Unitrends Releases Rapid Recovery 4.0

October 7, 2008: Data protection and restoration specialist Unitrends has announced new additions to its disaster recovery platform, promising unparalleled simplicity and support for upwards of 40 operating environments.

The firm says that Rapid Recovery 4.0 delivers exceptional centralised management capabilities, simplified backup administration, customisable reporting, and support for broad range of operating environments including Windows, Linux/UNIX, Novell and many others.

Rapid Recovery 4.0 includes the Web 2.0 Rich Internet Application-based Rapid Recovery Console for centralised control of backups, scheduling, recovery and configuration. It enables users to run on-demand backups or scheduled backup strategies for all clients and for all Unitrends' Data Protection Units and Data Protection Vaults within their environments.

It also offers enhanced functionality for Novell servers, including automatic protection of GroupWise and eDirectory servers.

“With this announcement, Unitrends is raising the bar for backup and recovery systems, providing a comprehensive, fully integrated solution that is simple, elegant and unmatched in the marketplace today,” said Maria Ellison, Unitrends' senior vice president of products and services.

“IT managers are continually seeking reliable data protection solutions that increase their systems' operational efficiency and the productivity of their IT staff. With business continuity solutions that are affordable and easy to deploy and manage, Unitrends delivers unprecedented reliability, efficiency and simplicity - all in a single, fully integrated appliance.”

Rapid Recovery 4.0 is available now from Unitrends' VARs and distributors in the U.S. and the U.K. Existing customers with current support/maintenance contracts are also being offered a free software upgrade to version 4.0.

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