Expand Networks (www.expand.com), a leading provider of application acceleration solutions over the WAN, and recently positioned in Gartner's Leaders Quadrant for WAN Optimisation Controllers 2006, today announced an alliance with Double-Take Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) www.doubletake.com, a provider of accessible and affordable continuous data replication solutions for disaster recovery, high availability and centralised backup.
The joint alliance will address the rapidly growing demand for providing continuous data replication between headquarters and remote branch locations.
"Disaster recovery plans are mandatory for companies whose data is business-critical," said Lauren Whitehouse, analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group. "Organisations must have a rock-solid recovery and replication plan in place. It must be part of the IT DNA and not just viewed as a fancy option."
Double-Take, from Double-Take Software, provides continuous replication of changes to business-critical data residing on the Microsoft Windows platform. It allows for the complete recovery of any Microsoft Windows application and all the associated data within minutes. This is done by combining continuous real-time data replication and automatic failover capabilities for disaster recovery, high availability and centralised backup. Double-Take is the solution of choice for both protecting and recovering applications such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and many others.
Through the Expand Compass Platform, which tightly integrates multiple technologies and maps them to the business mandates such as business continuity and disaster recovery, effective and affordable continuous real-time backup and automatic failover of critical data for remote offices is realised. Companies using the Expand Compass have seen tremendous reductions in data replication time in many cases dropping from hours to minutes or even real-time. Compass not only provides for acceleration of the data replication process but also significant bandwidth optimisation reducing the need for costly bandwidth upgrades.
"To maintain budget and resource efficiencies, many companies are looking for disaster recovery and application availability solutions which are cost-effective and leverage their existing infrastructure and IT investments," said Bob Roudebush, Director of Solutions Engineering, Double-Take. "Double-Take provides the most efficient method of data replication available by sending only byte-level changes to protected files. By leveraging the Compass Platform with our replication technology, customers can realise even better replication performance and overcome latency and throughput restrictions without investing more budget dollars in additional bandwidth."
A large international law firm recently turned to the Expand - Double-Take alliance to fulfil its goal of implementing a solid data replication and disaster recovery program. Since deploying the joint solution of Compass with Double-Take, bandwidth improvement exceeded 300% due to the compression capabilities and the acceleration achieved peaks of over 1 500%. The firm saw close to a staggering 50Mbps of Double-Take traffic over the same 4Mbps link. The data replication process is now completed almost in real-time compared to the eight to 10 hour delay previously experienced.
"Regardless of industry - or business specialisation, it is important for an organisation to have a plan to safeguard against data loss and disaster mitigation," said Christopher K Williams, Chief Marketing and Channels Officer, Expand Networks. "Through this alliance, Double-Take Software and Expand Networks are aligning our signature technologies to deliver a compelling disaster recovery solution that brings data delivery and replication to the next level. Real-time continuous data protection is thus realised from the start."
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Double-Take Software
Headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, Double-Take Software provides the world's most relied upon solution for accessible and affordable data protection for Microsoft Windows applications. The Double-Take product is the standard in data replication, enabling customers to protect and recover business-critical data that resides throughout their enterprise. With its partner programmes and professional services, Double-Take delivers unparalleled data protection, centralised backup, high availability and recoverability. It's the solution of choice for thousands of worldwide customers, from SMEs to the Fortune 500 in the banking, finance, legal services, retail, manufacturing, government, education and healthcare markets. Double-Take is an integral part of their disaster recovery, business continuity and overall storage strategies. For more information, please visit www.doubletake.com.
Expand Networks
Expand Networks is the pioneer and leader in helping organisations simplify their IT infrastructure while delivering remote offices fast, reliable and secure access to networked applications. This results in improved user productivity and cost-effective IT management. Expand offers a multi-service integrated platform that ensures superior performance for any application over any network. From its headquarters in Roseland, NJ and its global locations, Expand Networks (www.expand.com) serves more than 1 400 enterprise customers including: American Express, Bacardi USA, BMW, Continental Airlines, Carr America, Colgate, Elizabeth Arden, Reed Exhibitions, Target and United States Department of Defence.
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