Host Ventura Selects VirtualSharp

VirtualSharp Software Corporation,
a provider of DR solutions for private and public clouds, announced that Host Ventura Group, an European specialist in
dedicated managed hosting, has based its RaaS platform on VirtualSharp’s
ReliableDR. so that companies can protect their vital applications and
guarantee recovery.

"A new generation of
recovery-in-the-cloud offerings has the potential to improve the frequency with
which provider customers can conduct live testing, and eliminate recovery
configuration server and storage capital cost. To remain competitive, DR
providers are continuously improving remote access to their data centers, which
enables in-house recovery management teams to orchestrate live exercises
remotely, without having to travel," wrote John Morency, research VP
at Gartner, Inc. in Hype Cycle for BC Management and IT DR Management, 2012
(Research Paper G00233826).

"We see an increasing
need for Hosted DR services in the market, mainly for SMBs and mid-market
companies," said Tom Arentsen, technical director at Host Ventura and
a VMware certified design expert. "These companies do not have
the capabilities of owning a secondary data center, but have a heavily
virtualized infrastructure running their critical applications whose continuity
of services has to be assured with very tight SLAs, just like bigger companies."

Using VirtualSharp’s ReliableDR, Host Ventura can now offer companies a safe
infrastructure within their data centers and ensure an automated DR
process from the infrastructure components all the way up to the application
stack. As ReliableDR constantly tests and measures against the SLAs defined,
not only will applications be brought backup by Host Ventura’s
service, but they will also meet the contractual agreements with their
customers.

Arentsen continued: "Providing
end-to-end visibility and giving our customers the tools and reporting
capabilities to measure our service further strengthens our relationship and
creates confidence."

The VirtualSharp solution allows Host Ventura to enforce RPOs and
predict RTOs at the application level and gives customers continuous insight in
the status of DR readiness of their applications via a web portal without the
need to install anything on their premises.

"We are very pleased that
Host Ventura has chosen VirtualSharp to build and deliver their cutting edge
RaaS solution," said Michael Hillewaert, VP of international sales at
VirtualSharp Software. "This new
service for smaller and medium size businesses shows the importance of Disaster
Recovery Assurance beyond the traditional limited capabilities across all
customer sizes."