PlateSpin Forge is a purpose-built consolidated recovery solution that includes pre-packaged and preconfigured hardware, software and VMware virtualization technology to accelerate deployment, simplify configuration and reduce total cost of ownership. Small and medium-sized enterprises now have the flexibility to purchase PlateSpin Forge in either a 10 or 25 workload protection model to more cost-effectively match their recovery investment with the size of their data center and the number of physical or virtual server workloads they need to protect in the event of downtime or a disaster.
"Small and medium-sized enterprises have unique disaster recovery
requirements," said
Customers can purchase a PlateSpin Forge 10-workload model and add additional protection in increments of five workloads to ensure that their recovery solution can grow with their business. The SME marketplace is increasingly embracing cost-effective recovery solutions, like PlateSpin Forge, that use virtualization to make recovery in the event of a disaster as simple as powering on a virtual machine. Virtualized recovery technologies also align with broader goals and strategic initiatives that aim to make IT environments more flexible and easier to manage.
"In addition to application and infrastructure decisions, DR technology
investments should be included in discussions regarding IT consolidation
efforts such as server, storage, and data center consolidation," according to
With the introduction of the PlateSpin Forge 10-workload model, authorized PlateSpin resellers have an even greater opportunity to provide their SME customers with affordable, out-of-the-box disaster recovery solutions and value-added services.
"Virtualization technologies have made significant inroads into businesses
of all sizes from SME through to the largest Enterprise organizations," said
Nation-wide
Providing complete system and data protection in an easy-to-implement package that includes hardware, storage and software, PlateSpin Forge dramatically reduces the time and specialized technical resources needed to plan, provision and deploy a recovery environment, enabling SMEs to begin protecting workloads in days rather than months.
PlateSpin Forge now includes a new centralized management console that provides management and "single pane of glass" visibility across multiple PlateSpin Forge appliances, reducing administrative efforts and bringing peace-of-mind that all workloads are protected in the event of an outage.
For the key features of PlateSpin Forge, visit http://www.platespin.com/products/forge/features.aspx. To view the PlateSpin Forge Flash demo, visit http://www.platespin.com/products/forge/forgedemo.aspx.
Product Packaging and General Availability
The PlateSpin Forge appliance ships with two pre-packaged configurations to protect either 10 or 25 workloads out-of-the-box. Package pricing includes hardware, storage and software costs. Customers who purchase the 10-workload protection model may purchase additional workload protection in quantities of five workloads for greater flexibility and to accommodate future growth. PlateSpin Forge is now shipping worldwide. For more information on how to purchase PlateSpin Forge and applicable pricing in your region, contact your local authorized PlateSpin reseller or visit http://www.platespin.com/forge.
PlateSpin, a Novell company, provides a unified suite of solutions to help enterprises adopt, manage and extend their use of server virtualization in the data center. PlateSpin's Workload Portability(TM) technology liberates workloads from hardware platforms, allowing data, applications and operating systems to be migrated over the network between any physical or virtual host. The ability to migrate, protect, provision and optimize server workloads across physical and virtual environments helps enterprises reduce cost, complexity and risk. With integrated workload profiling and planning, PlateSpin solutions improve the speed and quality of data center initiatives and ease the burden of managing mixed IT environments. For more information, visit http://www.platespin.com.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux* platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com.
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