Cofio Software has upgraded its software product, AIMstor, an application that unifies data protection technologies into a next generation real-time backup and deduplication offering for Windows and Linux environments.

The company said that the new release AIMstore 2.2 provides new timeline view of file versions and snapshots, which can be shown together with real-time user touches and modifications to data.

The new application also provides event notification for backup, continuous data protection (CDP), replication and file level activities; real-time tracking and alerts of user file system activities; and new support for Linux Master, Linux Client and Linux Deduplicated Repository.

AIMstor 2.2 applies a workflow interface for drag and drop of policies and data flow of physical and virtual machines and groups, while its target and source deduplication provides performance and efficiency across the board over traditional backup and replication products.

The company claims that the software product provides separate, yet fully unified data protection tools, which includes Live or Batch Backup, CDP, Real Time Replication, and Bare Metal Recovery. Fully indexed repository support AIMstor to serve as an active archive to users for fast file search and retrieval.

Tony Cerqueira, CEO of Cofio Software, said: "Managing data end-to-end used to require a complex and costly integration of many different products for the user. AIMstor makes it fast, easy and affordable because it is a unified application from the start."