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virtual environments equi p mid-sized companies with greater flexibility. Agoura Hills, CA, December 01, 2011 -- Data protection specialist NovaStor has l aunched version 12.5 of its server and virtual machine backup products. The new release optimizes backup and restore processes in small and medium-sized compani es by offering support for the latest virtual technology including VMwareESX(i) / vSphere 5.0 while greatly increasing performance to reduce backup windows for virtual machines. Safe Investment in Flexible Software NovaStor keeps companies current. Support of standard technologies like VMware E SX(i) / vSphere 5.0 and Microsoft SQL 2012 enables companies to back up new vers ions with existing backup software. Beyond system support, NovaStor has reduced backup windows for virtual machines with a speed acceleration of up to ten times . Also being introduced is an enhanced backup of critical data to NAS devices wh ich makes it easier to be compliant with corporate security policies. All licens es can be used to back up any supported system and business-critical data withou t additional costs or adding options. Small and medium-sized companies require data protection that fits seamlessly and w ith little distraction to daily business. In order not to disturb daily routines NovaStor s licensing does not require any follow-up licensing for backing up a new technology or a new database. Version 12.5 allows companies to utilize their exi sting infrastructure and to integrate future acquisitions seamlessly into the ba ckup strategy , says Stefan Utzinger, CEO von NovaStor. Links for additional information NovaBACKUP Business Essentials for severs, Microsoft Exchange and SQL as well as Microsoft SBS http://www.novastor.com/de/software/sql-exchange-backup NovaBACKUP BE Virtual for servers and virtual environments under Hyper-V and VMw are http://www.novastor.com/de/software/sql-exchange-backup-virtual-edition NovaStor Product Overview http://www.novastor.com/de/software/ About NovaStor NovaStor (www.novastor.com) is a leading international provider of software solu tions for data protection and availability. NovaStor provides software, SaaS sol utions and services for local and online backup, restore and retention of busine ss-critical data. Clients include home, mobile, and SMB users, service providers as well as international corporations. NovaStor's cost-effective solutions are platform- and hardware-independent and ensure that optimal technological and eco nomical use is gained from the customer's existing and future IT environment. No vaStor is headquartered in Switzerland (Zug), has offices in Germany (Hamburg) a nd the USA (CA, Agoura Hills), and is represented in numerous other countries th rough partnerships. For Further Information: NovaStor, Mike Andrews, 29209 Canwood Street, Agoura Hi lls, CA 91301, Tel: +1 (0)805 579 6700, Fax: +1 (0)805 579 6710, E-Mail: mike.an drews@novastor.com , http://twitter.com/novastor , http://www.facebook.com/novas tor Contact: Mike Andrews NovaStor 29209 Canwood Street Agoura Hills, CA 91301

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