Symantec’s unified vision and new array of solutions around its Information Management (IM) offering are propelling customers towards ever greater agility, freedom of choice and the highest levels of security in what is becoming an increasingly complex and disparate IT environment for organizations everywhere.
That was the good news we were able to deliver at a recent webinar for the APJ region where industry analysts gathered to hear how environments spanning both physical and virtual can be better managed using our IM solutions. What we were able to tell everyone was exactly how we are now able to reduce those complexity issues they face every day, supporting our customers as they perform crucial functions around archiving, data protection and backup, and data recovery.
In a world where the move into the cloud is accelerating – public, private and hybrid –customers want to leverage all the advantages this may offer by having the flexibility of running any operating system they choose across their physical and virtual environments. I’m delighted to say that our new technologies highlighted during the webinar will take them on exactly that journey.
Our IM strategy delivers solutions in three key areas: Availability, Protection and Insight. I’d like to take you through the main points in each of these that were key to the webinar – and how they are helping to drive new levels of customer execution and achievement.
Availability – Keeping their businesses ‘Always On’ is a big concern for Symantec customers. The new IM solutions will take data recovery into the public cloud, slashing costs and the complexity of building a physical data recovery site.
Protection – With double digit data growth and shrinking backup windows, the launch of our Backup Exec 2014 is giving customers just what they told us they were after: really powerful backups, more flexibility and even greater ease of use. But what do people think of the new release? During the intensive Beta program – and 11 weeks of data testing – we had this feedback: “This is drastically quicker than previous versions” and “Not one single crash…. Great job!” And that really is very gratifying to us at Symantec.
Insight – A clear view into the data that exits in their environment that is no longer ‘dark’, but instead intelligent, adding value to their business. This is where Enterprise Vault 11 comes in, bringing all the benefits of much more rapid searches (up to 18x faster browsing), more platforms (extending end user archiving into virtually any email platform, on premise or cloud) and higher productivity by reducing the time spent performing daily check activities by up to 45%.
Finally, another part of the solution – discussed in the webinar and hinted at here earlier on – is our DR Orchestrator, targeted at organizations with data centers and seeking a solution in the cloud. What this delivers over and above previous data recovery solutions, I would argue, is threefold: cost effectiveness (massive savings, as you only pay for what you use); reliable and secure: 99.95% uptime, safe transactions (with Microsoft Azure site-to-site VPN); and easier to manage, with fully automated single-click DR.
Our IM portfolio of solutions has a wealth of other great features as well, of course, but space – and your valuable time! But, for a comprehensive view of how they are bringing new levels of performance, productivity, reliability and security to organizations, in and out of the cloud, please take a look at the links within the text. Thank you! If you would like to listen to the recording of the webinar, please contact Sancharini Mazumdar, Asia Pacific & Japan Industry Analyst Relations.