Symantec Teams LiveState With Backup Exec
Symantec Teams LiveState With Backup Exec
July 20, 2006: Symantec has given storage application LiveState new functionality by moving it into the Backup Exec family.
Symantec acquired the Backup Exec storage software with its acquisition of Veritas in 2004. The company says that the new solution will incorporate functionality from LiveState, offer simplified deployment and deliver comprehensive disc-based system protection. Designed for Windows OS protection, Backup Exec is meant to quickly restore failed IT systems in the event of a disaster.
“The Symantec Backup Exec product family is the leader in Windows data and system protection, providing Windows-based organisations with the best-of-breed approach to protect their business servers, desktops and laptops, leveraging both disk and tape media”, says Jeremy Burton, group president of Symantec’s security and data management group. “Together, these products deliver a complete and complimentary solution”.
Symantec added that Backup Exec reduces recovery time and saves significant hardware investment. It claims organisations can dramatically minimise downtime by rapidly recovering entire systems, even to dissimilar hardware platforms and virtual environments. Organisations can also remotely restore unattended servers in distributed locations from a Windows desktop, laptop, or even a Pocket PC with remote access and management capabilities.
Backup Exec is available now with prices as follows: Backup Exec System Recovery, Server Edition $1,686.30, Backup Exec System Recovery, Windows Small Business Server Edition $916.30 and Backup Exec System Recovery, Desktop Edition $106.26.