Asempra Gets IBM Certified

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Asempra Technologies, a leading provider of continuous availability solutions for Windows applications and data, announced the Business Continuity Server (BCS) has been certified by IBM as System Storage Proven. IBM's System Storage Proven program is designed for customers to identify storage solutions that have been pre-qualified for interoperability with IBM

System Storage products. This program simplifies the total storage purchase by insuring that IBM and 3rd party solutions, such as the BCS, are certified compatible for their business needs. The BCS has been confirmed by IBM to have successfully completed interoperability testing with IBM System Storage and tape products

at IBM's testing facility in San Mateo, California.

Asempra's patented application-aware, file-based, and real-time continuous availability solution delivers near-zero data loss with guaranteed application and data availability for Windows environments. Using Virtual On-Demand RecoveryT technology, an application and its data is available for use within minutes, even seconds. No longer do

applications have to wait for hours or days for a complete storage recovery for the applications and users to be productive. With the BCS's continuous and instant availability, Asempra insures the data is there when the application is ready to start.

The data is guaranteed to be completely usable on the first recovery, is never lost, and is always available. With Asempra's BCS, simple point-and-click, global-to-granular recovery provides flexibility that ranges from individual objects, such as a

single e-mail or file, all the way to a complete server farm. Asempra dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of continuous availability for applications and data by consolidating the needs of business continuity, disaster recovery, e-discovery, recovery management, compliance and governance into a single solution.

"We are very excited to be recognized by IBM as System Storage Proven," saidMike Morando, vice president of business development for Asempra. "Mutual customers are now assured of compatibility and interoperability between Asempra's industry recognized BCS and IBM's award winning storage products. Leading IBM resellers, such as MSI Systems Integrators, an Asempra strategic channel partner and several time member of the prestigious VAR Business 500, can provide their customers

with joint Asempra-IBM solutions that are certified to be compatible for their business critical applications."

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