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Posted on April 14, 2017
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Benefits of Replication with Alike
There are many benefits of replication with Alike. Ultimately, replication provides a Standby Copy of your systems in case your Production server has any issues. Another benefit is the efficiency with which Alike can replicate VMs. With Alike's Dedupe Engine, Alike’s replication efficiently transfers only changed data, allowing for site-level protection, even in low bandwidth situations.
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Posted on March 27, 2017
Buy Alike and Get a Free T-Shirt for World Backup Day!
If you love the British sitcom "The IT Crowd" as much as we do, then you probably recognize that quote from the hilarious "fire" scene. But from a business's standpoint, a real fire isn't a laughing matter, especially if you don't regularly back up your data.
That's why we are celebrating...
Posted on February 23, 2017
Citrix recently announced the upcoming release of the latest version of XenServer - Citrix XenServer 7.1. And according to Citrix, XenServer 7.1 is "a significant step in the product’s evolution." In this week's blog post, we are pleased to announce that Alike v4.x provides full support for Citrix XenServer 7.1, right out of the box.
Alike Offers Full Support for Citrix...
Posted on February 6, 2017
Get the Fastest Hyper-V Backups with CBT
Want the fastest Hyper-V backups? With the release of Alike 4.6, users can now get the fastest Hyper-V backups with Alike's Changed Block Tracking (CBT) technology for Enhanced backups. Using CBT for Hyper-V backup and replication jobs dramatically reduces the time it takes to complete the job. In fact, in the Hyper-V CBT video...
Posted on January 12, 2017
Alike's integration with Citrix XenServer has always been a major part of its design. While this blog post covers only the top 5 reasons Alike is the best backup solution for XenServer, you'll see just why IT pros around the world choose Alike to protect their XenServer environments.
Top 5 Reasons Alike is the Best Backup Solution for XenServer
5. Disk and...
Posted on November 28, 2016
Alike 4.6 and Hyper-V 2016
Quadric Software has always been a strong proponent of Citrix technologies, and since Citrix and Microsoft enjoy a long history of collaboration and complementary technologies, we have always considered Hyper-V an integral member of our technology family. With the release of 4.6 we put the spotlight on Hyper-V 2016, which now joins our family of supported...
Posted on November 8, 2016
When choosing the best hypervisor for your organization, comparing Citrix XenServer vs VMware is a great place to start. While the main difference between these popular hypervisors is cost, there are many other nuanced distinctions. This blog post compares XenServer vs VMware in an easy-to-follow chart.
Already interested in using XenServer? Need a backup solution designed to work seamlessly with XenServer?...
Posted on August 31, 2016
Citrix Celebrates 10 Years of XenServer
This month, Citrix announced the 10th anniversary of the first release of XenServer, or as it was known then, XenEnterprise. Quadric also celebrates 10 years of XenServer as a company of innovators who have been huge fans of this platform since its inception.
Now the most popular Citrix platform, XenServer has evolved quite a bit over...
Posted on August 9, 2016
Top Virtualization Solution Providers of 2016
CIO Review recently named Quadric Software as one of the Top 20 Virtualization Solution Providers of 2016. CEO, Phil Baskette, shares his thoughts in an interview printed in the June 2016 edition of CIO Review. In the interview, Baskette discusses what's behind Quadric's success, as well as the release of Alike 4.5 with Changed Block...
Posted on June 29, 2016
Now with near-continuous data protection, Alike v4.5 offers unrivaled backup and replication performance, affirming Quadric Software’s leadership in the Citrix XenServer market.
Quadric Software introduces near-Continuous Data Protection for XenServer 6.5 and up, and full support for XenServer 7. The backup vendor has always been dedicated to the XenServer platform, and designed their Alike software to work flawlessly with XenServer hypervisors....
