SIOS Technology Corporation, a provider of high availability and data protection software solutions for Linux and Windows, announced that its Protection Suite (SPS) has achieved SAP (News - Alert) Application Server High Availability (HA) Interface Certification. As a result, customers using SIOS SPS can deploy high availability protection designed and certified to work with any SAP landscape, ensuring faster installation, fewer issues, superior protection and full SAP support.

"SIOS worked closely with SAP's Linux Lab to achieve this first of its kind high availability certification," said Scott Armour, COO at SIOS Technology Corporation. "Our SteelEye software has been the innovative leader in SAP HA protection for more than a decade; this certification is the latest illustration of our close work with SAP to assure the best SAP landscape availability while also delivering the added benefits of integrated offerings and support."

SIOS SPS integrates high availability clustering and data replication functionality to protect mission-critical data and applications. SPS for Windows combines unique application-aware monitoring of the entire IT stack (servers, networks, operating systems, applications, data, and storage) with innovative replication techniques with automated and manual intervention capabilities to ensure that your mission-critical applications and data are always available.

“Having enjoyed a long-time strategic relationship with both companies, it is no surprise that SIOS is the first Linux player to be certified with SAP for high availability,” said Roman Janke, manager of Application Operations at Phoenix Contact (News - Alert), a leading manufacturer of electronic switches. “This certification strengthens the integration of these key vendor applications and reinforces our ongoing return on investment and support in working with SIOS to protect our mission-critical business applications.”

Meanwhile, Hyve Solutions, a division of SYNNEX (News - Alert) Corporation (NYSE: SNX), and SIOS Technology Corporation recently announced the launch of a high performance Microsoft SQL Server cluster appliance powered by Fusion-io (News - Alert) performance. The appliance is built by Hyve Solutions and is available on Hyve Solutions server platforms, as well as on Dell, HP and Supermicro server platforms. The appliance ships with Fusion-io high performance ioMemory products and SIOS Data Keeper Cluster Edition's high-speed replication solution already installed. This appliance provides customers with a fully integrated high performance and highly available SQL Server environment.