Asigra Gives Free Data Protection Tool for Management of AWS EBS Snapshots

Asigra Inc. announced the beta availability of company’s AWS EBS Snapshot Manager.

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With AWS EBS Snapshot Manager, service providers and application administrators can quickly and easily create a snapshot schedule through a user-friendly, web-based GUI that automates taking snapshots of one or more AWS EC2 instances. This automation eliminates the need to write complex scripts, thereby reducing development time, management requirements and other resources. Management of EC2 instances with automated functionality such as restore, copy, delete, migration between regions, start, stop, launch and the ability to delete snapshots on the fly results in financial and time savings.

With support for AWS EBS snapshots on EC2 instances, the company provides the broadest end-to-end enterprise data protection across physical, virtual, cloud and mobile computing environments.

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According to Synergy Research Group, AWS is currently the leader in cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) with 29% marketshare, compared to Microsoft Azure (10%), IBM (7%), and Google (5%) . In addition to marketshare leadership, AWS demonstrated growth of 49% Y/Y, highlighting the demand for this service. However, organizations that leverage AWS for storage are challenged with ensuring the protection of this data as the current processes lack a simple, automated approach.

“It is difficult to perform and manage snapshots of VMs in an Amazon environment-in fact, it can be painful for many administrators because of the complexity and absence of automation or policy-based controls,” said Eran Farajun, EVP, Asigra. “The free Asigra AWS EBS Snapshot Manager solves these problems while eliminating the need for companies to rely on backup or DR point solutions to ensure recovery.“

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Highlights of Asigra AWS EBS Snapshot Manager include:

• Simple management. Allows users to quickly and simply create, manage, and delete VM snapshots on AWS — all through easy-to-set automated rules.

• Easy scheduling. Users can schedule snapshots anytime of the day, week, or month to optimize their data protection strategy.

• Single interface. Users can view and manage multiple VM snapshots through a single web user interface.

For MSPs and application managers or IT administrators who want a first look at the free AWS EBS Snapshot Manager Beta they can register for the public beta program. Asigra AWS EBS Snapshot Manager will be available to MSPs free of charge including no cost self-service co-branding.