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Tolly Group Report Comparing Symantec to CommVault Simpana 8 in VMware Environments
05/25/2009
Symantec backup and recovery solutions reduce the time required to restore virtual environments or files in VMs by up to 99% over CommVault.
Tolly Group Report Comparing Performance of Backup Exec, NetBackup and EMC NetWorker Data Protection of VMware Environments
05/17/2009
Symantec backup & recovery solutions reduce the time required to backup virtual environments by up to 350% over EMC NetWorker by eliminating the need to perform file and folder level backups.
Infostor, “VTLs: Going beyond data de-dupe”
03/01/2009
Virtual tape libraries (VTLs) have come of age, solidifying their position as a preferred technology for tackling backup windows and data growth. A recent survey of 114 North American IT professionals conducted on behalf of InfoStor by the TechValidate research firm indicates that most users place VTLs on a pedestal when compared to tape libraries. …. Also new is the availability of the OST Option, which turns FalconStor’s VTL into a native storage target for Symantec’s Veritas NetBackup 6.5. The Symantec OST API provides a common interface to third-party disk targets, allowing NetBackup software to treat any NAS or VTL target as disk, eliminating the need for a VTL interface in NetBackup environments.
Infostor, “VTLs: Going beyond data de-dupe”
04/29/2009
Symantec Corp.'s Veritas NetBackup and Enterprise Vault will eventually share a common interface and policy structure, and most of the company's software products will be available as a service within five years, said new CEO and president Enrique Salem at Storage Networking World (SNW).
DCIG (blog), “NetBackup OST Delivers Unexpectedly Good Results; User Testifies to Amazing Gains in Backup Performance”
05/18/2009
…A recent round table moderated by ESG's Lauren Whitehouse and attended by representatives from Data Domain, FalconStor, Quantum and Symantec took some time to explain both what purpose that OST serves and how companies are leveraging OST on their devices to improve the performance of their backups.
ESG Data Protection Brief: "Next Generation Data Protection with NetBackup 6.5"
06/01/2007
Lauren Whitehouse writes "In releasing its latest iteration of NetBackup, Symantec has made good on its promise to innovate around the use of disk as a major component of the backup process... However, NetBackup's role as the framework for a unified recovery platform could be its most significant advancement yet."

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Securing, Managing, and Recovering in a Windows Server 2008 Environment
04/01/2008
Microsoft’s biggest server release in five years happened in February when Windows Server 2008 became available. Windows Server 2008 boasts many new features that expand beyond its predecessor (Windows Server 2003), and includes built-in Web and virtualization technologies and more
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