StorageCraft Offers Free Software in Japan

StorageCraft Technology Corporation is now offering free downloads of ShadowProtect IT Edition v.3 to help businesses in Japan that need to backup or recover their servers and workstations following the recent earthquake and tsunami.

The free download, available through Asgent, Inc., StorageCraft’s distribution partner in Japan, is available free of charge until June 30, 2011, to help businesses backup and restore their data.

Businesses in Japan have experienced operational disruption not only as a result of the natural disasters, but also in part due to planned and unplanned power outages through affected areas of the country. Data backup and server migration solutions enable the businesses to get up and running quickly following the blackouts.

Companies may download the software and documentation via Asgent’s website. The documentation includes the Quick Start Guide, a step-by-step instruction designed to make installation easy for everyone, including first-time users.

"It’s important to StorageCraft to help those in Japan who are in need, so we are providing disaster recovery solutions free of charge to those affected by the crisis. We want to make it as easy as possible for companies to backup and recover their data in order to help them maintain their business operations during this critical time," said Ken Kilgore, StorageCraft’s senior director, Asia Pacific.

StorageCraft also teamed with a distribution partner in Australia during the recent Queensland floods in January to donate data center storage space to businesses that lost servers and data during the floods.

"We recognize how important it is for companies to have the ability to reliably protect and quickly restore data during a disaster, and we do what we can during difficult times to help businesses succeed by giving them the help they need," said Jeff Shreeve, CEO of StorageCraft.