Symantec Finally Also Launching SaaS

Symantec Corp. is delivering on its vision of easy-to-use,
software as a service offerings for small and mid-sized businesses with
the general availability of two Symantec Protection Network services.
Symantec Online Backup provides customers with secure, reliable, online
backup and recovery capabilities based on Symantec’s proven data
protection technology, at a cost-effective price point.

Symantec Online
Storage for Backup Exec is integrated with Backup Exec 12, the industry
standard in Windows data protection, creating the market’s first hybrid
software as a service solution. Backup Exec customers can now
immediately protect their critical data both onsite and offsite, for a
total disaster recovery solution.

“Symantec Online Backup provides us with a good alternative to
purchasing, configuring and maintaining an on-premises solution, which
is a big benefit given our limited IT staff resources ,” said Blou
Baker, network administrator, Tucker Rocky Distributing. “With Symantec
Online Backup, we have a way to backup and protect our information
online, strengthening our existing backup and recovery strategy and
reducing the burden of dealing with tapes.”

Disaster recovery and data management continue to be two of the
toughest challenges facing small and mid-sized businesses today and
many businesses may not even be performing regular back-ups. Symantec
Online Backup offers businesses added protection and peace of mind by
backing up critical information to expertly managed, reliable data
storage maintained in Symantec-operated data centers. In addition,
businesses have the flexibility to browse their data files, manage
their protection settings and initiate restores from anywhere via an
easy-to-use web browser interface over the Internet.

"It is essential that we have redundant, reliable backup solution
for mobile users and remote office staff. While we need
enterprise-class protection, we have a small IT staff so our backup
solution must also be easy to manage. In the past, this combination has
been difficult to find,” said Christopher Booth, information technology
director, Telsco Industries dba Weathermatic. “Symantec Online Backup
requires no up-front investment in hardware or software and provides us
with a highly reliable backup solution that can easily fit into our
existing IT data backup policies.”

With Symantec Online Storage for Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12 users
can manage off-site storage for their backups from within Backup Exec
and extend their disaster recovery capabilities. For the first time,
businesses can use a single offering to backup and store data onsite
with tape or disk and also securely store a copy of their data online
for disaster recovery. Backup Exec customers can build upon their
existing investments and back up processes while addressing the
challenges of tape proliferation and complex onsite and offsite tape
management. In addition, customers have the ability to tailor Symantec
Online Storage for Backup Exec to meet their specific needs for storage
capacity and data retention.

“Software as a service is very compelling for our customers and we
look forward to expanding our portfolio of offerings with Symantec
Protection Network”, said Dave Irvine, president, Irvine Consulting
Services, Inc. “Symantec’s brand and reputation in security and
availability coupled with their strong history of working with Symantec
as a reseller, makes this a very attractive opportunity for Irvine
Consulting Services, Inc.”

Symantec Protection Network is designed to provide a suite of IT
infrastructure technologies via one platform with a common user
experience, allowing customers to simplify IT administration and focus
on running their businesses. Customers will have the simplicity of a
single portal and registration, consolidated billing and one common
customer support model. In addition, customers will benefit from
Symantec’s strong history in providing technology solutions and online
services. The Symantec Protection Network platform has also been fully
audited by an independent third party to meet the industry leading
standard of SAS70 Type II.

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