Security

February 18, 2005
VERITAS Backup Exec suite protects SMBs' data

BANGALORE -- VERITAS Software Corp. recently unveiled the Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Server software, offering simplified and centralized management for Windows backup servers through a single console, and accelerated disk-based data backups and restores to address the growing and agile needs of small and medium-size businesses.

It also announced a new comprehensive and integrated Windows data protection product suite, the VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0 Suite that integrates with VERITAS Replication Exec 3.1 (formerly VERITAS Storage Replicator) and VERITAS Storage Exec 5.3 (formerly VERITAS StorageCentral) software to deliver unprecedented levels of continuous data protection across all central and remote locations including desktops and laptops, while controlling and maximizing Windows storage resources.

Mika Krammer, analyst, Gartner Research, said: "Protecting growing volumes of business critical data is a key business requirement for all companies. As IT organizations progress through the continuum of a comprehensive and efficient data management strategy, rapid recovery of data is a key component of operational efficiency - the number one need for small to medium-size businesses."

Today, companies of all sizes must comply with complex regulatory requirements and are tasked with doing so with the least impact to IT budgets. With the release of VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0 and the VERITAS Backup Exec Suite (Backup Exec 10.0, Replication Exec 3.1, Storage Exec 5.3) of integrated recovery and management products, they can now seamlessly protect mission-critical data, expedite data recovery and maintain regulatory compliance through efficient, policy-based management capabilities, utilizing existing hardware and staff from a single point of administration.

Continuous data protection: As SMBs maintain agile IT resources; they are continually tasked with lowering the cost of IT, while squeezing maximum value from the existing IT infrastructure. The VERITAS Backup Exec Suite of software enables firms to seamlessly protect information exposed to the greatest risk - in remote offices and on individual desktops and laptops. Replication of data further reduces cost and centralizes backups across an organization without disrupting normal server operations or requiring incremental investments in remote office administrators and hardware.

Fast disk-based recovery: With the release of Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers, VERITAS has added faster disk-based recovery capabilities. The advanced disk-based backup option enables customers to restore data in half the time than traditional methods. In a recent independent disk restore performance benchmark study performed by VeriTest, researchers found that VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0 was more than twice as fast as HP Data Protector 5.5 and Computer Associates ARCserve 11.1 when performing a full volume restore from disk.

Key features of VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0 Advanced Disk-based Backup Option include:

Synthetic backup: This new feature enhances restore times without the need to take a full backup by seamlessly melding together smaller incremental backups into a single synthetic full backup, expediting data restores and consuming minimal network bandwidth; and

Off-host backup: This new feature enables zero impact data protection across storage area networks (SANs) by automatically shifting the backup of data snapshots to alternate storage systems.

With the continued exponential growth of data across growing companies, the VERITAS Backup Exec Suite of software scales effectively to meet todays as well as future requirements. VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0 and the Backup Exec Suite of software provide the administrators with tools to ease the IT growth process and cost-effectively manage data.

With the VERITAS Backup Exec QuickStart Edition, it is offering a single server version of Backup Exec software for the first time. Backup Exec QuickStart is ideal for quick and easy backup of data on single servers (file/print server, web server), is simple to set up and manage, and provides cost-effective features for first-time server and storage buyers with basic IT needs. Backup Exec QuickStart software will only be available from server and storage OEMs. Customer upgrades to Backup Exec 10.0, including its full array of options, will be available through the worldwide network of VERITAS channel partners.

Besides the existing remote agent that protects MS Windows and Novell NetWare Servers, VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0 is now available with a high-performance remote agent that supports Red Hat and SUSE Linux servers and Sun Solaris UNIX servers. Backup Exec remote agents help minimize network traffic and maximize performance to reduce backup times.

Contact:
VERITAS Software
Tel: +60-1-2207-0208
boey.yinyin@veritas.com
www.veritas.com