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Symantec unveils Backup Exec 2014

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 05 Jun 2014

Symantec has released Backup Exec 2014, a unified solution that protects organisations' critical data by delivering backup and recovery across hybrid physical and virtual environments.

According to Symantec, the latest release builds upon the features and functionalities of previous Backup Exec solutions and introduces new functionality including up to 100% faster performance with backups and recovery, Windows Server 2012 integration, optimised visibility into backup and recovery management, extended cloud support and seamless migration and update capabilities.

The security solutions vendor says the latest release enables organisations to address today's most critical information management challenges in the midst of the current information explosion.

Symantec notes that, with many companies projecting their information will grow at an incredible rate within the next year, this free flow of data has created immense opportunity but has also presented challenges. The daunting and tiresome task of figuring out how to back up information and assets across scattered platforms, such as virtual and physical environments, combined with the proliferation of unstructured data, reduced IT spend and server virtualisation, have had significant impact on the way organisations handle backup and recovery.

The vendor adds that traditional methods do not necessarily meet the needs and demands of today's IT departments.

"With Backup Exec 2014, it is clear to see that Symantec has been focusing on user feedback," says Nick Dalby, technical consultant and backup exec lead at Softcat.

"The most favoured features of previous releases support for the latest platforms and cutting-edge technologies have been pulled together and thoroughly beta-tested to maximise simplicity, yet have the improved performance and robustness to provide a level of data protection that users can have complete confidence in."

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