CommVault Systems Announces Advanced Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange 2000 With Galaxy Enterprise 2000 Storage Management Solution.

Business/Technology Editors

OCEANPORT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000

CommVault's Next-Generation Data and Storage Management Software

Solution Delivers Highly Granular Backup and Recovery Functionality

for Microsoft Exchange 2000

CommVault Systems Inc.(R), a leading provider of enterprise data and storage management software solutions for heterogeneous computing environments, today announced immediate support for Microsoft Exchange 2000 with its advanced data and storage management software solution, CommVault(R) Galaxy(TM) Enterprise 2000. Establishing a new industry standard for reliable, flexible data protection, the Galaxy Enterprise 2000 software suite enables automated backup and recovery of new Exchange 2000 features, such as Storage Groups, while delivering direct online individual message recovery within or across Information Stores to ensure higher availability of critical Exchange 2000 information. Additionally, the product's database-level backup and recovery delivers superior performance to meet tight `backup windows' for even the largest Exchange Information Stores.

Because Exchange messaging systems have become the defacto `filing cabinet' for users, employing the right data protection strategy is vital. In the August/September 2000 issue of Exchange and Outlook magazine, single mailbox recovery is cited as one of the most desired capabilities by Exchange end users. The CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 software greatly reduces the administrative overhead usually associated with individual mailbox recovery by offering context-based `browse' and `search' presented in an Outlook style interface, coupled with the ability to individually recover mailboxes, folders, messages, notes, journal, and calendar items. These features allow administrators to quickly locate the correct data and rapidly restore it without having to know which tape pool the data was written to. Additionally, by eliminating the requirement for standby servers to recover individual Exchange items, Galaxy Enterprise 2000 reduces customers' hardware investment and accelerates customers' deployment of enterprise messaging and collaboration solutions based on Exchange 2000.

Distinguishing features of Galaxy for Exchange 2000 include:

--True single instance storage for Mailbox/Message level backup

--Ability to restore Exchange 5.5 mailboxes and messages into Exchange 2000

--Mailbox browse per Exchange server, not by Information Store or Storage Group, for ALL mailboxes per server

--Restore an individual message, folder, mailbox, database and Storage Group, on-line without affecting others.

--Auto-Discover of Mailbox ID reduces configuration time and captures new users to system for more accurate backup,

--Easy select/deselect backup of mailboxes & folders

--Enterprise wide mailbox management from a single GUI 

"The improved reliability, scalability and reduced operational costs for Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 servers will be a `big step' toward meeting our uptime goals," said Ron Talent, division manager of network, server, and desktop administration, County of Fresno. "Just as important is a robust, centralized storage management solution for our entire heterogeneous (Windows and UNIX) environment. We chose CommVault Galaxy because of its fast, granular recovery capabilities. Without CommVault, we couldn't deploy Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 as quickly as we are."

Building on its reputation for pioneering advanced backup and recovery solutions for Microsoft Exchange, including receipt of Windows NT Magazine's 1999 `Product Of The Year', CommVault continues its record of offering innovative data and storage management functionality for Exchange 2000. As a testament to CommVault's first-class data protection for Exchange environments, the Galaxy Enterprise 2000 software is the backup and recovery solution currently employed at Microsoft's own primary Exchange development lab.

"CommVault is proud to be working closely with Microsoft to provide customers with a highly flexible and reliable data protection strategy for their Exchange 2000 environments," said Larry Cormier, vice president of marketing, CommVault Systems. "We are confident that CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 offers a backup and recovery solution for Exchange 2000 that address customer's business needs. It enables customer's to leverage the full power of this tremendous messaging application while unlocking the value of their investment."

"With the launch of Exchange 2000, CommVault has again applied their proven storage management expertise for Microsoft Exchange to provide a valuable complement that addresses our customers' need for enterprise class data protection," said Stan Sorensen, group product manager, Server Applications at Microsoft. "CommVault is tightly focused on extending the reliability and manageability of our customers' Exchange 2000 messaging and collaboration infrastructure by delivering innovative backup and recovery functionality."

Key business benefits of the Galaxy solution for Exchange 2000 are:

1. Assists in realizing a quicker return on investment by reducing hardware investment and administrative overhead associated with a robust data protection solution,

2. Reduces downtime associated with recovering critical information,

3. Improves availability of Exchange 2000 data, ensuring end users are more productive.

CommVault's Galaxy Enterprise 2000 product is a fully-integrated enterprise storage management solution built from the ground up on Microsoft's Windows platform and designed specifically for centrally managing applications within large heterogeneous computing environments. By presenting a logical interface for viewing and managing data and storage resource information, the CommVault Galaxy solution eliminates many of the management difficulties that traditional backup and recovery products encounter due to their physical device orientation. The Galaxy software lets administrators transparently browse and access backed up data spread across many logical storage resources--making the recovery of vital information easier and faster.

Pricing and Availability

CommVault Galaxy for Exchange 2000 is generally available and pricing begins at $2,500 for each Exchange server protected.

About CommVault Systems

CommVault Systems, Inc. (R) is a worldwide leader in providing enterprise-wide storage management solutions for client/server environments. The company's singular focus is creating and implementing fast, reliable, and easy-to-use storage management solutions to meet customer's 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 [phone]. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.

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