Market Leading Data Protection Platform Unifies Disk-Based Data Protection Technologies

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the availability of the latest release of Veritas NetBackup, the market-leading enterprise data protection solution(1). Announced in June at Symantec's Vision 2007 annual user conference, NetBackup 6.5 offers the industry's only platform to unite leading next-generation data protection offerings including tape, virtual tape libraries (VTLs), disk backup, data deduplication, continuous data protection (CDP), snapshots and replication.

With Veritas NetBackup 6.5, Symantec is now delivering on the first technology pillar of its Storage United business initiative which helps enterprises address their most pressing storage challenges with a unified, software-oriented approach. Building further on this initiative, Symantec unveiled the second pillar of Storage United with the Aug. 1 announcement of Veritas CommandCentral Storage 5.0, a next-generation storage resource management (SRM) solution.

"NetBackup 6.5 puts disk right at the heart of NetBackup," said Matt Kixmoeller, senior director, product management, Symantec. "By providing a platform that can manage all of today's innovative data protection technologies, NetBackup 6.5 allows customers to continue to leverage tape, while also giving them flexibility to take full advantage of a number of next-generation data protection technologies such as replication, snapshots, CDP and deduplication."

NetBackup 6.5 Delivers Next Generation Data Protection Platform

NetBackup 6.5 now provides customers with a single platform for integrated end-to-end management of heterogeneous data protection technologies. The NetBackup platform offers enterprises unprecedented choice and flexibility to select best-of-breed technologies in replication, snapshots, CDP, data deduplication, encryption, virtual tape and traditional tape - either from Symantec or leading third-party vendors. New features and enhancements in NetBackup 6.5 include extensive disk-based backup capabilities, data deduplication, granular recovery for VMware, deep integration with intelligent backup appliances and VTLs, heterogeneous snapshot management and innovative new licensing and pricing programs.

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