CommVault Simpana Receives Windows Server 2008 Certification

The CommVault Simpana 7.0 software suite is now certified for Microsoft’s most advanced Windows Server operating system, Windows Server 2008.

This latest certification helps ensure that joint CommVault and Microsoft customers upgrading to the newest 64-bit architecture will be able to confidently take advantage of the powerful Web, virtualization, security and management enhancements in Windows Server 2008, and still protect, access and restore older information stored on previous versions of the Microsoft operating system. This ‘Release Independence’ capability provides Simpana software users better management of their investments in Windows, Exchange Server and Office SharePoint Server.

With industry analysts estimating that the worldwide deployments of Windows Server 2008 will grow to 2.5 million by the end of 2009, global enterprises will now be better able to meet regulatory requirements for data retention and availability on Windows Server 2008 and previous versions by using CommVault Simpana software.

Built, tuned and certified on the Windows platform, CommVault Simpana software provides comprehensive data management that enables customers to backup, restore, archive and deploy file level deduplication capabilities. IT administrators can also manage content specific data within the enterprise, including migration functionality that can assist in migrating data from older versions of Windows, UNIX and Linux to Windows Server 2008.

All certification tests were conducted by VeriTest, the testing division of Lionbridge Technologies. With this certification, the award-winning CommVault Simpana software satisfied Microsoft’s highest application development and testing standards. By migrating their IT infrastructures to Windows Server 2008 protected by Simpana 7.0, customers gain simplified, automated and unified Windows data management.

As part of the Windows Server 2008 certification testing, CommVault software satisfied stringent reliability requirements after it was installed and ran on a 32-processor system. Additionally, CommVault Simpana 7.0 software was installed and ran on a Microsoft Cluster Server and demonstrated that it could support failover to four cluster nodes. During the testing, CommVault’s service and support was also noted for high-quality and responsiveness.

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"Our customers tell us that powerful data management solutions are essential to creating dynamic IT environments. CommVault makes it easier for our customers to manage their Windows Server 2008 IT infrastructure and transparently take advantage of Exchange Server, Office SharePoint Server and the new Windows virtualization features, regardless of the hardware platforms our customers are using in their enterprise," said Ward Ralston, group product manager, Windows Server Group, Microsoft Corp.

"In successfully completing Windows Server 2008 certification through VeriTest, CommVault offers customers a higher degree of confidence in making the purchasing decision for this latest Windows operating system. This ensures that CommVault is certified at the highest level of certification for Windows Server 2008, assuring the highest level of application compatibility," said Ward Ralston, group product manager, Windows Server Group, Microsoft Corp.

"CommVault offers a complete suite of data and information management software to its customers and partners that is certified with Windows Server 2008. With CommVault Simpana, we are meeting customer demand for fast, highly available, scalable, and secure data management solutions that protect, archive, and restore file system and application data across virtually any Windows platform," said Randy De Meno, chief evangelist and Microsoft Partnership for CommVault.