| Microsoft introduces Data Protection Server
Yesterday at the Storage Decisions 2004 conference, Microsoft Corp. announced that it is entering the disk-based backup and recovery industry with Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS), a low-cost, continuous, disk-based backup and recovery solution. Designed to address the growing need for businesses of all sizes to easily recover data, Microsoft says that Data Protection Server will simplify and reduce the backup and recovery process. DPS is designed to “provide robust data protection for the Windows Server System family, reducing complexity and improving operational efficiency for Windows customers”. More than 20 storage industry partners also announced their support for Data Protection Server and their intent to work with Microsoft to provide customers with a broad choice of Windows-based storage solutions. "Customers are telling us that backing up and recovering their data is labour-intensive and complex. Exponential growth of business critical data and new government regulations are increasing the cost and complexity of backup and recovery, forcing companies to rethink their data protection planning," said Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Windows Server Division at Microsoft. "Data Protection Server has garnered broad industry support because it will help customers of all sizes shrink their recovery time from hours to minutes and drive down the cost of maintaining storage infrastructures."
•Date:
21st September 2004 • Region: N.America/World •Type:
Article •Topic: IT
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