Veritas has announced CommandCentral Service 3.5 software, which it claims will deliver corporate IT services on demand.
The company claims that this launch fulfils its commitment to enable companies to move to a utility computing model, delivering backup, recovery and storage as a service.
CommandCentral Service integrates with Veritas backup and recovery technology to allow administrators to manage storage to agreed-upon service levels according to the needs of each department, which are adaptable to the company`s changing needs.
It provides an IT service delivery portal through which the network can be managed. It also allows administrators to track resource usage and to allocate costs for services used.
"With utility computing, IT will always be available to facilitate business needs," said Clive Longbottom, service director at Quocirca, an independent European business analyst organisation, at the launch event last week. "It provides capacity on demand so that businesses never need new hardware. It provides a self-healing environment and negates the need for systems integration."
He explained that with many utility models, organisations cannot start from where they are, and instead have to replace all their hardware and software. "To get to utility, vendors can`t be prescriptive or proscriptive, companies have to maximise their current investments."
"The introduction of CommandCentral Service software demonstrates that Veritas is delivering on its commitment to enable utility computing today, by providing the tools to help companies more effectively automate, manage, measure and deliver IT services for optimum performance and increased availability," said Mark Bregman, Veritas executive VP of product operations.
Launched concurrently were NetBackup 5.0, to provide faster disk-based backup and desktop and laptop data protection capabilities to its enterprise data protection software, and Data Lifecycle Manager 5.0 to backup, recover and manage data by adding compliance-focused features that integrate with existing Veritas backup solutions.
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