HP Autonomy Automates and Streamlines Data Protection

HP Autonomy unveiled Autonomy LiveVault
7.7, a cloud-based solution with integrated vSphere support that unifies data protection
and recovery across both virtual and physical environments.

LiveVault 7.7 provides organizations with a fully managed, secure cloud
backup solution that automates, streamlines, and reduces the cost and
complexity of enterprise data protection.

Traditional data protection offerings are often exclusively either cloud or
premise-based and often lack enterprise virtual environment support. This
result in a complex deployment environment with organizations having to
maintain multiple backup and recovery solutions, manage different support
contracts, and train staff on a collection of incompatible data protection
products. These limitations frequently mean organizations must make an
unappealing choice between the agility and economic benefits of cloud
protection versus fully meeting their enterprise backup and recovery
requirements.

LiveVault 7.7 brings enterprise data protection to the cloud by providing
organizations with a single interface from which to manage data protection
across both physical and VMs. This helps organizations reduce costs, simplify
backup management processes, and eliminate the need to have employees trained
on multiple products to protect their environments.

"We are excited about the new
LiveVault 7.7 backup product and HP’s overall commitment to cloud-based
solutions for data protection and recovery," said David Mould, IT operations
manager, Royal National
Institute of Blind People. "We
are impressed with the ease of set-up and are excited to be able to manage both
physical and virtual backups from one web-based interface. This plus the
addition of extensive vSphere support has made LiveVault 7.7 a true enterprise
solution."

"Companies have to protect a new
generation of enterprise data that is exploding across a wide range of
locations, applications, and formats in physical and virtual environments,"
said David Jones, GM, data protection, HP Autonomy. "LiveVault 7.7 provides organizations a comprehensive solution to
protect all of their data, on-premises and in the cloud. This streamlines
operations, reduces the cost of ownership, and delivers fast recoveries while
still providing a secure offsite mirrored copy of data."

LiveVault
7.7 is a component of Autonomy’s Unified Data Protection portfolio, and
includes the following capabilities:

• Integrates with the VMware vStorage API’s for Data Protection (VADP)
  to provide snapshot backups of VMs without requiring extended backup windows or
  downtime.
• Leverages Changed Block Tracking (CBT) to backup over the internet
  to the cloud.
• Uses the same common code base for virtualized environments across both
  on-premise and cloud environments, simplifying support and enabling faster new
  feature enhancement delivery.
• Offers a local on-premises cache (TurboRestore Appliance) for fast backup and
  restore.
• Provides multiple data retention options from 30 days to 7 years, including
  legal hold support.

LiveVault 7.7 is scheduled for availability at the end of September 2013.