ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced a new data protection software that is
easy to set up, easy to manage and helps simplify data recovery.
IBM Spectrum Protect™ Plus can be set up quickly making data
protection available in as little as one hour.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is offered for two different
deployment options, either as a stand-alone software installed into
virtualized environments or as an integrated function with IBM's
market leading Spectrum Protect software, which can be used by
large enterprise clients with diverse data protection and
availability requirements. Further, IBM Spectrum Protect's hybrid
cloud capabilities can rapidly move data from on-premises back-end
storage to public or private clouds.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus provides data availability using
snapshot technology for rapid backup, recovery and data management.
Designed to be used by virtual machines (VM) and application
administrators, it also provides data clone functionality to
support and automate DevOps workflows. Unlike other data
availability solutions, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus also has data
protection and monitoring based upon automated Service Level
Agreements to provide backup status and support retention
compliance.
"IBM has been a leader in data protection for many years, so it
should come as no surprise that as production platforms and
business expectations continue to evolve, so would the IBM
offerings," said Jason Buffington,
Principal Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "IBM Spectrum
Protect Plus is aimed to address a few of the most critical data
protection challenges facing IT organizations of all sizes:
Virtualization and Recovery Agility. With its SLA-centric design,
organizations have a refreshingly new and compelling alternative
for modern data protection and availability."
Further differentiating IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and the
integration with IBM Spectrum Protect are features engineered to
address business challenges for key stakeholders:
- For CIOs it provides a single view of the backup and recovery
status across the data portfolio and eliminate silos of data backup
and recovery.
- For Senior IT Manager (VM and Application Administrators) can
rapidly self-serve their data availability without complexity. IBM
Spectrum Protect Plus also provides an ability to integrate the VM
and application backups into the business rules of any
enterprise.
- For Senior Application Business Line Owners perspective it
offers data lifecycle management with near instantaneous recovery
and copy management and global search for fast data access and
recovery
Specifically designed for virtual machine (VM) environments to
support daily administration and deliver robust data protection,
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus rapidly deploys without agents and
features a simple, role-based user interface (UI) with intuitive
global search for fast recovery.
"Without availability data is little more than an obligation.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus has been designed for easy setup, easy
management and easy recovery that puts the emphasis of data control
and management where it needs to be for end users," said
Ed Walsh, general manager, IBM
Storage and Software Defined Infrastructure. "The result is
simplified backup administration through a single platform, which
is especially important for VM-focused data backup, archive, and
retention."
Availability
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus will be
featured in IBM's booths at both VMWorld North America and VMWorld
Europe and in an upcoming webinar. The solution will GA in early Q4
2017 as a stand-alone product for virtual and cloud environment
data protection, as well as integration with IBM Spectrum
Protect.
For more information about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, visit
www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/spectrum-protect-plus and follow us
on twitter @ibmstorage.
Contact:
Greg Vitarelli
IBM Media Relations
vitarelli@us.ibm.com
617-455-9627
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