This support now
includes:
-- Windows Server 2008 (including Hyper-V)
-- Exchange 2007 support on Windows Server 2008
-- SQL 2008
-- Novell OES1 and OES2 (including Xen and Groupwise 8.0)
-- MacOS X 10.5
-- Linux 64-bit
-- pSeries 6.1
The latest Unitrends release also delivers extensive context-sensitive
help, increased appliance management and monitoring functionality, and new
reporting flexibility. In addition, Unitrends Release 4.1 adds new
appliance scalability features and supports NAS protection via CIFS and NFS
protocols without a high-priced NDMP agent.
"At Unitrends, broad operating system and application support has become
our hallmark," said Duncan McPherson, chief executive officer, Unitrends.
"With our latest software release we have continued this tradition by
expanding support to a host of 64-bit operating systems while adding key
new features for management and monitoring flexibility. With Unitrends,
customers have the confidence that they can respond to increasingly more
aggressive backup window requirements from within a simple, yet
sophisticated, central interface."
Availability
The new Unitrends Release 4.1, with enhanced operating system support, is
available now for all Unitrends rapid-recovery appliances including the
recently announced, 1U Recovery-610 (see related announcement dated today).
There is no charge for the new version for existing Unitrends customers.
For additional information, please visit the Unitrends Data Protection
Units product webpage.
About Unitrends
Unitrends is a leading provider of innovative, integrated solutions that
protect and restore critical data and systems. Unitrends' family of
disk-to-disk backup appliances provides unmatched protection and rapid
recovery of lost systems, applications and data. The company's local backup
and
off-site vaulting appliances eliminate the need for multi-vendor software
and hardware, and deliver an integrated solution that is affordable for
small- and medium-sized enterprises. Information about Unitrends can be
found at http://www.unitrends.com.
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Contact Information: Media Contact: Erin Jones E.S. Jones PR for Unitrends 704.664.2170