Utility computing the go for Veritas at global launch
Utility computing the go for Veritas at global launch
Storage software provider Veritas left the audience at the global launch of its latest new set of products in New York in little doubt that the vendor sees the phenomenon that is utility computing as central to its future development.
The company released three products at the launch in Manhattan, shortly after Veritas CEO Gary Bloom marked the 10th anniversary of the company's shares trading on NASDAQ by officially opening the day's trading at the tech stock market.
"It's been an exciting day already," remarked Bloom, "and we've not even got onto the new products yet."
One of the products in question is the Veritas CommandCentral service software, which allows allow administrators to create logical resource groupings, define services, measure service levels and usage and allocate costs based upon usage. The software allows administrators to manage storage to agreed-upon service levels, customise according to departmental needs and adapt to the needs of the business.
"The need for lower management costs and fast, reliable access to data is critical to IT organisations," said Mark Bregman, executive vice president of product operations, Veritas. "The introduction of CommandCentral Service software demonstrates that Veritas is delivering on its commitment to enable utility computing today by providing tools to help companies more efficiently automate, manage, measure and deliver IT services for optimum performance and increased availability."
The company also introduced a data protection option for desktops and laptops, as well as the latest version of its NetBackup backup and recovery software, Netbackup 5.0.
The desktop and laptop option (DLO) allows users to transparently protect mission critical corporate data residing on laptops and desktops, with the option of synchronising data among multiple machines with a single click.
"The desktop and laptop option represents extensive field research and conversations with our customers. Our findings show that most companies want to automate laptop and desktop backup with their existing policies so end-users don't have to remember to back up their systems to ensure that critical data is protected," said Mark Bregman, Executive Vice President of Product Operations, Veritas. "[It] helps reduce the risk of leaving that critical data unprotected by offering streamlined integration from within our backup and recovery software, limiting the need for costly end-user interaction with IT to protect and recover data on corporate laptops and desktops."
And finally, the company said that version 5.0 of NetBackup performs at a significantly higher speed that its predecessor, version 4.5. Additionally, the new software has been designed to help enterprises meet the many regulatory requirements that have been issued in various countries of late.
The new capabilities also include synthetic backup, disk-based data protection, disk to disk copying and disk staging, simplified snapshots, and data lifecycle management.(An interview with Jeremy Burton, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Veritas, will be featured in the January/February edition of IDM magazine)
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