NetBackup™ 7.7 Expands Virtualization
Integration and Delivers Intelligent Policy Enhancements
Veritas, Symantec’s (Nasdaq:SYMC) information management
business, today announced the latest release of its
enterprise-class data protection solution, Veritas NetBackup™ 7.7.
Among its powerful new capabilities, the industry-leading solution
includes features that greatly expand the effectiveness of backup
and recovery operations that utilize cloud storage services, adding
support for new cloud providers and increasing performance by up to
thirty times.
“Today many enterprises are adding cloud storage to their menu
of backup storage choices to gain the advantages of elasticity,
agility, and OpEx pricing, or simply to replace tape,” says Ana
Pinczuk, Senior Vice President, Backup and Recovery for Veritas.
“NetBackup 7.7 is designed to exploit these storage alternatives in
a much more optimal way, enabling IT organizations to easily
incorporate cloud storage into their backup strategy, without
compromise.”
This latest release greatly enhances the performance and
interoperability of backups directed to cloud storage services such
as those offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Hitachi Data
Systems (HDS), Verizon, and Cloudian. NetBackup 7.7 also introduces
breakthrough integration with VMware® vSphere Virtual Volumes,
Microsoft® Hyper-V, NetApp clustered Data ONTAP® (cDOT), and
Microsoft SQL Server™, and delivers enhanced self-service
capabilities that allow both IT and non-IT users to independently
manage and control backup and recovery activities using intuitive
interfaces combined with native tools.
“As the sheer volume and scope of enterprise data continues to
increase, businesses need better tools to adequately protect their
data against loss. NetBackup 7.7 is designed to provide faster,
easier recovery with enhanced performance and efficient storage
techniques to manage data protection at every layer of the stack,”
said Phil Goodwin, Research Director, Storage Systems and Software
at IDC. “These new enhancements can help businesses take advantage
of the cost efficiencies and operational agility of cloud storage,
by improving performance and expanding the choice of service
providers.”
The new cloud connector introduced in NetBackup 7.7, designed on
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), is optimized to
significantly improve backup and restore times for Amazon
S3-compatible cloud storage targets. The new connector takes
advantage of multi-streaming and other techniques to fully utilize
network bandwidth, significantly reducing backup and recovery times
when compared to previous releases. In addition, NetBackup 7.7
supports cloud gateways from NetApp and AWS using a tiered approach
to replicate backup data to cloud storage.
NetBackup’s innovative Auto Image Replication (AIR) feature is
also integrated with cloud services – enabling businesses to
efficiently replicate catalog and backup data in a cloud
environment, while efficiently preserving the de-duplicated state
of backups. New Intelligent Policies for Microsoft Hyper-V and
Microsoft SQL Server help enterprise IT organizations scale faster,
increase flexibility, and provide the appropriate controls to the
right people.
Veritas NetBackup 7.7 converged platform simplifies
infrastructure management and has advanced automated processes and
controls to protect complex physical and virtual environments.
Longtime NetBackup customers and partners commented on the new
version of the enterprise backup and recovery solution.
“Datalink and Veritas have had a long history of success
together. NetBackup is our go-to solution for enterprise backup and
recovery solutions,” said Mike Spindler, Practice Director, Data
Protection and Storage at Datalink. “We are excited for Veritas
NetBackup 7.7 and the enhancements with the cloud, Microsoft
Hyper-V, and enhanced data protection of array based snapshots
& replication. We look forward to helping customers reduce
costs and complexity while improving their ability to meet business
needs.”
“NetBackup has been a trusted solution in enterprise backup and
recovery, safeguarding one of our company’s most valuable assets –
our data,” said Mr. Richard Morris at Colt Technology Services
Group. “We’re excited about the advancements coming with NetBackup
7.7, including its growing list of cloud providers and increased
cloud performance. We will continue to entrust our data to the
Veritas team to enable us to easily manage our information and
ensure availability when and where we need it.”
Veritas NetBackup 7.7 is available now through the company’s
channel partners, as well as directly through Veritas. For
additional information on NetBackup 7.7, please visit:
http://veritas.symantec.com/backup.
About Veritas Technologies Corporation
Veritas Technologies Corporation, the information management
company that will emerge from the separation from Symantec, will
enable organizations to harness the power of their information,
with solutions designed to serve the world’s largest and most
complex heterogeneous environments. The Veritas business works with
86 percent of Fortune 500 companies today, improving data
availability and revealing insights to drive competitive advantage.
Veritas generated $2.6 billion in revenue for Symantec in fiscal
year 2015.
About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is an information protection
expert that helps people, businesses and governments seeking the
freedom to unlock the opportunities technology brings -- anytime,
anywhere. Founded in April 1982, Symantec, a Fortune 500 company,
operating one of the largest global data-intelligence networks, has
provided leading security, backup and availability solutions for
where vital information is stored, accessed and shared. The
company's more than 19,000 employees reside in more than 50
countries. Ninety-nine percent of Fortune 500 companies are
Symantec customers. In fiscal 2015, it recorded revenues of $6.5
billion. To learn more go to www.symantec.com or connect with
Symantec at: http://www.symantec.com/social/
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