Veritas Backup Exec 16

Backup and recovery software with expanded cloud and virtualization support

Veritas Technologies LLC announced Backup Exec 16 an update to its unified backup and recovery solution for mid-market organizations.

Data in this market segment is expected to rise by 33% in the next three years, according to a recent survey. With budgets remaining flat and business expectations increasing for rapid deployment and return on IT services, mid-market companies are seeking more powerful, flexible, and trusted data protection solutions.

Efficient use of available resources will be crucial to avoid business disruption. Backup Exec 16 helps businesses address data protection challenges, covering all data across cloud, virtual and physical systems - regardless of where it resides. Organizations can also leverage the most current and scalable Microsoft Corp.' infrastructure with Microsoft Azure, Windows Server 2016, and Hyper-V Server 2016.

Features of Backup Exec 16 include:

• Expanded cloud support: Backup Exec 16 streamlines the migration to cloud by offering a single, unified platform that protects data across cloud, virtual and physical infrastructures. Server and service configurations lend Backup Exec the flexibility to protect data in, from, and to the cloud.
• Microsoft cloud infrastructure support: Organizations can leverage the most current and scalable Microsoft Corp. infrastructure with Azure, Windows Server 2016, and Hyper-V Server 2016. Azure components can be protected to provide low-impact, one-pass backup and granular file, folder, and object recovery. The software flexible options support an organization's chosen data protection policy, without dictating terms. End-to-end encryption protocols help ensure security and increase the business' willingness to commit sensitive data to cost-effective public cloud services.
• Performance: Backup Exec allows users to protect their VMware, Inc.' VMs rapidly, with low impact to production performance, while ensuring that individual files can be restored quickly. This patented feature, called 'Instant Granular Recovery Technology' (Instant GRT), allows organizations to meet applications and data recovery goals. Customers can activate VMware VMs after recovery, reducing the amount of time and effort needed to activate copies of protected servers for test, development, troubleshooting, and data recovery purposes. This feature can figure prominently in an organization's ability to recover quickly from a ransomware attack.
• Simplified licensing and purchasing model allows easier consumption: Built for price-sensitive, mid-sized companies that do not have complicated infrastructures or dedicated backup administrators, Backup Exec offers the advantage of company's physical and virtual experience with the ability to protect data through virtual and cloud environments, so that organizations can protect their entire data sets.