Devon & Cornwall Police Secures Data with CommVault Simpana Software.- England's Largest Geographic Police Constabulary Selects CommVault Simpana Backup and Archive Software to Help Ensure Business Continuity and Maximize Information Availability - READING, Berkshire Coordinates: Reading is a large town, unitary authority area (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in Berkshire, England. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the -- CommVault (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CVLT CVLT California Verbal Learning Test ): * The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Devon and Cornwall Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England and the unitary authorities of Plymouth, Torbay and the Isles of Scilly. , covering the largest geographical police area in England, has selected CommVault[R] Simpana[R] software to help adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. strict compliance legislation and ensure 24x7 access to sensitive citizen and local authority data. * The responsibility of two counties and a seasonal influx of visitors causes the population to swell from about 1.5 million people to 8 million during the summer months. As with any police force, there is a need for long-term, secure storage for highly sensitive Adj. 1. highly sensitive - readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated" and important information, all required 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. When combined with the additional need to adhere to regulations including the Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information requests, the efficient management and protection of data is critical. * The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary is replacing its existing data protection infrastructure with CommVault software to gain a more flexible, scalable solution to help maximize business uptime and information availability, while streamlining the ability to manage and maintain its backup infrastructure. A review of its existing infrastructure showed that it could not cope with the existing data loads and management requirements, let alone the requirements of new projects such as new fingerprinting techniques and the associated dramatically increasing data loads. * To overcome these challenges, the Constabulary will deploy Simpana software to minimize the number of products under management and therefore its administrative overhead. Using CommVault Backup and Archive software will enable the Constabulary to also enhance service levels and drive down the overall cost of storage and administration. * To continue to operate within guidelines for 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. , the Constabulary needs to reflect a strong business continuity strategy. Using CommVault Backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. , the Constabulary can test for disaster and has means to recover quickly and seamlessly from unscheduled outage. The Constabulary will gain the confidence of increased uptime, as well as continuous availability and easy access to documents, files and other materials. Supporting Quotes * "Backup and recovery is a key business issue for the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, and CommVault has helped simplify the process for us. We now have just one system to manage, instead of the previous five. CommVault's Singular Information Management[R] approach offers technology that is easier to manage, control and scale, which gives us substantial operational and cost benefits," said Malcolm Waite, project leader for the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. * "We had a number of issues with our existing vendor which were proving difficult to solve. Product support was extremely poor, and the time-to-fix on problems was slow. The infrastructure team was spending more and more time resolving issues and discrepancies between the backups and the backup reports - the team would often find that backups carried out from tapes hadn't been completed successfully, even though the 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 had reported they were. A revolutionary change was needed and we identified CommVault as the best partner to work with. Deploying the Simpana software will give us a single backup and archive infrastructure, managed from a single point. This will, for the first time, give us confidence in our backups and allow us to take control of data management," continued Waite. * "The reputation of CommVault and our Simpana software is now widely recognized across the industry as a compelling alternative to existing data management solutions. CommVault Simpana is reliable, has lower resource requirements The components of a system that are required by software or hardware. It refers to resources that have finite limits such as memory and disk. In a PC, it may also refer to the resources required to install a new peripheral device, namely IRQs, DMA channels, I/O addresses and memory and helps users provide a more superior experience to their customers and constituents," added Steven Rose Steven P. Rose (born July 4 1938 in London, United Kingdom) is a Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and University of London. Rose studied biochemistry at King's College, University of Cambridge and neurobiology at Cambridge and the Institute of Psychiatry. , vice president of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. for CommVault. Supporting Resources * Learn about the CommVault Simpana software suite * Read about more customer deployments of Simpana software * Read the CommVault Whitepaper, "Best Practices for Switching Your Backup Software" * CommVault has been rated "Positive" in the Gartner MarketScope for Enterprise Backup/Recovery Software, 2008. Read the report * Read the CommVault Customer Survey: Data Validation In computer science, data validation is the process of ensuring that a program operates on clean, correct and useful data. It uses routines, often called validation rules, that check for correctness or meaningfulness of data that are input to the system. and User 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). * CommVault Customer Gilbane Builds Solid Enterprise Foundation for Business Continuity * CommVault Customer Blessing Hospital Recognizes Simpana 7.0 as Best Prescription for Maintaining Data Availability and Compliance About CommVault A singular vision -- a belief in a better way to address current and future data management needs -- guides CommVault in the development of Singular Information Management[R] solutions for high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of data on complex storage networks. CommVault's exclusive single-platform architecture gives companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk. CommVault's Simpana[R] software suite of products was designed to work together seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single code and common function set, to deliver superlative Data Protection, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource Management capabilities. More companies every day join those who have discovered the unparalleled efficiency, performance, reliability, and control only CommVault can offer. Information about CommVault is available at www.commvault.com. 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. (cvlt-cs) Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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