City of Safford Achieves Continuous Availability With the Asempra Business Continuity...

City of Safford Achieves Continuous Availability With the Asempra Business
Continuity Server(TM)

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Asempra Technologies, the
leading provider of continuous availability solutions for Windows applications
and data, announced today that the City of Safford, Arizona has implemented
Asempra's Business Continuity Server (BCS) to provide continuous availability
for its business-critical Exchange, SQL, and Windows file servers. The city
continuously protects over 1 terabyte (TB) of data with the BCS and delivers
an Exchange and SQL recovery service level agreement (SLA) measured in
seconds.
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Previously, the City of Safford used traditional backup and tape
technology to protect their applications and data. Over time, they discovered
that the backup infrastructure was woefully inadequate to meet the City's
Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). In the
past year alone, Safford had suffered Exchange and SQL Server storage failures
where recovery times took more than a day and city workers could not access
Exchange and SQL to keep essential government services operating.
Derek Kruger, IT and Communications Supervisor for the City of Safford,
described his concerns. "We were nervous about the strong possibility of data
loss between our nightly backups. In addition, the city was recently involved
in a lawsuit and it took days for the IT team to recover critical files for
the legal team. We started looking for a better backup and recovery
solution."
Working closely with Asempra, Kruger identified the essential SLAs that
would meet the business goals and objectives of the various city departments.
Once all the analysis had been completed, it was clear to the City of Safford
that Asempra's BCS was the best solution to solve their problems. The BCS was
selected over point products from several leading backup vendors.
"Asempra's BCS ensures that we meet our SLAs by recovering Exchange and
SQL server data within 30 seconds after any storage failure," said Kruger.
"We use the BCS to protect our files, email, and SQL applications and data,
and since our deployment we've been able to recover from any failure in
seconds, saving days of IT time and costs. The BCS has paid for itself
several times over in the 6 months since its installation."
Asempra's BCS solution protects SQL, Exchange, and Windows File Server
applications and data through a patented approach that captures and indexes
all data events, creating a virtualized data store that allows instantaneous
recovery to any point-in-time. Using Asempra's virtualized recovery and data
protection technology (Virtual On-Demand Recovery(TM)), Exchange and SQL can
be available as fast as 30 seconds after a storage failure. The BCS allows IT
administrators to "roll back the clock" so that applications and their data
are immediately available at any point-in-time just as they were before
outages caused by storage failures, human error, virus outbreaks, or even a
datacenter fire. The BCS delivers complete, uncorrupted data at all times,
eliminating the need for multiple, costly manual recoveries that are
frequently required when relying on traditional backup and restore
technologies.
The BCS combines next-generation storage technologies into an all-in-one
solution tailored to mid-market needs. Real-time continuous data protection,
application availability, snapshot, replication, disk-based backup, and
seamless tape backup technologies ensure business data is always available,
24x7. Bringing together multiple technologies in an easy-to-use solution is
dramatically more cost-effective, and easier to manage for mid-size companies
with limited IT resources.
"Asempra is very pleased to have empowered the City of Safford to provide
24x7 availability and data protection that supports their municipal employees
and ultimately the community," said Michael Hughes, vice president of sales at
Asempra. "Mid-market companies and local government organizations, like the
City of Safford, appreciate a cost-effective, all-in-one solution that ensures
continuous availability of Windows applications and data."
About The City of Safford
Located in southeastern Arizona, the City of Safford is the Graham County
seat and serves as home to over 9,000 people. The City of Safford was
established in 1874 and serves as a regional retail, government, and service
hub for Graham County and the surrounding area. Primarily an agricultural
area, the City of Safford has also developed as a mining and light
manufacturing center.
About Asempra Technologies, Inc.
Asempra Technologies is a leading provider of continuous availability
solutions for Windows applications and data. Named as a "Best of Connections
2007" Finalist in October 2007, and "Outstanding Choice" by ByteandSwitch in
September 2007, Asempra's Business Continuity Server(TM) enables application
availability and data recovery in seconds or minutes, from any location, at
any point-in-time. The BCS solves many critical concerns of small to medium
sized businesses, providing continuous availability, data protection, disaster
recovery, business continuity, and recovery management in one easy to use
solution. Tightly integrated with Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows File
Server platforms, the BCS allows companies to leverage existing infrastructure
and reduce management complexity while providing near zero data loss. Asempra
is headquartered at 3200 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054.
For more information, please call 408.215.5800 or visit http://www.asempra.com
Asempra Business Continuity Server and Virtual On Demand Recovery are
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Contact Information

Julie Parayno and Corey Oiesen Michelle Johnson Cobb
Dovetail Public Relations Vice President of Outbound Marketing
Phone: (408) 395-3600 Phone: (408) 215-5833
Email: asempra@dovetailpr.com Email: mcobb@asempra.com

SOURCE Asempra Technologies, Inc.

Michelle Johnson Cobb, Vice President of Outbound Marketing of Asempra
Technologies, Inc., +1-408-215-5833, mcobb@asempra.com; or Julie Parayno and
Corey Oiesen, +1-408-395-3600, asempra@dovetailpr.com, both of Dovetail Public
Relations for Asempra Technologies, Inc.