University of Southern California gets Disaster Recovery Protection Through Sonasoft Software

September 21, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
San Jose, California - Sonasoft, Corp. announces that the Information Technology department of Office of the Provost University at Southern California (USC) has successfully implemented Sonasoft’s SonaSafe solution to protect the Exchange server. Sonasoft provides a One-Stop Shop for the Backup, High Availability and Disaster Recovery needs of the Office of Provost.
The Information Technology department of Office of the Provost at University of Southern California (USC) used tapes as a backup medium, which they found to be unreliable and time-consuming. It was taking them hours and sometimes a full day to restore the backups. Also, they were looking for an integrated solution that would help with backup, recovery and high availability. Following a careful investigation and research, USC deployed SonaSafe for Exchange for data protection, high availability and disaster recovery.
SonaSafe’s point and click technology has made life easier for USC’s IT staff in that it is very easy to create plans for backup, recovery and also replication. USC particularly likes the web console because it is user-friendly, easy to navigate and can be accessed from anywhere via a VPN tunnel. Sonasoft has not only cut back on the time it took them to backup and recover, but it has also given the IT staff peace of mind because now they are able to failover to the replicated server with just a few points and clicks. Sonasoft’s ability to recover single emails or folders in a matter of seconds or minutes is particularly appealing, as compared to hours or a day of time that they found quite common using other backup software.
“The replication feature that Sonasoft offers is better than the competition. I not only depend on the replicated server at the DR site for business continuity, but I can also use it for maintenance purposes; I can now check my replication by failing over just one mailbox so I know it is working. This was something that really attracted me to Sonasoft”, said Ali Sadr, Computer Systems Director, Office of the Provost, USC.

About Sonasoft®
Sonasoft Corp. automates the disk-to-disk backup and recovery process for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows Servers with its groundbreaking SonaSafe® Point-Click Recovery® solutions. SonaSafe is the only product that provides an integrated backup/recovery and replication solution for Exchange and SQL servers. Designed to simplify and eliminate human error in the backup and recovery process, SonaSafe solutions also centralize the management of multiple servers and provide a cost-effective turnkey disaster recovery strategy for companies of all sizes.
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