Virtualization, consolidation and cost containment driving Asigra-empowered information recovery service providers

Toronto, ON, Canada, May 15 , 2008 (XTVWorld.Com) -- Asigra Inc., the leader in agentless information recovery management, empowering service-oriented business continuity for the enterprise, announced availability of a new podcast entitled Outsourcing Data Recovery. Enterprise Systems, a provider of real-world business and technology information for enterprise IT managers, is hosting the podcast which reveals the drivers and benefits of outsourcing backup and recovery operations.

Who: Eran Farajun, COO, Asigra Inc.
What: Farajun's podcast discusses outsourcing information recovery – specifically how upper management justifies the cost of managed information recovery services.

When it comes to information recovery, when should an enterprise perform these operations internally and when should it outsource? What are the benefits of backup and recovery as a service, and what should an enterprise look for in a managed backup and recovery provider? Farajun answers these and other questions in his podcast.

Where: Enterprise Systems Magazine. Podcast link
http://www.esj.com/news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=3109

When: Podcast now available

Fueled by enormous growth in electronically stored information (ESI), outsourced backup is set to grow significantly through 2011, according to analysts. Enterprises cite consolidation, data center TCO and enterprise-wide backup and recovery compliance requirements as key drivers moving them toward information recovery outsourcing. Asigra empowers the real-time enterprise seeking greater accountability with the industry's most powerful information recovery platform for desktop-to-data center service-oriented data protection.

About Asigra:
Asigra is the award-winning leader in agentless information recovery, empowering global integrators, outsourcers and service providers serving the enterprise. Asigra Televaulting™, the company's agentless information recovery platform, is in use by hundreds of global service providers who deliver managed backup services to protect more than 50,000 locations internationally. Televaulting provides simple, centralized management of the information recovery process, ensuring information availability while eliminating the capital and operational expenses associated with agent-based solutions. Founded in 1986, Asigra is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with partner offices around the world.

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www.asigra.com.

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