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CommVault User Survey

It reveals disaster recovery is an important factor when deploying replication solutions.

Ensuring high data availability and protection is paramount as
organizations face continued concerns over the possibility of natural
or man-made disasters. While enterprises have been making improvements
in disaster recovery and business continuity plans, many businesses are
still at risk. So it comes as no surprise that IT administrators
consider "peace of mind" as one of the primary benefits of adding
replication technology to their disaster recovery plans, according to
findings of a user survey released today by CommVault.

The November 2007 survey, in which CommVault contacted 36 existing customers using its Continuous Data Replicator (CDR) software,
also suggests that there is more to replication than just mirroring for
disaster recovery. Although replicating data can reduce recovery time
and mitigate risk, using replication software can also be invaluable to
IT organizations as they look to reduce overall operational and data
management costs. According to the survey, IT administrators also cited
cost savings in data management operations or remote site personnel as
key benefits of using replication technology.

Furthermore, the convergence of affordable disk
capacity, increased bandwidth and the availability of replication
software can increase an organization’s operational efficiency and
agility. In terms of time spent managing data operations, nearly half
of respondents attributed their use of replication technology to
helping save between two and six hours of operational time, while
almost one-third cited saving six or more hours, on a weekly basis.
While not all IT managers responded to this particular question, we
believe the time savings realized through the use of CommVault’s CDR
software to be a significant factor that drives IT administrators to
select CommVault® technology for use in their data-centers.

"For many companies, disaster recovery means trying
to minimize downtime as they try to restore systems and get them back
online. A better approach is to look at your disaster recovery plan as
part of your overall data management and business strategy,
" said David
West, CommVault’s vice president of Marketing and Business Development.
"This study reveals that the use of technology such as replication,
along with other key data management solutions, can go a long way to
reducing risk and helping IT align itself with business objectives, by
simply ensuring access and availability of business-critical
information and reducing overall operational costs.
"

Companies today are under increased pressure to meet
regulatory requirements for business continuity, information security
and/or electronic records retention. Of those IT administrators
surveyed, 34 percent represent publicly held companies where the issue
of non-compliance is a significant concern. Replication solutions alone
cannot meet companies’ needs for data protection, recovery and
retention. The survey suggests that IT administrators agree, and in order to meet regulatory requirements, two thirds of respondents are
using replication software in combination with other CommVault data
management functionality, including CommVault Data Protection (83 percent) and Data Archival or Migration software (17 percent).

"We believe companies are starting to look for
solutions that integrate data protection, replication, and archiving,
which facilitate lifecycle management and compliance. Companies should
also demand that solutions with these critical components allow
management from a single console to maximize operational efficiency
,"
said Laura DuBois, research director for IDC’s Storage Software group.
"The results from the CommVault survey further validate that a
convergence of backup and replication technologies is taking place.
Those vendors that are leading the pack offer solutions with
heterogeneous platform support and the ability to replicate popular
applications while maintaining data in a consistent state, such as
CommVault’s CDR software
."

Conducted
in November 2007, the CommVault survey polled 36 IT managers in a
21-question online survey to gauge their company’s use of replication
technologies, specifically CommVault’s CDR software. A complete copy of
the survey results is available upon request.


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