Quest NetVault ranked Japan's top backup solution

A new report by analyst firm IDC ranks Quest NetVault Backup number one for data protection and recovery of Linux environments in the Japanese market, The Street says.

Quest's flagship enterprise data protection product, NetVault Backup has now ranked number one for Linux backup in Japan for 10 consecutive years.

Titled “Japan Storage Software 2012 - 2016 Forecast and 2011 Analysis”, the IDC report provides a market size and vendor share analysis for the Japanese storage software market in 2011.

For data protection and recovery of Linux operating environments, Quest Software ranked number one in 2011, with a 61% share of the market.

4-traders quotes Walter Angerer, senior VP and GM, data protection, Quest Software, as saying: “The new report from IDC once again demonstrates Quest's position as the Japanese market's leading provider of data protection and recovery software for Linux environments.

“As complexity continues to grow within the IT infrastructure, organisations are increasingly faced with the challenge of protecting critical data and applications across a variety of platforms.”