SteelEye Protection Suite for Windows Server

MENLO PARK, USA: SteelEye, provider of business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for multi-vendor IT infrastructures has announced version 7 of SteelEye Protection Suite (SPS) for Windows Server, the latest edition of high availability and disaster recovery solution for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

Integrating data replication and high availability clustering software from SteelEye DataKeeper and LifeKeeper solutions, the new product suite delivers the highest level of protection for mission-critical applications including Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Oracle and others.

SPS for Windows Server provides continuous, real-time synchronous and asynchronous data replication and high availability clustering to eliminate single points of failure and protect against traditional hardware failures, disaster scenarios and planned maintenance outages.

Offering support for a wide range of server and storage configurations, SPS for Windows Server provides a cost-effective, reliable, automated disaster recovery environment that is easy to install, configure and manage. Featuring built-in WAN optimization with nine compression levels, SPS for Windows Server helps organizations facilitate the most efficient use of available bandwidth by providing maximum throughput for both LAN and WAN replication.

"Business continuity planning remains a top priority for enterprises to avoid potentially devastating economic consequences of IT downtime," said Bob Williamson, executive vice president of product management for SteelEye. "To help organizations address these challenges, SPS for Windows Server provides a flexible, application-centric approach to protect organizations' business critical applications and systems without weighing down existing IT resources or staff."

Ward Ralston, group product manager for Microsoft said, "SteelEye's new Protection Suite extends the capabilities of Windows Server 2008 by enhancing the availability of key data and delivering application protection services."