IBM Expands Data Protection Solutions

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The new data protection solutions will improve business continuity at every level of the enterprise...

IBM has launched a new suite of integrated data protection solutions – Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack software – designed to help customers of all sizes deal with ever-increasing volumes of information. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack software – the first new products resulting from IBM's recent acquisition of FilesX – can provide customers with improved business continuity and comprehensive recovery of data and applications, as well as the ability to address compliance across customer data centers and remote offices.

“The explosion of data coupled with increasing compliance requirements is driving the need for customers of all sizes to retain, protect and recover information,” said Kelly Beavers, director, IBM storage software. “These new solutions complement our existing data protection software portfolio by offering backup and recovery features tailored for remote office and mid-market customers.”

According to IDC, 180 exabytes of digital content was created, captured

, or replicated in 2006 and the number is expected to multiply by 10 times to 1,800 exabytes by 2011. Part of IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager line, the new software expands IBM’s existing enterprise data protection solutions with new capabilities to help protect data that resides outside managed servers, on remote networks. IBM System Storage DS4000 and IBM System Storage DS3000 select models have been added to the suite of storage products intended to integrate with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack to provide SMB customers with comprehensive data recovery and business continuity solutions.

The new products deliver continuous data protection and near-instant recovery of applications, databases, and file servers. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack provides data protection and recovery for applications in data centers or remote branch offices, enterprises and small business customers. Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack can eliminate backup windows by continuously capturing data changes