DETROIT – Unitrends, which provides backup, archiving, instant recovery and disaster recovery solutions in Michigan, on Tuesday announced it is giving away a free version of its software-only backup and recovery virtual appliance.
The Unitrends Enterprise Backup is offered for the unlicensed version of VMWare vSphere Hypervisor. This solution also enables VMware to compete with Microsoft in the Small to Medium Business Market. Unitrends Enterprise Backup has supported VMware vSphere since its launch in June 2012.
?Unitrends provides backup, archiving, and disaster recovery for physical, virtual and cloud environments,? said Cheryl Mortenson, Unitrends Regional Sales Manager. ?With our Free editions, we are able to get products in the hands of the IT community for download, testing and daily use. Michigan is a strong market for Unitrends, and we invest in the region by working primarily through our local partner network.?
Unitrends is the Number 1 All-in-One Backup Solution for Heterogeneous Environments and offers virtual backup appliances for free in three different versions: FREE Forever/Not for Resale/30 day trial.
The FREE Forever version protects 4 virtual machines and comes with online support.
The Not for Resale version is for professionals with VMware or Microsoft certifications and protects 2 physical servers + 2 sockets with phone/email/online support from Unitrends.
The 30 day trial is a full-featured version of the appliance (protects unlimited VMs/sockets/physical systems) which can be converted to a licensed version at the end of 30 days or the FREE Forever edition.
While virtualization-focused backup vendors have struggled with the licensing restrictions on VMware?s vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP), Unitrends is able to provide support for the unlicensed version of VMware vSphere Hypervisor as a result of its Unified Data Protection architecture. This innovative and highly scalable architecture provides unified host- and guest-level data protection for both virtual and physical environments. The result is an enterprise-class data protection solution that provides backup and recovery, archiving, replication and virtualization failover functionality at no cost ? an unprecedented offering in the industry.
For more information, contact Cheryl Mortenson, Regional Sales Manager, at (803) 463-7468. Or email her at [email protected].
