SOURCE: AppAssure

 

RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - April 7, 2009) - The Institute for Systems Research, Electrical Engineering, and Physics departments at the University of Maryland faced many challenges associated with managing their email systems particularly as they transitioned from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. With difficulties associated with backing up critical information and no disaster recovery capabilities, the school recently turned to AppAssure for a solution that could better address their evolving needs.

AppAssure, a leading provider of enterprise-class backup and disaster recovery software purpose-built for Windows applications, provided the three departments with Replay AppImage. The easy-to-install solution now offers the University of Maryland an application-aware, disk-based imaging solution that automatically and continuously images the departments' Windows application server, delivering accelerated application backups and disaster recovery for Windows servers in minutes.

"We were using a plug-in for a backup solution which worked but was a nightmare to use," said Carlos Luceno, system analyst, University of Maryland. "Additionally, it wasn't going to work at all for disaster recovery and we wanted to be able to bring the whole system back up quickly if necessary. All our servers run virtually and Replay AppImage works extremely well in that situation."

Replay AppImage continuously images an entire server delivering lighting-fast recoveries from any failure while saving organizations both money and time. Luceno admits that there hasn't been a situation that has required the recovery from any disaster but notes, "The peace of mind I have is handy knowing I can get the entire system up quickly if necessary."

With Replay AppImage, the department's IT personnel have also realized an increase in productivity as well as a reduction in costs and time savings associated with backup processes. "We used to run incremental backups through the week and then full backups on the weekend," said Luceno. "With Replay AppImage we don't have that crazy resource drain every weekend and have also eliminated the strain of nightly incremental backups on Exchange."

Specifically, Replay AppImage offers the University of Maryland a number of advantages including the ability to:

--  Eliminate backup windows with continuous images throughout the day
--  Access Exchange during a live recovery
--  Decrease disk space requirements with built-in data de-duplication and
    compression
--  Recover the entire Exchange application from bare-metal in just a few
    clicks
--  Reduce traditional tape processes and tape infrastructure from their
    environment
    

"We have a complex Exchange 2007/Windows Server 2008 environment and all sorts of little disasters can happen," said Luceno. "We used to have a perpetual fear that something would go really wrong and we wouldn't be able to fix it quickly. With Replay AppImage, we can restore our Exchange environment faster than with any other product we've tested."

About Replay AppImage

Replay AppImage is an application-aware, disk-based imaging solution that automatically and continuously protects Windows applications. It is the only solution that eliminates the backup window and continuously checks for corruption. It also uniquely leverages virtualization to automatically create and continuously update standby virtual machines. Enabling users to access applications, including email, during a live recovery, Replay AppImage also recovers entire applications from bare-metal in just a few clicks.

Replay AppImage is available now with pricing starting at $899 USD per server. For more information or to download a trial, please visit: http://www.appassure.com/Resources/downloads.aspx

About AppAssure Software

AppAssure Software is a provider of innovative backup and disaster recovery software that has been purpose-built for Windows applications. Designed to protect the applications, not just the data, AppAssure solutions deliver high-value features for reliable data protection that is corruption-free. Using a centralized server architecture, AppAssure solutions feature off-host processing that will eliminate backup windows and enable a live restore for a down application. As a result, IT administrators can have the confidence that their Windows applications are completely protected and easily recoverable in the event of data loss or disaster. AppAssure is a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, and a member of VMware and BlackBerry alliance programs. For more information, please visit www.AppAssure.com.