StorageCraft has launched a new tool, ShadowProtect Virtual, that allows the user to backup systems and data on any Windows system and recover it to any kind of environment: a virtual machine, physical hardware, or in the cloud.

“ShadowProtect Virtual offers the flexibility needed to maximise existing IT resources - with options for recovery to the same system, another virtual machine or even a different hypervisor - ensuring limitless business continuity,” said Greg Wyman, Vice President Asia Pacific at StorageCraft.

ShadowProtect Hardware Independent Restore (HIR) technology is agnostic to the physical hardware or virtualisation platform. Instead of licences priced per host or per socket, ShadowProtect Virtual licenses feature pricing per virtual machine (VM), to allow versatile deployment wherever needed in a hybrid environment.

ShadowProtect Virtual includes support for VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and Oracle VirtualBox.

Pricing starts from $A1295/$NZ1762 for a 6 Virtual Server License.