Veritas' solution seeks to ease compliance headaches

Veritas has unveiled a brand new software solution which it aims to cure growing compliance headaches worldwide, right through from the creation to the deletion of stored data and media.

The Data Lifecycle Manager 5.0 will help companies deal with ever increasing regulatory requirements, which are putting companies under more and more pressure.

It will include high-speed search and index features for both new and earlier-archived data and will allow enterprises to automate the management of files and messaging data by employing policy-driven retention, migration, and deletion processes.

This new solution can be fully integrated also with Veritas' other data protection solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup and Veritas Backup Exec software. This means that new hardware does not need to be added and historical information from Veritas NetBackup software can also be included and indexed.

Brenda Zawatski, vice president of product marketing at Veritas Software said. "Customers are faced with non-stop data growth, limited IT budgets and new government and industry regulations that require them to retain, track, locate and retrieve growing amounts of information, and document these processes. In addition to the capabilities of Veritas Lifecycle Manager and its integration with Veritas NetBackup, Veritas Backup Exec, and Veritas CommandCentral Service software, we've created an alliance program which offers customers ways to centrally manage a broad range of data formats, helping them achieve regulatory compliance while controlling IT costs."

In addition, Veritas has partnered with Princeton Softech to launch new integrated solutions which also aim to simplify and standardise the management and archiving of structured data, such as that found in a database; semi-structured data, such as email; and unstructured data, including pdf files, rich media and MP3s.

The partnership reflects the evolution of lifecycle management beyond emails and fixed documents to include database applications such as Oracle and Peoplesoft. The significance is huge, when you consider that the Meta Group has estimated that structured data is growing at 125 percent each year, and the loss or slow retrieval of this data can cost companies millions of dollars.

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