Aelita Software Releases New Versions of 10-Minute Recovery Solutions for Enterprise Windows Systems and Active Directory.Business Editors & High Tech Writers COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 New features enhance the only online, granular granular /gran·u·lar/ (gran´u-lar) made up of or marked by presence of granules or grains. gran·u·lar adj. 1. Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains. 2. recovery solution for Active Directory Aelita Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise management solutions for Windows-centric networks, today announced the newest releases of its ERDisk 10-minute recovery solutions: ERDisk (TM) 6.5 for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 4.0/Windows 2000/Windows XP and ERDisk (TM) 6.5 for Active Directory. "Organizations need to ensure the availability of Active Directory services and data as part of their Windows 2000 and Windows .NET migration planning," said Ratmir Timashev, president and chief executive officer of Aelita Software. "ERDisk provides the flexibility and speed-of-recovery that are critical to achieving high system uptime and protecting business critical Active Directory services." ERDisk for Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000/Windows XP automates and enhances the process of creating and using emergency repair disks A specially formated non-bootable floppy disk made by the Recovery Console in newer Windows versions that contains information about your basic system configuration. This disk is designed to be used with an NTFS file system, and can be used to restore your computer to a bootable state if and System State backups. ERDisk for Active Directory provides backup and online, granular recovery of Active Directory. "Some of the features that make Active Directory attractive to the enterprise also introduce new challenges in terms of data protection," said John Enck, vice president and research director at Gartner. "Enterprises need to understand the issues involved in protecting Active Directory and ensure they have appropriate systems in place to provide the data integrity and availability Active Directory-dependent applications like Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. 2000 require." New in ERDisk for Active Directory: Version 6.5 of ERDisk for Active Directory extends the solution's unique on-line granular recovery capabilities with attribute-level recovery. It has also been enhanced with features that enable Active Directory change analysis and troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving. It is the systematic search for the source of a problem so that it can be solved. Troubleshooting is often a process of elimination - eliminating potential causes of a problem. and improved Group Policy Object (GPO) management. ERDisk for Active Directory now provides "snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. " comparisons of two versions of Active Directory, simplifying the challenge of isolating differences between two backup copies A disk, tape or other machine readable copy of a data or program file. Making backup copies is a discipline most computer users learn the hard way-- after months of work is lost. See backup and LAN free backup. of Active Directory, or a backup copy and a live version. A new analysis and reporting engine also supports improved change tracking and troubleshooting. Group Policy backup/restore is expanded through support for GPO replication across domains. This gives administrators the freedom to model GPO changes in a test lab and then safely copy them to the production environment. GPOs can also be replicated across live domains to ensure consistent GPO usage across the enterprise. ERDisk for Active Directory is the only solution that allows restoration of individual Group Policy Objects from normal System State backups. New in ERDisk for Windows: Version 6.5 of ERDisk for Windows provides greater control over the backup through an Intelligent Selective backup feature that enables collection of only those files that are not available from other sources, such as the system installation CD or Service Pack. This breakthrough feature speeds data collection and reduces the bandwidth and storage required by backups by 85 to 95 percent. During recovery, ERDisk automatically retrieves files from the original source as required. About Aelita Software Corporation Aelita Software, a Microsoft Gold Certified See certification. Partner for software products, provides comprehensive Windows-centric enterprise management solutions that focus on migration, provisioning, security, and backup and recovery. Aelita solutions improve the usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. and security of Windows 2000, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and .NET infrastructures, while also extending Windows-centric network management to multi-platform enterprises. Recent Aelita innovations include ZeroIMPACT(TM) technology migration, the first full-featured Active Directory recovery solution, and a new approach to security and operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. that is enabling network managers, security directors and CIOs to use operating and security data in new ways. Aelita Software is headquartered in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , with offices worldwide. Contact Aelita at (800) 263-0036 or sales@aelita.com. For more information on Aelita, go to www.aelita.com. |
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