WIDE ADOPTION OF WINDOWS SERVER 2012: By Altaro …

Altaro Software, developer of backup solutions for Hyper-V, announced its Hyper-V Backup v3.5 to support Windows Server 2012, including support for CSV, Volume Shadow Copies of SMB 3.0.

"Windows Server 2012 and the new release of Hyper-V have already been well received by the market and we believe this will lead to a rapid increase in Microsoft’s share of the Virtualization space," commented David Vella, CEO of Altaro. "We’re proud to be the first in the Hyper-V backup space to support Windows Server 2012."

"The new version 3.5 of Altaro Hyper-V Backup is just a breeze to install and operate, the ease and speed of backup and recovery in a Windows Server 2012 cluster is just amazing," commented Hans Vredevoort from Hyper-V.nu. "This is a superbly working backup product."

The new release also includes support for backing up and restoring of VMs located on network paths, a new Metro-inspired interface and various tweaks and updates to improve performance.

Pricing
Hyper-V Backup for Windows Server 2012 pricing starts at $345/ €245/ £220 for 5 VMs. A freeware version is also available for 2 VMs.

Some of Altaro’s 8,000+ customers include: Harvard University, New Zealand Defence Force, Max-Planck Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Princeton University, US Geological Survey, SRI International, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Mitsubishi Polyester Film, University of Delaware, University of Miami.