VERITAS extends advanced data protection to Middle East's mid-size enterprises

Integral to the company's utility computing strategy to help ensure that data and applications are always available, VERITAS NetBackup Server software operates in UNIX, Windows, Linux and NetWare environments, helping to drive down the costs of protecting data.
Mid-size organizations in the Middle East often face challenges such as supporting the growth of their businesses, limited IT staff, and the need for advanced disaster recovery capabilities. VERITAS NetBackup 5.0 Server provides a custom architecture, aligning and scaling data protection with the business needs of mid-sized enterprises, providing enterprise strength backup and recovery software previously not available to the mid-size market.

Analysts Highlight Benefits for Mid-Market Players
"Mid-size organizations are subject to the same data management challenges as enterprise organizations, but on a different scale. They must react to data growth while still protecting their current environment from downtime or disasters," said Nancy Marrone-Hurley, senior analyst, Enterprise Storage Group. "A data protection solution that targets the needs of mid-size organizations can help ensure business continuity and allow users to affordably maintain the integrity of their data and applications."

VERITAS NetBackup Server addresses the needs of the mid-size organization with the following benefits:

• Scalability and Investment Protection: Integral to meeting the needs of growing mid-size organizations, NetBackup Server provides virtually limitless client protection and tape storage support, removing the barriers of growth and allowing IT administrators to protect additional systems and databases.
• Cost Efficiency: NetBackup Server provides enterprise-level data protection capabilities such as disk staging, synthetic backup and automated disaster recovery at a reduced cost to midsize organizations.
• Advanced Disaster Recovery: Integrating technology from VERITAS Volume Replicator™, NetBackup Server helps reduce the time it takes to restore data in the event of a disaster.

Catalog data at the primary site is automatically replicated to a disaster recovery site so that the information is online and available should a disaster strike.

VERITAS NetBackup Server also extends support to remote offices and mobile users. With many organizations operating in the Middle East from various regional offices, and employing managers who are required to travel extensively, decision-makers are set to benefit from the flexibility of NetBackup Server. From an easy-to-use graphical dashboard, administrators can monitor policies and proactively troubleshoot backup and recovery issues at remote locations without the need for onsite personnel. With the desktop and laptop option to NetBackup Server, information outside the data center is protected and can be synchronized between multiple machines in real-time, helping to reduce costly IT interaction.

VERITAS NetBackup 5.0 Server is a key component of the company's backup and recovery strategy, integrating with VERITAS™ CommandCentral Service™ software, to enable the delivery of backup and recovery as a utility and VERITAS Data Lifecycle Manager, with data archiving, retention and retrieval capabilities to meet key compliance requirements.