New Retrospect Backup and Recovery Software for Windows and Mac

Retrospect, Inc. announced new versions of Retrospect Backup and Recovery Software for Windows and Apple Mac OS X.

Retrospect 9 for Windows and 11 for Mac both include block level incremental backup technology for smaller and faster backups, a dashboard, and email reporting. Windows version also includes improved DR and dissimilar hardware restore.

Block level incremental backup provides customers with a boost in performance by adding the ability to backup only the parts of a file that have changed -providing a complementary option to its traditional file level backup. Many data-intensive applications like Microsoft Outlook and Exchange store their data in a single large file that changes by small increments. With block level incremental backup, Retrospect locates the changes in a file and backups only those blocks, speeding up the backup and using less storage. This freed-up time and storage can be used to backup additional systems, provide breathing room for future growth, or backup data more frequently.

The dashboard is a productivity tool that gives customers an overview of their backup environment, with a weekly summary and a visualization of recent backups. Customers can see which computers are not protected, identify which computers backup the most data, and evaluate their storage usage, saving time and ensuring complete data protection.

Improved email reporting provides data about each backup. The operations log is included in the reports to give customers insight into each backup’s progress. With these logs customers can supervise their backups from any device and filter emails based on errors or warnings to hone in on issues as soon as they happen.

“We are very excited about these new features, offering our customers a complete data protection eco-system.” said David Lee, Retrospect’s director of WW product management. “Smaller organizations are continually challenged by the need for a comprehensive cross-platform data protection solution that offers full on-site and off-site data protection, archiving, and duplication. There are so many incomplete options in the market today that it can be very confusing. For the last 30 years, we have continued to develop Retrospect for small and medium sized businesses, refining and enhancing our tried-and-true technology, so our customers can be confident that their data is completely protected now and for the future.“

Other Improvements
The Windows version includes a DR workflow for compatibility with Windows XP through Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 and support for 64-bit machines and drivers. In addition, the dissimilar hardware restore for Windows also includes support for Windows 8.1 and Windows 2012 R2 and 64-bit OSs and drivers.

Pricing and Availability
Windows and Mac versions are available from Retrospect resellers or as an electronic download.

Boxed product will be available from resellers at the end of March. The software is available in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese.

Pricing for Retrospect ranges from £84 for Retrospect desktop, which protect a single non-server computer and up to five additional networked computers, up to £1,085 for Retrospect multi server, which protects as many Mac, Windows, and Linux servers and PCs as your bandwidth and storage capacity will allow. Upgrades range from £50 to £650. (All prices listed above are suggested retail pricing.)

Free upgrade period: Individuals and organizations that purchased a Retrospect license on or after February 1, 2014 will receive an email notification that they qualify for a free upgrade to the latest release.

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