Partnership Between NetJapan and Kroll Ontrack

Kroll Ontrack, Inc., a provider of data recovery, and NetJapan, Inc., publisher of backup, recovery and virtualization software solutions, announced a strategic partnership to combine Kroll Ontrack’s recovery software for Exchange Server with NetJapan’s backup and DR solutions.

This partnership integrates Ontrack PowerControls with NetJapan’s ActiveImage Protector backup and DR solutions for virtual and physical Windows Exchange Servers.

Users can benefit from granular recovery of emails and mailboxes in Exchange, and also from NetJapan’s fast sector-based backup and inline data de-duplication and compression.

“We are very excited about this strategic partnership with Kroll Ontrack, which brings together their world-leading Ontrack PowerControls solution with our ActiveImage Protector superior backup and recovery solutions for physical and virtual Microsoft Exchange Servers,” said Robert Pfundmair, MD, NetJapan Europe. “This is a great opportunity to reinforce NetJapan as a one-stop backup and recovery solution provider for our reseller and MSP channels.“

Kroll Ontrack and NetJapan share a joint vision for this partnership: putting the ultimate in backup and recoverability for Exchange Servers into the hands of resellers, MSPs and end users around the world.

NetJapan will begin offering Ontrack PowerControls through its worldwide reseller channels.

“Thanks to NetJapan’s distribution channels, this strategic partnership is a perfect opportunity for us to expand the reach of our Exchange granular recovery solution not only in Europe, but also in Japan, across Asia and in the US,” said Peter Böhret, MD, Kroll Ontrack GmbH. “The synergies between Kroll Ontrack and NetJapan will bring our customers a better, faster, more reliable backup and DR solution for Exchange Server.“

Features of NetJapan ActiveImage Protector and vmGuardian include:

• Cross-platform backup and DR for physical and virtual Windows and Linux plus Hyper-V and VMware ESXi hosts and VMs.
• Storage requirement savings up to 70% with the inline data deduplication compression
• Smart Sector technology that backs-up only changed sectors.
• One-click physical to virtual migration without a pre-existing backup.
• Bare metal recovery to different hardware.
• Fast granular file and folder recovery.
• Integrated replication to three different locations (offsite and local).
  

Features of Ontrack PowerControls include:

• The ability to eliminate brick-level backups or Exchange Recovery Servers.
• Recovery, restoration, search and export capabilities with Exchange Server archived and recoverable items with the same convenience as active mail items.
• Searching, restoring, exporting, and analyzing mailbox items from Exchange Server backups, EDB and information store files, or a live Exchange Server.
• Restoring items to production Exchange Server or any PST file directly from server backups or un-mounted EDBs.
• Simplification of email management tasks such as Exchange Server migration and mailbox creation.
• The ability to granularly search, collect and export content in a forensically sound manner within a live Exchange Server environment, providing a more accurate data collection.

NetJapan will distribute Ontrack PowerControls alongside its ActiveImage Protector and vmGuardian solutions through its resellers, MSPs, system integrators, business partners and distributors throughout Europe, AsiaPac and North America.