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Symantec’s Data Management Portfolio
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FIGURE 2. BIAS TOWARD SINGLE VENDOR DATA PROTECTION SOLUTIONS
Source: Enterprise Strategy Group, 2008
Symantec’s Data Management Portfolio
Symantec is a single-source provider of end-to-end data management solutions. Its portfolio is broad and
deep
—covering data and system protection, archiving, reporting and online services—with many integration
points between products. Symantec excels in delivering market-leading data management solutions to address
the various sizes, budgets, and recovery objectives of
today’s organizations.
Backup Exec
Symantec Backup Exec provides tape-, disk-, and cloud-based protection for small to medium-sized
organizations. With Backup Exec, IT can protect Windows, Linux, and UNIX system data, as well as VMware
and Microsoft server virtualization environments. It has flexible options to protect workloads to meet the desired
RTOs and RPOs, including file-based backup on a scheduled basis and image-level backup on a scheduled or
continuous basis. With its Granular Recovery Technology, Backup Exec can restore specific files or application
elements from database level backups of Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SharePoint databases or
image level backups from virtual machines running on Microsoft and VMware virtualization technologies. GRT
eliminates the need to perform separate file level or individual object level backups, saving time and space.
Organizations have the choice of transporting backup copies offsite for disaster recovery purposes via either tape
media and third-
party logistics or through Symantec Protection Network’s online storage service.
Backup Exec System Recovery
In the event of a system failure or loss, recovering data is only half the solution. It could take hours to days for
replacement hardware to be acquired, the operating system and applications to be installed, and settings to be
configured before that data recovery process can begin. With every hour of downtime costing the company,
having a rapid way to “jump-start” the recovery process is an imperative. That’s where Backup Exec System
Recovery can assist. It rapidly recovers systems to their pre-failure state
—including recovery to dissimilar
hardware. Through an image-level capture of live systems, Backup Exec System Recovery eliminates the need
Very likely. We
would strongly
prefer to
standardize on
one vendor for all
aspects of the data
protection process,
27%
Somewhat likely.
We would prefer to
standardize on
one vendor where
possible, but we
will also
incorporate “best-
of- breed” solutions
from other
vendors, 53%
Not likely. We
would prefer to
implement “best-
of- breed” solutions
from multiple
vendors, 17%
Don’t know, 3%
To the best of your knowledge, how likely is it that your
organization will look to a single vendor to support its data
protection processes?