Virtualisation boosts business continuity

Companies that virtualise their systems benefit from increased business continuity and improved disaster-recovery functions, reports Zycko.

The VP of client solutions at Broadleaf, Eric Faucher, says this is particularly true for SMEs.

"As recently as five years ago, business continuity and disaster-recovery topics would make IT executives in SME grumble that neither was affordable," he explains. However, with virtualisation, many firms realise they can get both, Faucher adds.

It has been claimed virtual private servers and related technologies are getting more robust, says Global Gold.

According to Dell's Jon McBride, virtual private server resellers are helping to take the technology to the 'next level' as they proactively promote its benefits for businesses of all sizes.

McBride says: "Virtualisation has moved on and become more robust, and there are very few things now that can't be virtualised”.

Network infrastructure company SonicWall has unveiled its E-mail Security Virtual Appliance, according to PR Wire.

This provides an additional deployment option for its scalable e-mail security and anti-spam solutions.

SonicWall customers now have multiple options when it comes to deploying e-mail security, including SonicWall E-mail Security Appliances, server software deployed on a third-party Windows-based server, and SonicWall E-mail Security Virtual Appliances.