Crossroads targets desktop, laptop data with data protection appliance

Storage in the Enterprise Network World's Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter, 10/23/07 Crossroads targets desktop, laptop data with data protection appliance By Deni Connor Crossroads showed off a new data protection appliance at Storage Networking World in Dallas last week that helps customers protect the desktop and laptop data in their environments. The company, which recently restructured and is in the midst of a product transition from storage-area network routers to storage and tape security products, unveiled SurePath ShareLoader and SurePath Read/Verify Appliance. Both products are part of CrossRoad’s SurePath family, which also includes the File Migrator Agent, which migrates data from file servers to network-attached storage devices, and its Virtual TapeServer, which allows disk-based backup and recovery of data. Executive Guide:Virtualization Meets Reality Virtualization is being used to make the most out of everything from applications and servers to desktops and storage. But as companies expand their reliance on the technology, challenges mount. Read this guide authored by a host of Network World editors and review this timely topic. Click Here for More Information SurePath ShareLoader is an appliance for customers without IT resources. It allows them to protect their Windows laptops and desktops and let users retrieve data themselves. ShareLoader is managed from a central location and can back up remote and branch offices. Its management interface is Web-based and allows event logging, notification and report generation. In addition, it offers tape migration based on capacity-based thresholds. ShareLoader emulates a disk-based tape library and is shareable among as many as 100 computers. Crossroads is known best for the Fibre Channel bridges, routers and storage controllers it manufactures and sells under OEM relationships with vendors such as HP, EMC, Quantum, Sun and Unisys. As much as 50% of its business is with these OEM partners. The company first expanded outside of its traditional SAN products in 2005 with the announcement of the DataMover 240f data protection appliance. Since that time, Crossroads has added tape encryption and database security products.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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