Computer Associates (CA), the world`s leading provider of e-business management solutions, and Network Appliance (NA), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, has announced that CA`s new BrightStor Enterprise Backup now supports Network Appliance Data ONTAP 6.1 and NetApp F700 and F800 series filers.
With this support, customers gain a high-performance, integrated and scaleable Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) backup and recovery solution for Network Appliance in a Windows NT/2000 environment.
"Computer Associates offers customers diverse back up solutions and support for Data ONTAP 6.1, giving enterprises of any size the flexibility to backup their data in ways that fit their company needs," said Paul Hansen, senior director of marketing at Network Appliance.
"Together Network Appliance and CA share the common goal of providing robust, reliable storage solutions for today`s data-intensive enterprises."
BrightStor Enterprise Backup, the first product in CA`s new BrightStor storage line, fully supports the NDMP standard, which enables high-speed backup of a NetApp filer to a locally-attached tape drive or library.
BrightStor Enterprise Backup also leverages the data protection capabilities featured within the Network Appliance Data ONTAP operating system to offer filer-to-filer backups via NDMP. The combination of NetApp filers and BrightStor Enterprise Backup provides centralized administration and high-performance backup and recovery solution of large-scale network attached storage environments.
"To meet their continually expanding e-business storage requirements, customers require both new types of high-performance storage devices and increasingly advanced storage software solutions," said Philip Treide, vice president of marketing, storage solutions, CA. "By partnering with a storage hardware industry leader like Network Appliance, CA is once again demonstrating its commitment to forming the partnerships necessary to help customers succeed in meeting these critical infrastructure requirements."
BrightStor Enterprise Backup automates traditional backup and recovery tasks, significantly reducing the storage workloads on IT operations staff. Its domain-based architecture and centralised management allow administrators to manage diverse enterprise-wide resources and maintain the security of e-business environments from a single location.
BrightStor Enterprise Backup scales to meet increasing volume requirements and assures high system and data availability through integrated disaster recovery. BrightStor Enterprise Backup, along with the broad range of complementary storage solutions available within the BrightStor family, offers today`s storage-hungry organisations the latest in enterprise backup and recovery technology at the best value in the marketplace.
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Computer Associates International, Inc (NYSE: CA) delivers The Software That Manages E-business. CA`s world-class solutions address all aspects of e-business process management, information management, and infrastructure management in six focus areas: enterprise management, security, storage, e-business transformation and integration, portal and knowledge management, and predictive analysis and visualisation.
Founded in 1976, CA serves organisations in more than 100 countries, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, please visit http://ca.com.
Network Appliance, Inc
Network Appliance, Inc, a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index.
Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialised products that perform a single function.
NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This Centre-to-Edge solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data centre to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably.
The Network Appliance product portfolio utilises the company`s innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for Unix and Windows environments.
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