Microsoft has moved for the first time into the disk-based backup and recovery market with the launch of its Data Protection Server. The continuous disk-based backup and recovery offering for the Windows Server System group of products will simplify backups and reduce the recovery process from "hours to minutes", the company promised. Currently available in a private beta version, Microsoft Data Protection Server is scheduled to be generally available in the second half of 2005. Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Windows server division at Microsoft, said customers had complained that backing up and recovering their data was currently labour-intensive and complex.
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