Dell AppAssure
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Software |
| Fate | Acquired by Dell |
| Predecessor | AppAssure |
| Successor | Dell AppAssure |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Najaf Husain |
| Defunct | February 24, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Reston, Virginia, United States |
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Key people
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Najaf Husain (Executive Vice President) |
| Products | Software |
| Owner | Dell |
| Website | [1] |
Dell AppAssure was a series of backup solutions. The solutions were developed and marketed by the company with the same name until Dell acquired the company in February 2012.[1]
AppAssure was founded by Najaf Husain in 2006.[2] In 2008, AppAssure Software received a "Series A" investment by Bain Capital Ventures.[3]
On November 11, 2011, AppAssure announced the availability of AppAssure v4.7 Backup & Replication Software - On Friday, Feb. 24 2012, Dell announced the acquisition of AppAssure, renaming it Dell AppAssure.[1] Current version in Spring 2014 is Version 5.
(This information is out-of-date) The company's total revenue grew 196% in Q3 of 2011 over the same period in 2010, and total revenue for the third quarter grew 18% over the previous quarter. AppAssure achieved 3,450% growth over the past three years and more than 5,000 customers, partners and service providers in over 50 countries. The company has now posted 20 consecutive quarters of growth.[4]
Dell AppAssure is headquartered in Reston, VA.
Product information
The latest version is version 5.
AppAssure version 5 added the capability to back up Linux servers, physical and virtual. It was developed as a Windows-only backup solution with deep integration for the following Windows application servers: MS Exchange, MS SQL, and MS SharePoint. It also supports backing up Windows VMs hosted in MS Hyper-V and VMWare ESX environments.
It provides global deduplication, easy set-up, and ease of use (according to both the product site and the many reviews referenced in this article). The product strives to minimize recovery time (Near-Zero Recovery Time Objective) and provide 5-minute recovery point granularity. It also purports to be scalable and to allow recovery of backups to any location/VM - even if they have dissimilar hardware from the backup source. It also allows granular object-level recovery for both files and application level objects (such as emails).[5]
The product is delivered by Dell under a software only version and a dedicated hardware appliance (Dell Powervault DLxxxx series)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official announcement Dell acquires AppAssure, 24 February 2012. Visited 30 March 2012
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