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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
The Best Data Protection for XenServer with CBT Quadric Software proudly introduces near-Continuous Data Protection for XenServer in Alike 4.5 for Enhanced backup and replication jobs. Jobs that took hours before can now be completed in a matter of minutes by using Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for XenServer 6.5 and up. Check out our infographic to learn why Alike - now...
36 percent of enterprises backup their data fully, which is great, but is offset by the 36 percent of those who do no backups at all Data Backup Study by CloudBerry The opening quote was taken from an article in Solutions Review about the recently released data backup study by CloudBerry Lab. The new data backup study provides some shocking results about...
Not only does Alike v4.2 offer faster backup performance, but it's also the most efficient version of Alike yet! We've accomplished a lot of work under the hood for ludicrously fast backup performance and optimizing efficiency through multiple processing enhancements, ultimately increasing the overall speed of subsequent backups. With backups now up to 50% faster,* we are proud to introduce...
