Data Management Solutions - Backup, Archiving, Storage

White Papers Data Management      Data Retention and Regulatory Compliance      Cisco Energy Efficient Data Center Solutions and Best Practices	Data Loss has a massive impact on your business. The loss of such data, or even the temporary inaccessibility thereof, may threaten your hard-earned competitive position. Conventional backup methodologies are not good enough due to:- Complexities of managing dispersed data across multiple servers Slow read/write speeds High maintenance cost Expensive offsite storage of tape library A data management strategy based on a single platform can transform the way you organize, protect and access business information which delivers unparalleled economic value. By providing consistent data protection, recovery and access capabilities across a storage independent architecture, you can manage the environment effortlessly with automatic policies which will eliminate the need for multiple solutions.

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White Papers The Benefits of Modernizing Your Data Protection      Snapshot Management & Source-side Deduplication are Vital to Modern Data Protection	The modern approach to better manage information assets, recover data and ultimately save money encompasses: Cutting the backup window in half Recovering data and applications almost instantaneously. Transferring 90% less data across the network. Seamlessly extending data protection to the cloud, and back. A Snapshot capability which creates recovery copies without moving a single piece of data Multiple recovery points throughout each day, minimizing the risk to your business and improving service level delivery.

White Papers	An effective Archiving strategy should address the following:- Unified Data Retention – Reduce complexity with a single platform featuring encryption, compression, de-duplication, retention and data aging managed from a simplified interface. Integrated enterprise search, compliance and e-discovery Integrated single pass backup and archive which provides content preserved views of data while taking advantage of storage management features Reduction in Management Costs Provision of analytics and reporting throughout the creation, retention and deletion of all content. Eliminate 90% of redundant data with integrated global de-duplication and compression, saving on network, media and storage costs.

White Papers Top Use-Cases for Replication Demand Integration	Real time Data Replication is crucial for:- Creating replica copies of production data quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively, using a combination of host-based replication and snapshot technologies. Meeting Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives (RPO/RTO) without taking production systems offline. Eliminating the risk of application corruption by recovering your files or applications to a specific point-in-time. Eliminating exposure from site disaster, costly off-site tape storage and lower TCO by leveraging remote or virtual sites for disaster recovery

White Papers Integrated Storage Resource Management for Physical and Virtual Environments	Storage Resource Management (SRM) should provide unparalleled insight into data across file systems, applications, databases and geographies to fulfil the following functions: Monitor and manage physical and virtual storage Integration into backup and archiving operations Optimize storage utilisation Monitor storage consumption and costs Implement tiered storage more easily Reclaim over and under-utilised storage resources Reduce risk and exposure Help save time and money

White Papers Universal Search Yields Maximum Business Value	Any effective Data Management solution should have a powerful search capability in order to:- Simplify speed and reduce the time and cost of enterprise-wide search. Classify, organise and retain information as it moves through the enterprise. View result sets before the retrieval process for maximum efficiencies. Leverage intelligent information mining and workflow to improve collaboration and decision making