Global OEM Partnership Delivers Support for New Advances in Virtual Server Protection, Global Embedded De-Duplication, and Enhanced Data Protection for Enterprise and Midmarket Customers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and OCEANPORT, N.J. — May 12, 2009 — Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, and CommVault (NASD: CVLT) today announced the Hitachi Data Protection Suite 8.0, powered by CommVault. Available immediately from Hitachi Data Systems, this software is part of the integrated data protection solutions portfolio and includes enhancements in recovery operations, simplified license management, and remote office protection as well as new advances in virtual server protection, data de-duplication, recovery management and content organization. The Hitachi Data Protection Suite 8.0, powered by CommVault leverages the CommVault® Simpana® 8.0 software suite and reinforces the longstanding OEM partnership between Hitachi Data Systems and CommVault.
“The Hitachi Data Protection Suite 8.0 can help solve customer data protection challenges with one platform, one common technology engine, one dashboard in one comprehensive solution," said Eric-Jan Schmidt, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. “By combining industry leading Hitachi storage systems and CommVault's sophisticated data management software, we continue to build upon the worldwide success of our partnership to deliver a fully unified solution to our customers.”
Organizations of all sizes are striving to improve their data protection operations. Rapidly growing data volumes, shrinking backup windows, and increasing demands for data availability are driving the demand for enhanced solutions. The new Hitachi Data Protection Suite, powered by CommVault provides organizations a holistic data management solution that helps them protect critical information, reduce storage CAPEX and OPEX, reclaim primary storage space, improve service level agreements and provide a higher level of business continuity.
“Our biggest software release to date, CommVault's Simpana 8.0 software is built on a singular, unified platform,” said Dave West, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, CommVault. “With the new features and backup and recovery performance enhancements in CommVault Simpana 8, Hitachi Data Protection Suite 8.0 can help IT professionals reduce the amount of data under management, address the growing cost of storage management and simplify the operations of their storage environments.”
Key enhancements of the Hitachi Data Protection Suite 8.0 include:
Web Resources
For more information on Hitachi Data Protection Suite 8.0 visit:
http://www.hds.com/products/storage-software/data-protection-suite.html
For more information on Simpana version 8, visit: http://www.commvault.com/products.html
To see what Hitachi Data Systems Christophe Bertrand, Senior
Director of Platform Product Marketing is saying about the new
platform, visit Christophe's Corner: http://blogs.hds.com/christophe/
Read CommVault's Vice President of Marketing and Business
Development David West's blog on the extended OEM partnership with
Hitachi Data Systems, visit: http://news.commvault.com/DavidWest/
Follow Hitachi Data Systems on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HDScorp
Follow CommVault on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CommVault
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage
Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically
provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via
industry leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. With over
4,000 employees, and as an integral part of the Hitachi Storage
Solutions group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage
infrastructure platforms, storage management software, and storage
consulting services through direct and indirect channels in over
170 countries and regions. Its customers include nearly 60 percent
of the top 100 companies on the Fortune 500®. For more
information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT/TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a
leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000
employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008)
consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.2 billion).
The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services
in market sectors including information systems, electronic
devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products,
materials, logistics and financial services. For more information
on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hitachi.com.
About CommVault
A singular vision – a belief in a better way to address
current and future data management needs – guides CommVault
in the development of Singular Information Management®
solutions for high-performance data protection, universal
availability and simplified management of data on complex storage
networks. CommVault's exclusive single-platform architecture gives
companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk.
CommVault's Simpana® software suite of products was designed
to work together seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single
code and common function set, to deliver superlative Data
Protection, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource Management
capabilities. More companies every day join those who have
discovered the unparalleled efficiency, performance, reliability,
and control only CommVault can offer. Information about CommVault
is available at www.commvault.com. CommVault's corporate
headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United
States.
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Hitachi Data Systems
Carli Ghelfi
(408) 327-4024
carli.ghelfi@hds.com
CommVault
Dani Kenison
(732) 728-5370
pr@commvault.com
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