Symantec brings software, appliance, cloud dedupe soln

NEW YORK, USA: Security software provider Symantec Corp. launched NetBackup 5000 de-duplication appliance and NetBackup Cloud Storage solution.

Symantec NetBackup 5000, the NetBackup connector for Nirvanix and the Backup Exec connector for Nirvanix are scheduled to be available late 2010.

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These new delivery models provide organisations with the flexibility to manage data through software, appliance or a cloud-based solution.

Symantec NetBackup 5000 is the latest release in Symantec’s Information Management Strategy that protects information in physical or virtual environments while de-duplicating data everywhere.

Symantec NetBackup 5000 is a scalable de-duplication solution that offers operational simplicity in an appliance form factor.

The company claims that with the versatility to provide source or target-based de-duplication, the appliance increases back-up performance, optimises backup bandwidth utilisation and reduces storage costs.

“By eliminating duplicate data, Symantec NetBackup 5000 offers an organisation up to 50 times more storage savings than using a traditional backup solution, allowing for cost-efficient long-term retention of data on disk and faster and more reliable backup and recovery,” said Brian Dye, vice president, product management, Information Management Group, Symantec.