EDITORIAL
We could have taken the easy way out, with a simple round-up of the year's news in this final edition of IT Recovery News for 2009. Instead we're going to look ahead to next year; 2010 promises to be rich with opportunities for Double-Take Software. An OS streaming solution is expected to set the standard for desktop centralisation in small and medium businesses - read our article and the expert opinion of Gabriel Chadeau, Sales Director France at Double-Take Software. We also report on the ever closer partnership between Double-Take Software and Microsoft. Ralph Schnell, technical evangelist with Microsoft in Germany, fills us in on the unique benefits of complementary solutions from the two companies. All that's left is to wish our readers all the best for a successful 2010!
 

Trends

Desktop streaming, the optimum solution for SMBs

Double-Take Software's OS streaming solution FLEX-SDI (Streaming Desktop Infrastructure), may not be a revolution but it's arrived at just the right moment. Compared to resource-intensive VDI solutions, with the network no longer a constraint, FLEX-SDI can now be deployed in enterprises of any size.
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Interview

"Double-Take Software products are easy to use with our solutions"

At the Microsoft Tech-Ed conference in Berlin this November, the talk was all about virtualisation, from the server to the desktop. With Windows Server 08 and Windows 7 sharing the same kernel, everything is optimised for virtualisation. All the same, certain components are still missing from the Microsoft catalogue, and Microsoft is looking to its partners to fill the gaps.
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News

"We offer perfect complementarity for the 3 new efficiencies from Microsoft"

With Double-Take FLEX, Double-Take BackUp and Double-Take Availability, Double-Take Software offers a toolbox which effectively rounds out all the key Datacenter solutions from Microsoft. Olivier Cohen, Sales Director EMEA of Double-Take Software France, brings us up to date on the latest possibilities: support for Exchange 2010, in as well as Hyper-V and Windows 7. The tendency came through clearly at the Microsoft Tech-Ed conference in Berlin in November.
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Double-Take Software takes this opportunity to thank all our readers for following us throughout the past year. In 2010 we will try to continue bringing you fresh news and insight. A happy and prosperous new year to all, from everybody at Double-Take Software.
 
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