RecoverGuard version 2.0 features significant enhancements to its configuration wizard, dashboard, reporting infrastructure and gap detection engine, which will enable customers to identify and correct disaster recovery (DR) threats, faster and more easily than ever before, Continuity said.

Continuity Software's RecoverGuard software mitigates data protection and DR risks by detecting replication infrastructure gaps and configuration vulnerabilities between a customer's primary production and disaster recovery sites, the company said. With RecoverGuard software, customers can confidently validate their DR strategy, and ensure their business continuity and data protection goals, Continuity added.

Continuity has its US headquarters located in New York, with an R&D (research and development center located in Hertzlia, Israel.

The new features in RecoverGuard v2.0 include configuration wizard, which allows software installation to occur in just one hour, Continuity said. For both customers and channel partners, this means a fast and easy install after initial purchase, as well as in the future like for the addition of a new data center. In addition, the configuration wizard also includes full heterogeneous support (storage, servers and applications), auto-discovery, auto-validation (credentials), and auto detection (change management), the company said.

The RecoverGuard v2.0 also features dashboard, which provides IT executives with understanding and control of their DR environment through an interactive, comprehensive and easy to use GUI (graphical user interface), Continuity said. The dashboard is also highly customizable and can be prioritized by application and/or business function, it said.

The RecoverGuard v2.0 also features reporting infrastructure, which provides IT executives with flexibility and faster delivery of ticket notifications, which in turn, means faster issue resolution, Continuity said. Ticket summaries can be delivered through email on a preset schedule. The reporting format can also be customized ( i.e., Microsoft Word, .pdf, and/or Excel spreadsheet), as well as integrated into most reporting/monitoring systems, it said.

The RecoverGuard v2.0 also features gap detection engine, with over 1,600 infrastructure gaps and vulnerabilities (i.e., signatures) now recognized, Continuity said.

RecoverGuard has provided the customers of Fusion Risk Management with the ability to conduct most of the DR tests necessary on their data protection infrastructure, in a completely automatic, transparent and cost effective fashion, according to Fusion Risk Management, a provider of IT risk program management and IT compliance management solutions. The enhancements will provide customers with faster and more convenient delivery of insight into their data protection and recovery environments, which will help them to respond to issues proactively, before disaster strikes, which enhancing overall program maturity to 'best practices' levels, the company said.

The ability to continuously monitor and identify DR gaps will be very appealing to most IT executives, according to research firm, Illuminata Inc. of Nashua, New Hampshire. It is therefore likely that in the not too distant future, DRM solutions, such as RecoverGuard, will become a de facto standard for all business-critical computing environments, much like anti-virus software is today, Illuminata said.

Based upon the success of the first release of RecoverGuard and the feedback Continuity received from the field, the company further simplified and streamlined the product's deployment process to support the needs of both its channel partners and direct customers, across all technical levels, Continuity Software said.

The configuration wizard, dashboard, reporting infrastructure and gap detection engine updates, are standard with every RecoverGuard deployment, provide customers with significant value, Continuity said. Customers can now detect and correct DR vulnerabilities faster and more easily than ever before, and consequently, confidently ensure regulations compliance, data protection and ongoing business continuity, the company said.

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