CommVault Expands Storage Management With Data Availability Software.Business/Technology EditorsOCEANPORT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 -QiNetix Quick Recovery Delivers Ultra-Fast Data Restore Capabilities -- Uses Snapshot Technologies, Like EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. SnapView 2.0, to Virtually Eliminate Application Data Restore Window- CommVault(R) Systems Inc., a provider of unified enterprise data management solutions, today announced QiNetix(TM) Quick Recovery, data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. software. Quick Recovery virtually eliminates application data restore windows by leveraging and managing snapshot technology, like EMC SnapView R2.0 in CX600 enterprises, to create point-in-time Recovery Point-in-time recovery in the context of computers is a system whereby a set of data or a particular setting can be restored or recovered from a time in the past. An example of this is Windows XP's feature of being able to restore operating system settings from a past date (before Volumes on any magnetic disk, allowing administrators to fully recover applications in minutes vs. hours. By implementing Quick Recovery (QR), customers can fine-tune their "up-time" strategy by protecting their application data from corruption, user errors, virus hits and hardware failures. QiNetix Quick Recovery offers a simple, unified interface that easily creates, tracks, administrates and manages point-in-time snapshots of production data for testing, recovery or business continuance reasons. Now, users can schedule snapshots, retire snapshots and manage snapshots from many different snapshot technologies using a single interface. Customers can leverage snapshot technology, like SnapView R2.0 in Clariion CX600 enterprises, from leading storage vendors, like EMC or employ CommVault's software snapshot engine for those storage environments that do not have existing snapshot technologies. Tight integration with the CommVault Galaxy backup solution provides a single view of snapshots, Quick Recovery Volumes and backup copies, letting administrators manage all point-in-time copies as a unified whole. The initial release supports Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. . Additional heterogeneous platform support will be delivered in future releases. Robert T. Bromee, IT Team Leader at Info Systems, Inc. was pleased with Quick Recovery. "The QiNetix Quick Recovery module, combined with our existing Galaxy backup system Noun 1. backup system - a computer system for making backups ADP system, ADPS, automatic data processing system, computer system, computing system - a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage , provides a seamless Exchange data management solution for reliable, granular backups and fast point-in-time recovery -- plus remote DR!" With QiNetix, self-managing storage networks can be created based on business and operational objectives to ensure data safety everywhere, optimize storage usage and organization by managing to predictive outcomes, reduces dependency on human intervention and unify data and storage management under a single, integrated management interface. "Through the EMC Developers Program, CommVault Quick Recovery's integration with SnapView delivers a robust solution that allows customers to leverage their BCVs through Microsoft applications," said Joel Schwartz, senior vice president and general manager, CLARiiON Systems Division, EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. . "With this integration, customers can restore production applications almost immediately, a critical factor in leveraging their EMC software and assuring that their vital business is not interrupted." "CommVault continues to provide value to its customers with its extensive data and storage management expertise," said Chris Baker For more people named Chris Baker, see . Chris Baker is a race car driver born in the United States of America on 29 November 1969. He raced in US Barber Formula Dodge in 2001, and in the Barber Dodge Pro Series from 2002 until 2003. born in houston texas. , lead product manager for Exchange at Microsoft. "With QiNetix Quick Recovery, customers can quickly and efficiently recover enterprise application data." "The delivery of QiNetix Quick Recovery is a powerful leap for CommVault," said Bob Hammer Howard Robert Hammer (* March 3 1930 in Indianapolis) is an US-american jazz musician (pianist and arranger). Hammer studied at the Michigan State University and at Manhattan School of Music before taking private lessons by composer Henry Brant. , president, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , CommVault Systems CommVault Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CVLT) is a United States based company specializing in data and storage management software. Created in 1988 as a development group in AT&T's Bell Labs, the group produced AT&T's in-house backup software, Automatic Backup, Archive and Recovery . "Our in-depth understanding of the storage infrastructure, application data and customer requirements allowed us to leverage snapshot technologies to deliver the fastest data recovery possible. With Quick Recovery, customers can recover from critical application data corruption Data corruption refers to errors in computer data that occur during transmission or retrieval, introducing unintended changes to the original data. Computer storage and transmission systems use a number of measures to provide data integrity, the lack of errors. , user error, virus hits and hardware failures, in minutes, not hours - with far fewer resources than ever thought possible." Quick Recovery delivers the following advantages: -- Allows administrators to fully recover applications in minutes -- Leverages snapshot technology to create images of volumes with minimal disruption to the production host -- Delivers application intelligence -- the Quick Recovery software discovers all volumes associated with the application, letting users protect entire application or just a critical data set -- Enables automatic snapshot operations via the Quick Recovery scheduling engine -- Catalogs the snapshot and tracks the snapshot with details such as current mount point, last mount point, time of snap, and size of volume -- Automatically ages the snapshot based on policy and allows the space to be reclaimed for additional snapshot operations or other uses -- Updates Quick Recovery volumes, incrementally at the block level, once original Quick Recovery volume is created -- Includes CommVault snapshot software for Windows 2000 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. For access to CommVault's "Making ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). a Snap: Leveraging the Power of Snapshot Technology with CommVault's QiNetix Quick Recovery" white paper, please visit the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.commvault.com/mk/get/snap-roi About CommVault Systems CommVault Systems provides unified enterprise data management solutions to ensure high performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of complex storage networks. The company's singular focus is creating and implementing fast, reliable and easy-to-use solutions to meet customers' data management requirements. The company's software products seamlessly ensure the reliable, rapid restoration of files, business-critical applications and today's most popular databases. Information on CommVault is available on the World Wide Web at www.commvault.com or by calling (732) 870-4000. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey Oceanport is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,807. Oceanport was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1920, from portions of Eatontown Township (now in the United States. (c) 2002 CommVault Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CommVault, CommVault Systems logo, CommServe StorageManager, MediaAgent, iDataAgent and CommVault Galaxy are trademarks and in some jurisdictions may be registered trademarks of CommVault Systems, Inc. Other trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All specifications are subject to change without notice. |
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