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Continuity Software Extends Datacenter Resiliency and Operational Excellence Capabilities with Launch of AvailabilityGuard v6.3 Software
NEW YORK, May 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Expedited Deployment, Expanded Risk Detection and Deeper Analytics, Deliver Greater
Control and Enhanced Data Protection, as well as More Efficient IT Standards Compliance
and Enforcement
Continuity Software [http://www.continuitysoftware.com ](TM), the world's leading
provider of service availability risk management solutions, today announced that it is
enabling IT professionals, business line managers and compliance officers to further
extend their datacenter service resiliency and set in motion operational excellence
programs, with the launch of AvailabilityGuard
[http://www.continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguard-enterprise ] Software version
6.3 (v6.3). Featuring expedited deployment, expanded risk detection, and deeper analytics,
AvailabilityGuard v6.3 delivers greater control and enhanced data protection, as well as
more efficient compliance with internal IT governance and external regulations.
Specifically, AvailabilityGuard v6.3 enhancements include:
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Policy / Software SLA Add-ons - enables
users to specify standards for software products and/or minimal version; also includes
out-of-the-box support for Symantec NetBackup, EMC Legato, CommVault, IBM Tivoli
Storage Manager (TSM), and CA ARCServe
- Enhanced Storage Area Network (SAN) Fabric Support - what-if reports, HP
Virtual Connect
- Extended Platform Support - Isilon (NAS), and DataDomain
- Enhanced Risk Detection - numerous new risk signatures
- Granular Role and Privilege Support - new role profiles provide fine-grained
right-based and privilege-based access control, allowing managers, decision makers and
other non-technical users to subscribe to the exact views they need with the most
appropriate privilege level
- Deeper Active Directory Integration - supporting full user authorization and
role configuration
- Enhanced Configuration Wizard - streamlining setup even further with more
granular control
The findings of the 2013 Financial Services Availability Benchmark
[http://www.continuitysoftware.com/serv/2013-service-availability-benchmark-survey-financial-services ]
study conducted by Continuity Software revealed that while financial services
organizations are obligated to establish stringent service availability plans, they are
actually among the worst performing in regards to meeting these goals. 41% of those
surveyed acknowledged that they did not meet their service availability goals for
mission-critical systems. Likewise, the responses from the company's 2013 Enterprise
Service Availability and Business Continuity Benchmark study
[http://www.continuitysoftware.com/serv/2013-service-availability-benchmark-survey-cross-industry ]
indicated that much like financial services, a wide range of other industries
also have highly commendable service availability goals for mission-critical systems. Yet
similarly, 32% of those surveyed did not meet their goals.
"Historically, IT professionals have agreed that a resilient datacenter could be
achieved with the right technology and techniques, a.k.a. best practices. The belief was
that when you understood and endeavored to employ these in your datacenter the question of
resiliency could be answered, without first experiencing a catastrophic failure.
Unfortunately, recent history has proven otherwise," said Marc Staimer, Founder and
President, Dragon Slayer Consulting. "Even the best technology and intentions are destined
for failure, if they remain untested." He continued, "I would therefore recommend to
anyone that wishes to safeguard their organization's service availability and business
continuity strategy to check out AvailabilityGuard."
"AvailabilityGuard v6.3 is the direct result of feedback we have received from
countless IT professionals and compliance officers seeking to build service resiliency
management programs and drive operational excellence," said Doron Pinhas, CTO, Continuity
Software [http://www.continuitysoftware.com ]. "The AvailabilityGuard enhancements are
uniquely designed to benefit professionals across both technical and non-technical roles.
They enable faster and easier deployment, deeper and broader understanding, and greater
management control. The bottom-line is that AvailabilityGuard v6.3 will enable more
efficient and effective compliance with internal IT standards and external regulations."
AvailabilityGuard v6.3 is now generally available.
Learn more:
- Surveys: http://www.continuitysoftware.com/resources/surveys
- On-Demand Webinars: http://www.continuitysoftware.com/resources/videos-2
- White Papers: http://www.continuitysoftware.com/resources/white-papers
About Continuity Software
Continuity Software is the world's leading provider of service availability risk
management solutions. Trusted by many of the largest and most successful companies around
the world, Continuity Software's award-winning software mitigates downtime and data-loss
risks across the entire enterprise IT landscape
[http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguardenterprise ], including the
datacenter's disaster recovery [http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguarddr
], high availability [http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguardcluster ]
(HA), and private cloud [http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguardcloud ]
environments. With Continuity Software solutions, organizations can be confident that
service availability, data protection, and business continuity goals will be met or
exceeded 365 days a year. For further information, please visit
http://www.continuitysoftware.com, email info@continuitysoftware.com, or call:
+1-888-782-8170 (United States) or +972 (3) 6470888 (Israel).
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(c) Continuity Software. Continuity Software, RecoverGuard, AvailabilityGuard,
AvailabilityGuard/Enterprise, AvailabilityGuard/Cloud, AvailabilityGuard/DR,
AvailabilityGuard/Cluster, and AvailabilityGuard/SAN are trademarks of Continuity
Software. All other brand and product names in this announcement may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.
