-- Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a member of the Microsoft System Center family of management products, which are designed to help IT Professionals manage their Windows® servers. -- DPM 2006 delivers centralized backup of branch offices and better backups within data centers, by continuously protecting changed files to secondary disk which can then be backed up to tape. -- DPM also enables rapid and reliable recovery from disk and end-user initiated restores without IT intervention. -- Announced in September as a publicly available beta, DPM v2 sets a new standard for Windows backup and recovery - delivering continuous data protection for Microsoft application and file servers to a seamlessly integrated secondary disk and tape solution on the DPM server. -- DPM enables rapid and reliable recovery through advanced technology for enterprises of all sizes.