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Volume 5, Number 1 -- January 9, 2008

Double-Take Buys CDP Software Firm

Published: January 9, 2008

by Alex Woodie

Double-Take Software, the developer of high availability clustering software for Windows, last month spent $8.3 million to acquire TimeSpring, a developer of continuous data protection (CDP) software.

Massachusetts-based Double-Take plans to incorporate TimeSpring's TimeData software suite into its own line of mirroring and clustering software for Windows. When the software is integrated, it will allow users of Double-Take's software to "rewind" or "fast-forward" the data on the server and recover to the moment before an unwanted change, the company says.

Of particular interest to Double-Take was TimeSpring's CDP solutions for specific Microsoft products, including SQL Server, SharePoint Services and Exchange Server.

Dean Goodermote, CEO of Double-Take Software, highlighted the engineering expertise of the Montreal, Canada-based company as a prime reason for the acquisition. "TimeSpring’s engineering expertise, specifically in the area of file systems and application level recovery, fits extremely well into Double-Take's core capabilities," he says.

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