Double-Take® Software Takes Centre Stage at Microsoft TechEd with New Data Protection Technology
Premier Microsoft Partner Brings Disaster Recovery and High Availability to Microsoft Solutions

Boston, Mass. – June 12, 2006 – As Microsoft® TechEd descends upon Boston, once again, the best and the brightest gather for the industry’s most renowned event showcasing Microsoft technology. Of this group, only a few industry leaders hold Microsoft’s U.S. ISV strategic partner status. In fact, less than two percent of Microsoft’s partners have been selected for this honour. Double-Take® Software stakes this claim and is taking centre stage at TechEd with the world’s most reliable solution for accessible and affordable data protection for Microsoft Windows® applications. Double-Take is deployed in more than 10,000 Microsoft environments worldwide.

Capitalizing on its leadership position and extensive customer base, Double-Take Software developed new products to offer disaster recovery and high availability with: simpler and smarter management; comprehensive application data protection; enhanced recovery options; platform flexibility and enterprise-class protection for small businesses. These new developments deliver a greater return on investment and will be showcased at Microsoft TechEd this week in Boston.

Simpler, Smarter Management
Integration with Microsoft Operations Manager provides users the ability to centrally monitor and manage servers, applications and data protection from one management console. The Microsoft MOM Pack for Double-Take simplifies setup of Double-Take management while embedding operational intelligence and best practices to aid administrators.

“We’re committed to making sure our products evolve as our customers’ needs evolve,” said Bob Roudebush, Director, Solutions Engineering, Double-Take Software. “Our ability to innovate is directly attributed to the integration of customer feedback into our development process. We’re introducing stronger capabilities based on their needs and business challenges, combined with our best-practices for meeting those challenges. Together, it helps us increase their return on investment and that’s what counts.”

Platform Flexibility
By delivering broader platform support for Double-Take, customers now have more choice when evaluating a comprehensive disaster recovery and high availability solution. With support for Extended 64-bit (Intel and AMD) and Itanium processors, Double-Take can scale to meet the most demanding, business-critical data and applications requirements.

“The amount of important data that is stored in our various databases increases regularly at a significant rate,” said Steven Land, IS Technical Services, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance, the leading insurance provider of whole life and adjustable policies. “As a result, we needed to step up our backup strategy, which is why we implemented our 64-bit SQL server, enhancing our existing Double-Take solution. This upgrade will allow us to take advantage of both the 64-bit Operating System, as well as SQL Server 2005. In addition, the new capabilities with Double-Take Software’s solution will let us take full advantage of 64-bit for replicating information to our disaster recovery centre. All in all, it gives us a higher level of comfort in knowing we’re covered.”

Comprehensive Application Data Protection
Building on the strength of Double-Take Application Manager for Exchange, Double-Take is announcing Double-Take Application Manager for Microsoft SQL Server. This new addition is designed to simplify and improve application protection using Double-Take.

Enhanced Recovery Options
Disasters and site-wide outages are only one type of recovery scenario. Human error, corruption, and unwanted changes are another. A comprehensive data protection solution excels in recovering from both. Tighter integration with Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service and enhancements to Double-Take snapshot recovery give customers the ability to easily recover protected data from multiple points in time, no matter what the scenario.

Enterprise-Class Protection for Microsoft Small Business Server
Because small businesses require the same data security and employee productivity as large enterprises, Double-Take for Windows Small Business Server Edition makes enterprise-class data protection accessible. This new edition of Double-Take features the same industry-leading replication technology and is specifically designed for small businesses because it is cost-effective and easy to use.