VeriStor Extends Security and Replication Options for Cloud Services Customers

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at VMworld® 2011, VeriStor Systems, the Southeast region's leading enterprise data storage and virtualization solution provider, announced that it has extended its Cloud Services offering to include new technologies for more cost-efficient, automated replication and enhanced data security. The company will be among the first cloud services providers to offer VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager 5 disaster protection and site migration technology for virtualized applications upon its release. It has also added the cloud data encryption technology, Trend Micro SecureCloud, to secure client data from the risk or data theft of compromise.

"VeriStor is focused on providing the latest in cloud technology while continuing to support the security, flexibility and cost efficiency needs of our customers," said Ashby Lincoln, CEO, VeriStor. "By being among the first cloud providers to support VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager 5 we are able to rapidly offer increased automation and device flexibility for replication processes. And, by adding advanced cloud encryption technology from Trend Micro we can deliver even further data security assurance, making VeriStor Cloud Services among the most advanced options in the industry for data centers of any size looking to leverage the cost and flexibility advantages available in the cloud."

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 offers simple and reliable data protection and site migration for virtualized applications. It leverages cost-efficient VMware vSphere Replication or storage-based replication to provide simple and powerful replication of applications to a secondary site, simple management of recovery and migration plans, non-disruptive testing and fully automated site recovery and migration.

"We are pleased that VeriStor will be among the first cloud service providers to offer VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager 5," said Gaetan Castelein, director, product marketing, VMware. "Their depth of virtualization expertise combined with the innovative cloud service offering they have developed makes them the ideal provider of our latest solution for reliable data protection and site migration."

Trend Micro SecureCloud is an efficient, easy-to-use data encryption and key management solution that secures data in the cloud. SecureCloud increases control and simplifies management by encrypting cloud storage volumes and using policy-based management to authenticate guest virtual machines requesting keys for encrypted cloud storage volumes.

"VeriStor Cloud Services' use of SecureCloud will give VeriStor customers greater confidence about the security of their data in the cloud," said Dan Crowe, global product marketing manager, Trend Micro.  "VeriStor's focus on advanced data security is a competitive advantage that is a compelling value point for the customers they serve."

About VeriStor Cloud Services

VeriStor Cloud Services is built using a state-of-the-art infrastructure that resides in secure SAS-70/SSAE 16-certified datacenters and is fully managed and monitored on a 24 x 7 basis by VeriStor Virtual Infrastructure and Storage engineers. The services uses best practices to support major regulatory compliance requirements including SEC 17a4, PCI/DSS, HIPAA, HITECH, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and Gramm-Leach. For more information about VeriStor Cloud Services, please visit: www.veristor.com.

About VeriStor Systems, Inc.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., VeriStor Systems is a Solutions Architecture firm specializing exclusively in enterprise data storage, virtual infrastructure, cloud-based disaster recovery and technology financing. VeriStor's integrated solutions include Storage, Server and Desktop Virtualization, Virtual IO & Consolidated Fabric, Fibre Channel and iSCSI Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), De-Duplication, Backup and Recovery, Data Replication, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Compliance Archiving. With more than 300 customers, VeriStor specializes in enterprise and mid-market companies in all industries throughout the Southeast including financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, education and federal, state and local government. More information can be found at http://www.veristor.com.

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