AppAssure Software and Realtime Publishers Release Definitive Guide to Windows Backups 2.0
Realtime Publishers’ Writer Don Jones Announces Progressive eBook ‘The Definitive Guide to Windows Application and Server Backup 2.0’ Sponsored by AppAssure
RESTON, VA. – July 22, 2009 – AppAssure Software, a leading provider of enterprise-class backup and disaster recovery software purpose-built for Windows applications, today announced the release of chapter one of their latest sponsored eBook written with Realtime Publishers – The Definitive Guide to Server and Application Backup 2.0, introducing the latest advances in Backup. The Definitive Guide to Server and Application Backup 2.0, written by IT author and Microsoft MVP Don Jones and sponsored by AppAssure, proposes a new ‘Backup 2.0’ way of thinking to help IT professionals do their job. Jones discusses new techniques using leading-edge technologies available today that do a better job of meeting business needs. Chapter 1 of the Guide discusses why the old and slow way of backing up doesn’t work in today’s technological climate. According to the book, Backups should prevent us from losing any data or losing any work, and ensure that we always have access to our data with as little downtime as possible. The following chapters will be released by AppAssure incrementally:
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Why the Backup 1.0 Mentality Is Killing You
- Chapter 2: Horror Stories: We Thought We Had a Backup!
- Chapter 3: Rethinking Whole-Server Backups
- Chapter 4: Rethinking Exchange Server Backups
- Chapter 5: Rethinking SQL Server Backups
- Chapter 6: Rethinking SharePoint Server Backups
- Chapter 7: Rethinking Virtualization Server Backups
- Chapter 8: Getting More from Backups: Other Concerns and Capabilities
- Chapter 9: Keeping Your Backups: Storage Architecture
- Chapter 10: What’s Your Disaster Recovery Plan?
- Chapter 11: Upgrading Your Backup Mentality: Is It Really Worth It?
- Chapter 12: Tales from the Trenches: My Life with Backup 2.0
Supporting Quotes:
Author – Don Jones, Realtime Publishers
“We’ve been doing backups basically the same way for more than three decades. Even the medium of choice—magnetic tape—hasn’t really changed much. That ‘Backup 1.0’ mentality doesn’t actually buy us much, though. We still have lengthy backup windows, lengthy restore times, difficult bare-metal recovery, and other downsides,” explains author Don Jones. “It’s time to rethink all that: I call it Backup 2.0. In The Definitive Guide to Windows Application and Server Backup 2.0, we look at what works and what doesn’t, what we’d love to have in an environment, and what technologies exist today to make it a reality.”
Chief Marketing Officer – Angela Lauria, AppAssure Software
“We looked long and hard for an opportunity to sponsor an educational campaign to help IT Professionals get the information they need to support business growth,” said AppAssure’s Chief Marketing Officer, Angela Lauria. “In a time where budgets are being cut and belts being tightened, IT pros need to be empowered to do more with less. Backup 2.0 cuts storage costs and dramatically reduces expenses associated with downtime and lost data. Our goal is to get this knowledge into the hands of those who need it most from a trusted, unbiased source. We are pleased to offer this excellent Realtime Publishers eBook to IT professionals, managers, and executives at no charge.”
About AppAssure Software
AppAssure Software is a provider of innovative backup and disaster recovery software purpose-built for Windows applications. Designed to protect the applications, not just the data, AppAssure solutions deliver high-value features for reliable data protection that is corruption-free. As a result, IT administrators can have the confidence that their Windows applications are completely protected and easily recoverable in the event of data loss or disaster. AppAssure’s flagship product, Replay AppImage, is an application-aware, disk-based imaging solution that automatically and continuously images your entire Windows application server delivering accelerated application backups and disaster recovery for Windows servers in minutes. Download a trial version now!
About Don Jones
Don Jones has more than a decade of professional experience in the IT industry. He’s the author of more than 30 IT books, including Windows PowerShell: TFM; VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed; Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI; and many more. He’s a top-rated and in-demand speaker at conferences such as Microsoft TechEd and TechMentor, and writes the monthly Windows PowerShell column for Microsoft TechNet Magazine. Don is a multiple-year recipient of Microsoft’s “Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) Award with a specialization in Windows PowerShell. Don’s broad IT experience includes work in the financial, telecommunications, software, manufacturing, consulting, training, and retail industries and he’s one of the rare IT professionals who can not only “cross the line” between administration and software development, but also between IT workers and IT management. Don is a co-founder of Concentrated Technologies, and serves a series editor and CTO for Realtime Publishers.
About Realtime Publishers
Realtime Publishers is the world’s leading provider of high-quality expert content for the IT market, including corporate sponsored and custom publishing solutions. Realtime Publishers has single-handedly revolutionized the technology publishing industry through our unique approach of publishing high-quality expert IT content authored by the world’s leading technology experts at no charge to subscribers. We offer a broad array of expert content solutions including products for Internet, electronic, print, and video media.
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