Unitrends Announces Day-One Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

COLUMBIA, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unitrends (www.unitrends.com), the leader in affordable, heterogeneous disk-based data protection appliances, today announced that the Unitrends software that runs its disk-to-disk backup appliances, will offer “day one” support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is now added to the more than 40 versions of operating systems and applications supported by Unitrends’ enterprise-class data protection solutions.

“The ability to support Windows Server 2008 R2 is important to our customers,” said Mark Campbell, chief operating officer, Unitrends. “Our relationship with Microsoft has enabled us to offer support for this server operating system during the pre-release cycle, and we’re excited to be able to offer it from the first day of its official release. Our support of Windows Server 2008 R2 in this manner re-confirms our commitment to offering the most timely Windows backup and recovery support in the industry.”

Unitrends’ software includes a powerful yet intuitive graphical user interface that simplifies backup management and cuts administrative time. It provides “single pane of glass” view into multiple unit monitoring, and management of both Unitrends’ on-premise and off-premise data protection appliances for business continuity and disaster recovery. Through this one window, users can view the entire set of appliances, capabilities and software functions that deliver true business systems continuity protection.

Availability

The new Unitrends support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is available now for all Unitrends rapid-recovery appliances. There is no charge for the additional operating system support for existing Unitrends customers.

About Unitrends

Small and medium businesses have the same critical reliance on the integrity of their data as enterprises, but often can’t afford the operational expenditure of a dedicated staff or the capital expenditure of replacing their IT infrastructure. Unitrends provides enterprise-level data protection, at the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry, through a family of scalable disk-based data protection appliances that integrate and protect existing heterogeneous computer and storage systems through a single, intuitive, graphical user interface. Information about Unitrends can be found at http://www.unitrends.com.