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Symantec IMG is hosting Gestalt IT’s Tech Field Day #7 event in Austin on Thurs., Aug. 11 at 10:30 am CT where we will engage a dozen industry bloggers, independent thought leaders and key influencers and provide a technical overview of our new NetBackup and Backup Exec appliances.

Today, Symantec announced its appliance strategy to provide customers with choice in how they deploy its leading data protection and storage management solutions.  With massive data growth frustrating storage and backup professionals, simplicity has become a critical element of the IT infrastructure.  The appliances allow organizations to quickly deploy Symantec technology to red

We recently surveyed 1,680 IT pros and legal executives in 26 countries to find out how their companies are managing their information stores. Or should I say not managing their information stores.  Eight-seven percent of the respondents admit they recognize the need for an information management plan, but less than half of them have actually implemented one.

Earlier this month, Symantec Backup Exec 2010 was recognized as the Best of Tech·Ed 2010 award winner by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine at the Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2010 IT Pro Conference in New Orleans.  Backup Exec 2010 was awarded the top honor in the backup and recovery category based on its innovation, strategic importance to the ma

Gartner, Inc. recently released its 2009 Magic Quadrant for Email Active Archiving report (Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Email Active Archiving” by Carolyn DiCenzo and Kenneth Chin. May 19, 2009) and positioned Symantec in the leaders quadrant.

MSExchange.org recently announced the winners of its Reader’s Choice Awards and Symantec Backup Exec came out on top in the Backup and Recovery category.  Backup Exec for Windows Servers was the clear winner with 38% of the votes. This is the second consecutive year where MSExchange.org readers voted for Backup Exec as the best solution for protecting their data.

TechTarget’s SearchDataBackup.com published an article this week comparing backup software and their integration w

eWeek Channel Insider released its “10 Best Products of the Year” article and named Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 as the

Symantec released its annual Disaster Recovery survey today and the global results are in. Here are a few interesting survey results that caught my eye: