CommVault, Microsoft expand relationship to offer Simpana Data Management with Windows Azure
[Johannesburg, 26 April 2012] -
CommVault today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft Corporation to offer a cloud storage capability that combines the power of Simpana software with the benefits and flexibility of storing data on the Windows Azure cloud platform.As data is expected to double every two years, organisations are grappling with flat budgets and costly primary storage that may contain up to 70% of infrequently accessed, stale data [1], said Sheila Childs, Research VP, Storage Technologies and Strategies, Gartner. The new offering provides enterprise organisations a simple, cost-effective solution to archive, index, search and access massive amounts of data for long-term retention and compliance. This combined data management solution for Windows Azure offers up to 62TBs of cloud storage capacity and the data and information management capabilities of Simpana 9 Express, for a starting price of approximately $50 000.CommVault also announced it has deepened its strategic alliance with Microsoft, expanding collaborative development and sales and marketing activities around the Windows Azure platform. This latest expansion of the longstanding collaboration will enable CommVault's customers to benefit from the economies and flexibility of cloud computing on Windows Azure, including compute and storage on-demand.
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