esXpress Helps Bring Customers Into SOX & HIPAA Compliance
New software raises the bar for backup, recovery and Business Continuity
Planning for the enterprise VMware ESX virtual infrastructure


 MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- PHD Technologies, Inc.
(PHD), today officially announced the release of esXpress 2.2 for VMware
ESX Server(R). By combining its revolutionary Intelligent Delta Technology
with 256-bit encryption, esXpress 2.2 brings a new level of security,
speed, and dependability to the VMware backup industry. And esXpress with
encryption is the only virtualization-specific backup product which helps
companies in achieving compliance with regulations defined by SOX, HIPAA,
FDA, SEC, etc.

    "Recently the headlines have been sensationalizing Corporate America's
loss of personal data of millions of consumers. This is prompting companies
to re-evaluate the security practices they have long neglected," said Ron
McKelvey, CEO of PHD Technologies. "By encrypting your backups, companies
can avoid the public embarrassment and liabilities of data losses."
    esXpress is the only backup solution designed specifically for the
VMware ESX virtual infrastructure and the only one capable of differential
backups. Using Intelligent Delta Technology, esXpress is on average 70+%
faster than the competitors offerings. Often backup speeds can exceed
165GB/hour per ESX host. And now it's the only secure solution with
encryption options such as AES, 3DES, Blowfish and others.

    PHD believes so strongly in the importance of having full virtual
machine backups on a nightly basis that they are now giving away esXpress
LE. A fully functional, 100% Hot backup solution for VMware ESX Server,
esXpress LE provides complete FULL backups on a nightly basis, plus
reporting, alerts and more. esXpress LE is FREE to download and use without
restriction.

    Al Muller, author of Virtualization with VMware ESX Server (Syngress
2005), says of esXpress, "This product is a logical and much needed
evolution of the backup offerings in the virtual space. There is easily an
order of magnitude increase in performance, functionality and flexibility
over all other offerings. If you are running a VMware ESX virtual
infrastructure, you should be using esXpress."

    About PHD Technologies, Inc.

    With headquarters in Morris Plains, NJ, PHD Technologies is the leading
Server Consolidation and Virtual Computing firm with one of the most highly
respected and skilled practices in North America. PHD specializes in
mission critical server consolidation initiatives for the Financial,
Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing industries. PHD was the first to offer P2V
(physical to virtual) conversions starting in 2001 and in 2003 released to
its client base esXpress 1.0, the first ESX hot backup software. In 2006
PHD has revolutionized backup and recovery technology with the introduction
of esXpress 2.2.