Virtualized Edition of EVault for Microsoft Data Protection Manager

i365 Inc., a Seagate company, announced Virtual Edition of EVault for Microsoft Data Protection Manager – an all-in-one backup and recovery appliance that combines DPM’s unified data protection for Windows servers and clients with EVault’s protection for non-Microsoft platforms and cloud connectivity. EVault for DPM Virtual Edition allows customers to deploy EVault for DPM on any hardware they choose.

"When we worked with Microsoft on EVault for DPM to bring a heterogeneous backup solution to market, our key goal was to deliver a plug-and-play solution that gives customers comprehensive protection and an efficient Cloud connection," said George Hoenig, vice president, product operations and services, i365. "With EVault for DPM Virtual Edition, we bring additional deployment flexibility to our customers – and a security-enhanced, reliable backup and recovery solution optimized for virtualized environments."

Originally released as a pre-configured all-in-one solution, EVault for DPM Virtual Edition appeals to a range of businesses that have pre-existing investments in hardware or virtualized IT systems. To fit easily into an organization’s virtualization infrastructure, EVault for DPM Virtual Edition provides a choice of platforms – the product can be deployed within Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware virtual environments. Regardless of the host platform, EVault for DPM continues to provide an heterogeneous disk-based data protection solution that allows IT managers to extend Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 across non-Microsoft platforms and into the cloud, using i365’s EVault data protection software and Cloud-Connected storage solutions infrastructure.

"As a leading global provider of mobile local search and advertising solutions, we need a highly virtualized solution to span across our current architecture and systems. It is great to see that i365 is now offering a virtual appliance in EVault for DPM," said Michael Durance, chief executive officer of Call Genie. "After testing it out, we were impressed by its ease of deployment and best-of-breed protection, and we particularly value the products capability to not only support leading-edge Microsoft applications such as SharePoint 2010, but other non-Microsoft environments such as Linux and Oracle."

EVault for DPM, released in June 2010, is an all-in-one backup and recovery solution that combines Microsoft DPM’s unified data protection for Microsoft Windows servers and applications with EVault’s robust protection for Linux, VMware, IBM i, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Novell Netware, and Oracle databases. Customers have the option to securely and efficiently transfer all backup data, regardless of platform and application, over the wire to the EVault Cloud for offsite disaster recovery protection.

"We originally chose to work with i365 because of EVault’s status in the industry as a stalwart backup and recovery solution across a variety of third-party applications and operating systems," said Kim Akers, general manager for global ISV partners at Microsoft. "i365 and Microsoft continue to demonstrate a commitment to put the best possible software and technology solutions in the hands of any business regardless of pre-existent hardware, infrastructure, or virtualized computing environment or infrastructure."