Partnership Between GSX and Double-Take

GSX Groupware Solutions and Double-Take Software announced a partnership to work together on solutions to provide protection to businesses for email monitoring and recovery. GSX Groupware Solutions is a company offering global email management and monitoring software for all major communication platforms at the same time (including BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, and Sametime), and Double-Take Software is offers failover and recovery solutions.

CIOs and IT directors who manage the support for communications servers can rely on both companies to meet email monitoring management and recovery needs. The partnership will combine best-in-class monitoring from GSX with the expertise of Double-Take Software products to replicate, failover and recover communications data. The joint solutions will help ensure maximum uptime for companies of all sizes.

Double-Take Software provides leading solutions for recoverability, including continuous data replication, application availability and system state protection. Combining Double-Take Software’s data protection services and GSX’s advanced monitoring solutions will provide unparalleled data protection, availability and monitoring capabilities for communications environments. GSX, whose software monitors more than 5 million mailboxes for over 500 global enterprise customers, is providing an unmatched email monitoring platform that integrates seamlessly with all major email communications servers.

“Email communications management is a competitive advantage for all our customers, whether they are a global company or a small local business. When combined with application protection and recovery solutions from Double-Take, we can help transform business continuity into a driver for growth and productivity, which is especially essential during this global economic slowdown,” said Antoine Leboyer, CEO of GSX. “We are pleased to join forces with the most prominent company in this space and we look forward to combining our experience and know-how to maximize the potential of our respective client bases.”

“GSX and Double-Take Software are delivering complementary solutions that increase the value proposition to our customers and partners,” said Dan Jones, vice president of sales and marketing, Double-Take Software. ”By matching the different needs of our customers, whether it is monitoring or recovery, we are offering best-in-class solutions for our global client base.”

The health of an enterprise’s communications system is essential for business continuity. Email is seen as a mission critical application, and even minimal downtime can translate into lost opportunity and lost productivity. As a result, companies cannot overlook the importance of application monitoring, protection and recovery.