Asigra to Provide Training in the Cloud, Powered by Artisan Infrastructure at 2012 Asigra Cloud Backup™ Partner Summit

Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud Backup, Recovery and Restore (BURR) software provider since 1986, announced attendees at the 2012 Asigra Cloud Backup™ Partner Summit will have the unique opportunity to receive Asigra Cloud Backup software training in the cloud, in an environment powered by Artisan Infrastructure, the wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider. The Component Workshop Training will give cloud backup service providers the knowledge they need to better manage customer environments and enhance customer service.

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Sessions provided in The Component Workshop include:

·       Determining which DS-System option will best suit customer’s environments.

·       Implementing the Asigra Mobile Solution.

·       Customizing the DS-Billing module.

·       Running backup sets for Domino, GroupWise, Hyper, MySQL, Netware, Postgres, SharePoint, Sybase and Xenserver.

·       Understanding the best uses of the retention and data deletion techniques.

·       Enhancing troubleshooting techniques.

“Artisan Infrastructure has been collaborating with Asigra for a number of years as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) partner so we are very pleased to be the Training in the Cloud Sponsor of this year’s Asigra Cloud Backup Partner Summit,” said Steve Williams, VP, Corporate Development, Artisan Infrastructure.  “And, we are excited to host the two-day Component Workshop Training in the cloud on Cornerstone virtual Private Data Center.”

The two-day Component Workshop will take place at the 2012 Asigra Cloud Backup™ Partner Summit, which takes place from June 11th to the 13th at the Sheraton Centre Downtown Toronto. The largest conference of its kind in North America, the 2012 Asigra Cloud Backup™ Partner Summit gathers cloud backup and recovery service providers from around the world and gives them the tools and the knowledge to drive their business forward and claim their share of the expanding cloud market.

About Artisan Infrastructure

Artisan Infrastructure is the wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider. The company delivers infrastructure on demand to a global network of more than 250 service providers from fully redundant, geographically diverse, SAS 70 Type II data centers. Partners include national and international managed service providers, systems integrators, software developers, communications providers, PaaS, SaaS and value added resellers. Through Cornerstone, Artisan’s virtual Private Data Center (vPDC) platform, partners maintain complete autonomy, control, security, and visibility when building their own private and public cloud solutions. Cornerstone scales from single site, secure multi-tenant environments to highly complex dedicated infrastructure on multiple continents. With Artisan Infrastructure, partners eliminate the capital expense of building and maintaining best-of-breed, infinitely scalable, infrastructure while minimizing operational and engineering overhead. A neutral ecosystem of independent software vendor templates allows immediate turn up, trial and deployment of cloud solutions faster and more affordably.

About Asigra

Asigra is the leading cloud computing software vendor focused on backup, recovery and restoration with more than 550,000 global installations. Asigra Cloud Backup™ transforms the way businesses manage and protect their data by delivering seamless end-to-end data protection that efficiently scales and easily adapts to any IT environment. With more than 26 years of experience as backup/recovery pioneers, Asigra manages one of the largest business-class backup service provider ecosystems in the world who power their cloud backup services using Asigra technology. Asigra is recognized among top-tier industry analysts, including the Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research and the 451 Group. Asigra was recognized by Storage Magazine as 2011 Product of the Year, awarded a 5-Star rating in the CRN Magazine’s 2012 Partner Program Guide, named a CRN Channel Chief, and became a Best Channel Partner for 2012 by Business Solutions Magazine. Asigra is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices globally.