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The Keys to Recoverability Podcasts
Each month we produce a new podcast on a subject that we know our customers want to hear about. Just in case you haven’t had a chance to check them out, here they ALL are. Listen to one... or listen to them all. We know you’ll love them.

Episode 1
"System State Protection"
Listen to this podcast to learn about Double-Take Software Server Recovery Option. Listen to learn how you can leverage Double-Take Software's system state protection technologies to protect your operating system, drivers, settings, and applications. Use Double-Take Software's innovative real-time data protection solutions to be sure that your system state is always secure.

Episode 2
"The Concept of Recoverability"
With 24/7/365 uptime requirements as well as regulatory and industry demands for data protection and availability, there is a bigger need now more than ever to be sure that your data protection strategy is sound. Do you have the right strategy in place for that important customer contact database? An entire server outage? A site-wide disaster? This podcast addresses these challenges by presenting some of the core tenants of recoverability and how redefining data protection can help meet disaster recovery and business continuity goals.

Episode 3
"Double-Take for VMware Infrastructure"
In this podcast we discuss Double-Take® for VMware® Infrastructure including a brief overview of its features and benefits as well as a discussion about how it compares to Double-Take for Virtual Systems™ and when it might be appropriate to use one solution or the other – or both.

Episode 4
"Recovery Budget Challenge"
In this episode, we look at effectively spending recovery budget dollars and how to evaluate different Double-Take solutions to determine which product(s) might best meet the varying protection needs each IT organization might have.

Episode 5
"Double-Take Reporting Center"
This podcast covers the new Double-Take Reporting Center feature. The Double-Take Reporting Center feature offers detailed, custom analysis and reports of your entire Double-Take environment. The rich reporting and dashboard views of your environment help you to Take-5: Double-Take Reporting Center allows customers to centrally collect statistics about their Double-Take environment, analyze the information, report the results to others in the organization, predict future protection effectiveness and intelligently decide what actions to take in regards to their data protection strategy.

Episode 6
"Double-Take Software Professional Services Interview"
Listen to this podcast to hear an interview with Brace Rennels, Project Manager and Certified Business Continuity Expert from Double-Take Software’s Professional Services organization. In this episode, you’ll hear not only about Double-Take Software’s new product offerings, but also a high level overview of our Professional Services organization including the newest consulting services, pre- and post-deployment services; and also general disaster recovery techniques and tips.

Episode 7
"Double-Take Software and WAN Optimization"
Tune in to this podcast to learn about Double-Take Software and WAN optimization. You’ll discover the benefits of WAN Acceleration, how Double-Take helps address WAN bandwidth concerns, and why you might want to a joint solution to maximize the performance of replication and failover.

Episode 8
"Double-Take 5.0"
In this episode of the Keys to Recoverability podcast series, we review the Double-Take version 5.0 release and cover some of the exciting new features including the Full-Server Failover feature, SharePoint support and the new Enterprise Installation Console.

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Analyst Podcasts

"Recovery Budget Challenge from ESG and Double-Take Software"

In the first of three podcasts recorded with ESG, listen to ESG Analyst Lauren Whitehouse, and Double-Take Software Director of Solutions Engineering, Bob Roudebush, engage in a candid conversation regarding today’s recovery budget challenges. This 10-minute podcast discusses disaster recovery and how IT organizations can provide the right level of protection and recoverability in the most cost-effective way. It includes specific customer examples from Brookfield Asset Management and Baxter Credit Union to showcase improved RPO and RTO times, as well as how they used Double-Take to complement their tape backup strategy.

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Customer Podcasts

McWilliams Forge
Reliable, fast recovery with failover: Like many organizations prior to joining the Double-Take® Software family, McWilliams Forge relied heavily on tape backup for business continuity. The catalyst for finding a better way to protect and recover their data came after having a severe production server crash. To recover, the McWilliams Forge team spent more than 40 hours rebuilding the system and though it worked, the recovery process was incredibly expensive, time consuming, and challenging for the team. As a result, McWilliams Forge recognized the need to provide an enhanced DR solution as well as 24x7 application availability for business continuity. Learn why they chose Double-Take Software.

Hatch Mott MacDonald
Disaster Recovery: When Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast in September 2005 the Mobile, Alabama office was forced to close for a week, and Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM) was ready. HMM worked with Dell and Double-Take Software to create a plan and build a solution to meet their needs by using Double-Take. The plan was resilient at many different levels and centered around the creation of a secure centralized backup facility that would house replicated data from all of the company's North American offices.

S.H. Smith & Company
Real-time data protection and recovery: Prior to working with Double-Take® Software and VMware, S.H. Smith & Company did not have a solid disaster recovery plan. Without an updated disaster recovery plan in place, an outage could potentially have a major impact on their business. With the need for an enhanced disaster recovery plan to ensure business continuity, S.H Smith & Company looked to Double-Take Software and VMware for a reliable solution.

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Miscellaneous Podcasts

Real-Time Replication and Failover with Double-Take - Using Virtualization for Disaster Recovery
In this podcast, Virtual Strategy Magazine editor Brian Ducharme, speaks with Bob Roudebush, Director of Solutions Engineering for Double-Take Software about using virtualization for disaster recovery.

Microsoft IT Manager Podcast featuring Double-Take Software
Virtualization Technology: Cost-effective Data Recovery and Remote Access

Double-Take Software was invited to participate in The Microsoft IT Manager Podcast – a monthly in-depth look at issues relevant to IT executives and managers. Topics are examined in detail by business and technology specialists from Microsoft and leading research firms, as well as IT executives and managers who will bring their real-world experience to bear on the subjects at hand.

Abstract:
Many organizations rely on tape backup and manual processes as the main components of their disaster recovery plans. These offer good protection – but can only restore data to the point of the last backup. Unlike tape backup and manual processes, virtualization solutions can continuously capture server activity and replicate data in one or more target servers at local or off-site recovery locations. In this episode, Ruth Morton talks to Bruce Cowper and Dale Hall (Microsoft Canada), Bob Roudebush (Double-Take Software), and Melvin Goodyear (Newfoundland Power), about how virtualization can be used for advanced disaster recovery, business continuity planning, and managing remote offices.

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