PR Contact:
Nicole Gorman
Corporate Communications
Continuity Software
+1-508-397-0131
nicoleg@continuitysoftware.com
Continuity Software
Continuity Software Extends Datacenter Resiliency and Operational Excellence Capabilities with Launch of AvailabilityGuard v6.3 Software
NEW YORK, May 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Expedited Deployment, Expanded Risk Detection and Deeper Analytics, Deliver Greater
Control and Enhanced Data Protection, as well as More Efficient IT Standards Compliance
and Enforcement
Continuity Software [http://www.continuitysoftware.com ](TM), the world's leading
provider of service availability risk management solutions, today announced that it is
enabling IT professionals, business line managers and compliance officers to further
extend their datacenter service resiliency and set in motion operational excellence
programs, with the launch of AvailabilityGuard
[http://www.continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguard-enterprise ] Software version
6.3 (v6.3). Featuring expedited deployment, expanded risk detection, and deeper analytics,
AvailabilityGuard v6.3 delivers greater control and enhanced data protection, as well as
more efficient compliance with internal IT governance and external regulations.
Specifically, AvailabilityGuard v6.3 enhancements include:
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Policy / Software SLA Add-ons - enables
users to specify standards for software products and/or minimal version; also includes
out-of-the-box support for Symantec NetBackup, EMC Legato, CommVault, IBM Tivoli
Storage Manager (TSM), and CA ARCServe
- Enhanced Storage Area Network (SAN) Fabric Support - what-if reports, HP
Virtual Connect
- Extended Platform Support - Isilon (NAS), and DataDomain
- Enhanced Risk Detection - numerous new risk signatures
- Granular Role and Privilege Support - new role profiles provide fine-grained
right-based and privilege-based access control, allowing managers, decision makers and
other non-technical users to subscribe to the exact views they need with the most
appropriate privilege level
- Deeper Active Directory Integration - supporting full user authorization and
role configuration
- Enhanced Configuration Wizard - streamlining setup even further with more
granular control
The findings of the 2013 Financial Services Availability Benchmark
[http://www.continuitysoftware.com/serv/2013-service-availability-benchmark-survey-financial-services ]
study conducted by Continuity Software revealed that while financial services
organizations are obligated to establish stringent service availability plans, they are
actually among the worst performing in regards to meeting these goals. 41% of those
surveyed acknowledged that they did not meet their service availability goals for
mission-critical systems. Likewise, the responses from the company's 2013 Enterprise
Service Availability and Business Continuity Benchmark study
[http://www.continuitysoftware.com/serv/2013-service-availability-benchmark-survey-cross-industry ]
indicated that much like financial services, a wide range of other industries
also have highly commendable service availability goals for mission-critical systems. Yet
similarly, 32% of those surveyed did not meet their goals.
"Historically, IT professionals have agreed that a resilient datacenter could be
achieved with the right technology and techniques, a.k.a. best practices. The belief was
that when you understood and endeavored to employ these in your datacenter the question of
resiliency could be answered, without first experiencing a catastrophic failure.
Unfortunately, recent history has proven otherwise," said Marc Staimer, Founder and
President, Dragon Slayer Consulting. "Even the best technology and intentions are destined
for failure, if they remain untested." He continued, "I would therefore recommend to
anyone that wishes to safeguard their organization's service availability and business
continuity strategy to check out AvailabilityGuard."
"AvailabilityGuard v6.3 is the direct result of feedback we have received from
countless IT professionals and compliance officers seeking to build service resiliency
management programs and drive operational excellence," said Doron Pinhas, CTO, Continuity
Software [http://www.continuitysoftware.com ]. "The AvailabilityGuard enhancements are
uniquely designed to benefit professionals across both technical and non-technical roles.
They enable faster and easier deployment, deeper and broader understanding, and greater
management control. The bottom-line is that AvailabilityGuard v6.3 will enable more
efficient and effective compliance with internal IT standards and external regulations."
AvailabilityGuard v6.3 is now generally available.
Learn more:
- Surveys: http://www.continuitysoftware.com/resources/surveys
- On-Demand Webinars: http://www.continuitysoftware.com/resources/videos-2
- White Papers: http://www.continuitysoftware.com/resources/white-papers
About Continuity Software
Continuity Software is the world's leading provider of service availability risk
management solutions. Trusted by many of the largest and most successful companies around
the world, Continuity Software's award-winning software mitigates downtime and data-loss
risks across the entire enterprise IT landscape
[http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguardenterprise ], including the
datacenter's disaster recovery [http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguarddr
], high availability [http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguardcluster ]
(HA), and private cloud [http://continuitysoftware.com/products/availabilityguardcloud ]
environments. With Continuity Software solutions, organizations can be confident that
service availability, data protection, and business continuity goals will be met or
exceeded 365 days a year. For further information, please visit
http://www.continuitysoftware.com, email info@continuitysoftware.com, or call:
+1-888-782-8170 (United States) or +972 (3) 6470888 (Israel).
###
(c) Continuity Software. Continuity Software, RecoverGuard, AvailabilityGuard,
AvailabilityGuard/Enterprise, AvailabilityGuard/Cloud, AvailabilityGuard/DR,
AvailabilityGuard/Cluster, and AvailabilityGuard/SAN are trademarks of Continuity
Software. All other brand and product names in this announcement may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.
PR Contact:
Nicole Gorman
Corporate Communications
Continuity Software
+1-508-397-0131
nicoleg@continuitysoftware.com
Continuity Software