StorageCraft Releases Cloud Services

StorageCraft
Technology Corporation launched StorageCraft
Cloud Services as well as the latest version of StorageCraft
ShadowProtect, its backup and DR solution.

StorageCraft gives SMBs the capability
to plan for and recover from minor and major disruptions in business
operations in seconds, rather than hours or days.

In addition to the launch of Cloud Services and ShadowProtect 5, it also released
StorageCraft
ImageManager 6.

"With the launch of
StorageCraft Cloud Services, we have extended the backup, file and
folder recovery, onsite failover, and virtualization capabilities
into the cloud. In addition, ShadowProtect 5 features support for the
latest Microsoft Windows operating systems, which enables our channel
partners to continue delivering fast, flexible, and reliable disaster
recovery to their customers," said Scott Barnes, CTO,
StorageCraft.

This release marks a shift in focus
from a single products to a complete end-to-end BC solution to help
MSPs and VARs build their businesses, according to Curt James, VP of marketing and business development at StorageCraft.

"We have two goals: to supply
our partners with the tools to quickly execute effective disaster
recovery for their customers and to give partners the opportunity to
increase their profitability," said James.

StorageCraft Cloud Services
Cloud Services users and resellers pay
only for the storage they use, allowing them to assess and modify
storage needs across systems and clients for a more cost-effective
approach. They may purchase storage on a monthly basis and pay only
for the storage used (rounded up to the nearest GB).

The product is also available in
tiered options,
which allows for further
customization:

• Cloud Basic: archives business
  backup images

• Cloud+: Includes everything in
  Cloud Basic, plus immediate file and folder recovery.

• Cloud Premium: Includes
  everything in Cloud+, as well as instant virtualization of data and
  failover in the cloud.

In addition, users in the U.S may opt
to have their data mirrored to a second data center for an additional
layer of protection.

ShadowProtect 5
This version of ShadowProtect features ImageReady, a technology that automatically mounts
backup image files as NTFS shares. Users can then run CHKDSK or
custom scripts to validate data and application integrity in their
backups. This provides an additional layer of verification of
business applications such as Exchange, SharePoint and SQL.

StorageCraft is releasing ShadowProtect
Server/Small Business Server and Virtual with OS
support for Windows Server 2012 and ShadowProtect Desktop
with support for Windows 8.

ImageManager 6
It features three updates
to improve the user experience.

Users may now:

• Use a hard drive to seed all their
  existing images within a managed folder to the cloud, while
  replicating new incremental images to the cloud

• Enable performance throttling for
  intelligentFTP, ShadowStream, and cloud transports, regulating
  maximum transfer speeds during peak business hours; and free up disk
  space through consolidation of monthly files into a single rolling
  file with StorageCraft Rolling Consolidation. ShadowProtect 5 is
  required to perform this action.

Pricing and Availability
Cloud Services is
available to MSPs who are participating in the StorageCraft MSP
Program as of December 2012, and it will be available to VARs
via Lifeboat and SYNNEX distribution in the first half of 2013.
It is currently only available in North America. ShadowProtect 5 and ImageManager 6
are available to MSPs and VARs