Quorum Extends DR Offering With onQ vApp Virtual Appliance

Quorum, Inc. announced the launch of its virtual appliance, onQ vApp.

Utilising company’s DR as a Service (DRaaS) platform, the software-only virtual appliance delivers instant unified protection for both physical and virtual windows environments.

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Firm’s DR as a service solution delivers instant recovery of data, systems and applications allowing businesses to maintain continuity. The new offering is a virtual appliance that can be immediately leveraged to work on customers existing infrastructure, allowing businesses to repurpose old servers and storage as DR equipment. As a software-only solution, the onQ vApp can be rapidly and seamlessly deployed using customers existing VMware, Inc.‘s environments.

Introducing a software-only solution has allowed the company to expand its reach as a result of now offering more flexible pricing and deployment options for its customers. Customers pay a low and fair rate per server minimising their initial investment. The announcement follows the launch of firm’s ‘freemium’ edition, which allows customers to trial the vApp software on a single server for free.

The onQ platform, that vApp is a part of, was originally developed for US navy warships to ensure that on-ship computers never ‘go down’ during combat. The robust technology is today designed for businesses to rapidly recover their most critical applications and data in the cloud after any storage, systems or site failure. The firm will continue to offer the popular hardware appliance option along side this software-only solution, providing customers and channel partners with a choice.

Gabriel Gambill, senior director, product and technical operations, Quorum, commented: “Offering a software-only solution was a natural step for Quorum. The onQ appliance delivers HA and robust DR, and with a software-only solution we are able to work closely with our customers and partners to provide a solution which can quickly and seamlessly integrate into their current environments.“