StorageCraft Technology, provider of disk-based backup and disaster recovery for Windows-based servers, desktops and laptops, announced upgrades to its ShadowProtect backup and disaster recovery software. ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 both include the company's secret formula for hardware independent restoration or HIR. HIR allows IT administrators to backup, restore or m StorageCraft Technology, provider of disk-based backup and disaster recovery for Windows-based servers, desktops and laptops, announced upgrades to its ShadowProtect backup and disaster recovery software.ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 and ShadowProtect Desktop Edition 3.0 both include the company’s secret formula for hardware independent restoration or HIR. HIR allows IT administrators to backup, restore or migrate server, desktop or laptop systems to any environment – physical or virtual.The 3.0 edition of this product supports virtualization solutions from both VMware and Microsoft. And what’s interesting with this product is that its HIR technology allows migration to new systems, whether from one physical to another (P2P), physical to virtual (P2V), virtual to virtual (V2V) or even virtual to physical (V2P). “We’ve engineered ShadowProtect 3.0 to help IT professionals protect every Windows system in their computing environment,” said Scott Barnes, chief technology officer at StorageCraft. “This means there aren’t any limitations on the types of Windows systems you are backing up or migrating to – whether virtual or physical.” ShadowProtect 3.0 offers the following features: Improved recovery environment which allows adding new storage controller drivers or NIC drivers Bootable recovery CD based on Windows Vista; includes automatic hardware detection and network support. New Verify Backup Image tool to ensure backup files are recoverable. Additional optical media support (CD-R/RW, DVD+-R/RW, Blu-ray R/RE (both single and dual layer). Network throttling during backup for improved performance. Improved image management. Windows Vista support. Visual partitioning support. Remote management of recovery environment. Improved user interface. Bare metal recovery of servers, desktops and laptops in minutes. Ability to take online or cold state backup images without the need to install software. Simple view to quickly recover files and folders or update backup images. Network Configurator to manage domains, mapped drives and network resources.The 3.0 products are available now through the company’s Website as well as through their authorized StorageCraft distributors, MSPs and VARs. Software Development