VERITAS NetBackup product family expands enterprise data protection

VERITAS Software has announced key enhancements to its VERITAS NetBackup enterprise data protection family, expanding its platform support, advanced backup capabilities and scalability. The VERITAS NetBackup family provides a single, scalable data protection solution by integrating three major products, VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter, VERITAS NetBackup BusinesServer and VERITAS NetBackup Professional, each of which addresses a different segment of the enterprise data protection market

"The new family release goes beyond expanding the capabilities and platform support of VERITAS NetBackup," says Nick van Noordwyk, regional manager, Middle East and Africa, Veritas Software. . "With the recent introduction of VERITAS NetBackup Professional, the VERITAS NetBackup family now provides comprehensive, centralised enterprise data protection unlike any other product on the market."

Expanded Platform Support and VERITAS Software Innovations VERITAS NetBackup is compatible with a wide range of operating system platforms, and the newest version further enhances its major operating system support, making it an even better choice for heterogeneous environments. VERITAS NetBackup BusinesServer and VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter now integrate complete Windows 2000 support with existing Windows NT compatibility, and offer client compression for Windows NT and Windows 2000 environments.

"Companies are increasingly looking to flexible enterprise data protection products that don`t hinder access to data, and don`t negatively impact the performance of their networks," says Steve Widen, research director, storage software, International Data Corporation. "The latest release of VERITAS NetBackup addresses these needs by extending its multi-faceted, high-performance backup and restore capabilities to more platforms and a wider range of network topologies."