Johannesburg, 11 Dec 2013
Synapsys, the sole authorised Acronis distributor for SA and sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the immediate local availability of Acronis Backup & Recovery for Microsoft Active Directory.
"With this latest addition to the proven Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 family, Acronis now delivers comprehensive protection for all environments and platforms for SMEs," says Arthur Williamson, managing director at Synapsys. "The added support of Microsoft Active Directory secures the 'backbone' of an SME's IT infrastructure, as tens of thousands of business-critical applications rely on Active Directory to authenticate and authorise users," Williamson adds.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for Active Directory takes a snapshot of the entire disk to recover the whole system, including the Active Directory database. This disk imaging technology enables SMEs to recover to multiple platforms and dissimilar hardware, ensuring SMEs can get all their data and applications back in a shorter time and a simpler way.
"In the event of downtime, companies freeze to a halt without Active Directory, and users within the domain can lose access to e-mail, shared files, and their Windows computers. The effects are devastating for an SME," says Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Acronis. "Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 for Active Directory quickly recovers the Active Directory domain controller, along with the operating system and data, so SMEs continue to function without skipping a beat."
Key features of the new product are:
* Active Directory-aware recovery interface;
* Protection for Active Directory Domain Controllers, Active Directory databases, SYSVOLS, and logs;
* Prevention of Active Directory USN Rollbacks;
* Guaranteed consistency of all domain controllers;
* Scalability to thousands of machines;
* Unified platform for both disaster recovery and data protection in one solution; and
* Integration with other modules to support physical and virtual environments, as well as a variety of applications and operating systems.
"It's critical for SMEs to have a single backup solution for their servers and applications, including Active Directory, to ensure that essential business-critical applications can be restored quickly if needed," said Robert Amatruda, research director at IDC. "Acronis provides SMEs a simple and comprehensive backup solution to safeguard all their key applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, and Active Directory."
With a simple, common user interface for all systems, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 also removes the need for a specialised IT team and dedicated human resources to manage backups. This complete, efficient, and simple solution supports both physical and virtual environments, Window and Linux servers, and Microsoft applications. Now with Active Directory support, Acronis provides a "one-stop shop" for all the backup and disaster recovery needs of SMEs, significantly reducing costly system downtime.
Synapsys Systems
Authorised Acronis distributor for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa
(086) 14 72-580
www.synapsys.co.za
acronis@synapsys.co.za
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