High-Availability Clustering for the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform

SIOS Technology Corp., a provider of software products that help IT optimize and protect business critical applications, today announced that Advanced Digital Network Distribution, ADN GmbH, one of Central Europe’s leading value-added and cloud distributors, has joined the SIOS reseller partner program. ADN will be a distributor of SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition software. Available on the Azure Marketplace, SIOS DataKeeper supports ADN offerings as a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider. The Microsoft CSP program provides growth and profit opportunities for all types of partners who offer solutions that facilitate adoption of cloud computing solutions.

“As a Microsoft CSP, ADN sees SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition as a strategic offering that enables our resellers and integrators to provide unique high availability solutions needed by their customers and essential for moving their business-critical applications to the cloud,” said Heiko Lossau, Team Lead, ADN Microsoft Sales and CSP.

“We are extremely pleased that ADN has added SIOS DataKeeper to its offerings as a Microsoft CSP,” said Jerry Melnick, president and CEO, SIOS Technology. “ADN brings a great depth of understanding of the challenges facing IT today and has the unique talent required to help partners assemble the advanced solutions needed by customers to maximize value from emerging technologies such as cloud services. By adding SIOS DataKeeper to their portfolio, ADN can now fully enable its resellers and integrators to deploy important applications such as SQL, SAP, and Oracle in the cloud with the same high availability protection their customers have in traditional physical server environments.”

Ryan McGee, director, security product marketing, Microsoft Corp. said, “When it comes to protecting digital assets, organizations and service providers need cloud-based solutions they can trust. Microsoft Azure provides SIOS with the enterprise-grade security and agility required to support its customers as they look to streamline their business operations.”

SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition software is an important ingredient in a cluster solution that provides real-time data replication of Windows Server environments. Block-level replication delivers incredibly fast transfer rates without the need for additional hardware accelerators or compression devices. SIOS DataKeeper lets businesses run their business-critical applications in a flexible, scalable cloud environment without sacrificing performance, high availability, or disaster protection.