{"id":18849,"date":"2012-02-09T20:35:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T10:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=18849"},"modified":"2012-02-09T20:35:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T10:35:51","slug":"symantec-releases-backup-exec-dedicated-to-100-percent-virtual-environments-and-expands-data-protection-for-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=18849","title":{"rendered":"Symantec Releases Backup Exec Dedicated to 100 Percent Virtual Environments and Expands Data Protection for Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 9 February 2012 \u2013<\/strong> Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Backup Exec 2012 to help users eliminate complexity, perform backups in 100 percent virtualised environments and deliver instantaneous and cloud-based recovery through a single solution. As part of the new release, Symantec transformed Backup Exec\u2019s user interface and configurability to provide a significantly simpler customer experience. Symantec is also expanding its leading technology to small businesses with Backup Exec Small Business Edition, enabling growing organisations to back up their information in three simple steps in less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBackup is a critical part of a protection strategy, and with mounting digital assets and shrinking IT budgets, growing organisations need to find a way to keep costs down without compromising availability of their information,\u201d said Amit Walia, vice president, Information Management Group, Symantec. \u201cWith close to two million businesses worldwide trusting in Symantec Backup Exec, it is our responsibility to help IT professionals and small business owners become backup heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backup Exec Portfolio Now Includes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Backup Exec V-Ray Edition<\/strong>: Backup Exec V-Ray Edition will give virtualisation architects the option of having industry leading Backup Exec technology protect their 100 percent virtualised environment and the option to easily extend protection to physical environments, if needed, without having to buy a separate solution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Backup Exec Small Business Edition<\/strong>: In three simple steps, Backup Exec 2012 Small Business Edition will install and configure backups so small businesses with limited IT experience can protect their data with ease. Backup Exec Small Business Edition will bundle Symantec\u2019s data and system recovery technology into one affordable solution with a single license that\u2019s designed specifically for businesses with up to three servers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Backup Exec 2012 will deliver the following benefits<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eliminate Backup Complexity with a New Administration Console<\/strong>: A newly redesigned administration console will provide users with fast, concise management, simplified experience, and monitoring capabilities. The new user interface will also automatically configure the most common and successful policies and settings, drawn both from Symantec\u2019s many years of experience and from the Backup Exec community, to allow for quick configuration of systems and protection of data and applications with minimal effort.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unite Virtual and Physical:<\/strong> Powered by Symantec V-Ray technology, Backup Exec 2012 enables visibility across both virtual and physical environments for fast and efficient backup and recovery while eliminating the need for specialised point products. Backup Exec 2012 will also provide true single file recovery, deduplication and backup management for VMware, Hyper-V or physical servers in a single product enabling significant storage and management savings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Integrated Disaster Recovery<\/strong>: With Backup Exec\u2019s integrated bare metal and \u201cno hardware disaster recovery,\u201d organisations will be able to easily recover a failed system to a physical server, or to a Hyper-V or VMware guest. Backup Exec\u2019s powerful and patented recovery capabilities enable granular restore of entire virtual machines, single files, Active Directory objects, Exchange Emails, or SharePoint Documents from any single-pass physical, VMware or Hyper-V backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Availability<br \/>\n<\/strong>Symantec Backup Exec 2012 will be generally available for purchase in spring 2012 through Symantec\u2019s worldwide network of value-added authorised resellers, distributors and systems integrators or directly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Quotes<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cWhen we deployed Backup Exec 2012 in production, it immediately reduced our backup window by almost 24 hours every week. Backup Exec 2012 has afforded us the ability to base weekly full backups from an enumerated virtual machine image thereby providing best in class data protection. The simplicity of the new user interface has streamlined the process for setting up new backup jobs in our environment and saves an immense amount of time,\u201d said Brandon Mosak, Network Manager, Task Force Tips, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSymantec Backup Exec 2012 is a user friendly solution that maintains the highest degree of data protection.\u00a0 The first time I saw Backup Exec\u2019s new user interface, I knew it was going to revolutionise how I manage our backup environment,\u201d said David Lewis, LAN administrator, Health New England. \u201cBackup Exec\u2019s P2V recovery will be the biggest time saver for disaster recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur IT environment is 90 \u2013 95 percent virtualised, and we continue to leverage this technology to reduce costs and the number of physical servers,\u201d said Jason Drake, director of Infrastructure and Security, Premiere Global Sports. \u201cWe have trusted Backup Exec to backup our data for several years and the transition from a physical server infrastructure to virtual infrastructure didn\u2019t change our choice in a data protection solution. Symantec\u2019s V-Ray technology embedded in Backup Exec allowed us to easily expand to a virtual environment and feel confident in our decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267820,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fabout%2Fnews%2Fresources%2Fpress_kits%2Fdetail.jsp%3Fpkid%3Dbackup2012%26om_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_IMGPressKit\" target=\"_blank\">Press Kit: Symantec Delivers Better Backup for All<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267821,1?erl=https%3A%2F%2Fsymantecevents.verite.com%2F24230%2F132650\" target=\"_blank\">Webcast: Better Backup for All<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267822,1?erl=https%3A%2F%2Fsymantecevents.verite.com%2F24236%2F132649\" target=\"_blank\">Webcast: BackupExec 2012 Technical Deep Dive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267823,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Fsymantec%2Fbetter-backup-for-all-feb-2012\" target=\"_blank\">SlideShare: Better Backup for All<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267824,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2Fblogs%2Fvirtual-visibility-why-you-need-x-ray-vision-backup-virtual-machines%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_IMGPressKit\" target=\"_blank\">Blog Post: Virtual Visibility: Why you need X-Ray Vision to Backup Virtual Machines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267825,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2Fblogs%2Fsurvey-broken-backup-environments-need-new-approach%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_IMGPressKit\" target=\"_blank\">Survey: Broken Backup Environments Need New Approach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267826,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterbackupforall.com%2Fglobal.php\" target=\"_blank\">Website: Countdown to Better Backup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18212876,23197715,267827,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itbriefingcenter.com%2Fprograms%2Fgartner_1371_symantec.html\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Managing and Reducing Costs of Enterprise Data Protection Video featuring Dave Russell, Gartner and Brian Dye, Symantec<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Connect with Symantec<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/symantec\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Symantec on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/backupexec\" target=\"_blank\">Follow BackupExec on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Symantec\" target=\"_blank\">Join Symantec on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/symantec\" target=\"_blank\">View Symantec\u2019s SlideShare Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/xml\/rss\/pr.jsp?om_ext_cid=biz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_IMGPressKit\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Symantec News RSS Feed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/connect\/?om_ext_cid=biz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_IMGPressKit\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Symantec Connect Business Community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Storage from Symantec<\/strong><br \/>\nSymantec helps organisations secure and manage their information-driven world with storage management,\u00a0 archiving, eDiscovery, backup &amp; recovery solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Symantec<\/strong><br \/>\nSymantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organisations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/\">www.symantec.com<\/a> or by connecting with Symantec at: go.symantec.com\/socialmedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 9 February 2012 \u2013 Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Backup Exec 2012 to help users eliminate complexity, perform backups in 100 percent virtualised environments and deliver instantaneous and cloud-based recovery through a single solution. As part of the new release, Symantec transformed Backup Exec\u2019s user interface and configurability to provide a<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=18849\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18852,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18849\/revisions\/18852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}