Special Migration
EDITORIAL
A new generation of migration tools has arrived. Physical to virtual, virtual to physical, virtual to virtual - the need to migrate servers and storage crops up with growing frequency in the enterprise, whether it's to upgrade aging hardware or to ensure the continuity of applications, systems or virtual machines. The market doesn't offer much in the way of tools to make the job easier. In IT Recovery News no. 8 we take a closer look at the problems of migration, with an exclusive video walk-through of how Double-Take® Move addresses the issues in three of the most frequent migration scenarios. Double-Take Move is one of a new range of products from Double-Take Software's Workload Optimization suite - more details in our News section. But to begin with, Paris North Radiology Centre talks to us about their deployment of Double-Take® to protect critical patient records.
 
 

Disaster Recovery

Double-Take ensures service continuity at the North Paris Radiology Centre

Some businesses may be able to shrug off the simultaneous failure of three disk drives with the loss of all data since the last backups. But when this happened in the radiology department of the Sarcelles Hospital in suburban Paris, there was a significant impact on service levels. The decision to invest in a Double-Take Software solution to protect the server didn't take long. More...

 

Virtualisation

X2X Migration: Infrastructure transformation made easy

Server and storage migration is a fact of life in the datacenter as the infrastructure evolves to meet new challenges. But "downtime has always been the biggest challenge with migrations and will remain so until workloads can be moved without user interruption" says Brace Rennels, Technical Marketing Manager at Double-Take Software. More...

 

News

Beyond replication

Double-Take® Software's replication solution is already the preferred choice for small and medium businesses. Now Double-Take Software is seeking to position itself as the global solutions provider for workload migration, backup, continuity and optimisation for enter-prises of all sizes. To achieve this, Double-Take Software has reorganized its product range and simplified its messaging. The new Workload Optimization suite includes four products: Double-Take® Move (migration), Double-Take® Flex (workload optimisation), Double-Take® Availability and Double-Take® Backup. More...

 
 
Breaking News

A boost for the channel: to improve communications and facilitate the training and certification of channel partners throughout Europe, Double-Take Software has launched a new dedicated web site for resellers and distributors: www.doubletakepartner.com.

 
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