Symantec launches the Backup Exec 3600 appliance in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia – December 13, 2012 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the Australian launch of a new backup and data management appliance, the Backup Exec 3600. An integrated solution that features backup software and storage hardware in the same device, the Backup Exec 3600 appliance is designed to make it easier for businesses to protect their vital information.
According to Symantec’s recent State of Information Survey conducted with 4,506 organisations in 38 countries, the total size of information stored today by all businesses is 2.2 zettabytes and information costs businesses worldwide $1.1 trillion annually.
The survey also revealed that 69 percent of the businesses surveyed had experienced some form of information loss due to human error, hardware failure, security breach, and/or lost or stolen devices. In addition, some 25 percent of respondents were also challenged by the overwhelming growth of information.
With explosive data growth and wide adoption of virtualisation, many organisations are facing more challenges with data backup and recovery as well as higher risks of data loss due to unplanned disruptions such as natural disasters.
“To address these data protection and management challenges, we have launched the Backup Exec 3600 appliance in Australia to provide customers with an all-in-one platform that centralises backup for physical and virtual environments and maximises performance with end-to-end deduplication – all on a pre-configured device supported by Symantec,” said Brenton Smith, vice president and managing director, Pacific region, Symantec.
“The Backup Exec 3600 appliance is designed to help bring better backup to Australian businesses. There’s nothing to configure and users don’t need to worry about integration between hardware and software. The appliance’s policies and settings are designed so organisations can implement expert backup policies without being experts in backup.”
Once operational, the Backup Exec 3600 can store up to 5.5 terabytes of data and does so using RAID 5 technology that ensures data is protected even if a disk drive fails. Off-site backup, or backup to tape, is also possible for businesses which want the extra protection of a copy of their data stored in a separate location.
While many solutions require the IT team to integrate multiple solutions for tape, disk, dedupe, physical, virtual snapshots and backup, Symantec appliances are typically installed in less than 30 minutes and deliver integrated hardware, software and dedupe storage, providing customers with simplicity and performance from one vendor. The Backup Exec 3600 appliance is a modern approach to backup.
The appliance also includes a redundant disk drive of its own, to ensure the Backup Exec software is always operational.
Some additional features include:
- Next Gen Backup User Experience: Changes the way backups are managed by organising them around systems and information. The Backup Exec 3600 appliance’s policies and settings are designed so organisations can implement expert backup policies without being experts in backup.
- Symantec V-Ray: Unites virtual and physical backups to deliver single-pass backups of VMware, Hyper-V and the physical hosts they run on so users can recover virtual machines, applications, databases, files, folders and even granular objects in seconds.
- Free Disaster Recovery Built-In: Integrated bare metal recovery includes Backup-to-Virtual (B2V) and Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) conversion technologies to allow users to recover a failed system to a VMware or Hyper-V guest. All Backup Exec customers who upgrade to BE 2012 have access to this at no cost.
- Tape-Out Support: Backup Exec 3600 appliance has added tape support for additional longer-term or offsite data protection.
- Data Deduplication: Users can protect more data while reducing storage by up to 90 percent and improve backup performance through integrated deduplication and archiving technology.
“This appliance is designed to meet the needs of mid to large sized businesses which want to protect their data,” Smith said. “A mid-sized business with a lot of files to protect will find everything it needs, and so will a larger organisation that needs to protect several virtual servers. Both will find maximum performance, ample capacity and most importantly of all, easy procedures to recover data.”
“That all adds up to better backup, and we believe Australian businesses will appreciate the peace of mind to be able to stop worrying about backup and instead put their energy into using the data stored on this appliance to build their bottom lines,” Smith added.
Better Backup for All and Appliances Momentum
Since launching its Better Backup for All initiative in February:
- In the last 12 months Symantec has seen 1,550 percent growth in new appliance customers and 1,800 percent growth in the number of units shipped.
- Many customers who have purchased Symantec appliances are coming back for more, with sales figures showing 16 percent of purchases have been from repeat customers.
Pricing and Availability
Symantec Backup Exec 3600 appliances are available now in Australia with pricing starting at AUD$15,995. For more information, please visit www.symantec.com/backup-appliance or www.symantec.com/backup-exec-3600-appliance.
About Symantec
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