Commvault Teams with Group Logic to Simplify Space Management by
Extending File System Archiving Seamlessly to Mac Systems

December 21, 2009
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Technology Partnership Eases Archiving in Mac-Based and Heterogeneous Environments to Reclaim Valuable Primary Storage, Reduce Backup Windows and Save on Media Costs
OCEANPORT, N.J., Dec 21, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT):

News Facts

  • CommVault and Group Logic, a leading provider of network software solutions, are teaming to extend file archiving to Mac environments for improved space management and storage hardware cost savings.
  • Traditionally, Mac-based organizations generate vast amounts of content-rich, multimedia data that consume expensive primary disk storage. Yet archiving Mac content creates inefficiencies and interference when it comes to moving redundant, legacy or inactive data onto more affordable storage tiers.
  • CommVault and Group Logic are collaborating to address these challenges, to deliver customers an integrated offering that enables Mac computers to utilize CommVault(R) Simpana(R) software to achieve seamless access to archived data across mixed Mac, Windows and Unix environments.
  • Now Simpana software customers can take advantage of heterogeneous archiving to reclaim valuable primary storage capacity by retaining inactive data on more affordable storage tiers. According to Group Logic, its archiving solution can lower overall storage hardware costs by up to 80 percent.
  • The ability to manage heterogeneous archive data under the same storage policies also helps organizations address rapid data growth more efficiently and with less administrative overhead.

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Space Management Gets a Boost from Integrated, Heterogeneous Archiving

  • CommVault and Group Logic have collaborated to offer Mac-based organizations integrated solutions that bring Mac data into the Simpana file-system archiving software while maintaining transparent, simplified data access.
  • Group Logic's ArchiveConnect is a client application that runs on each Mac desktop to ensure the Mac Finder differentiates between online and archived files while treating these archived files as though they were offline in order to avoid unwanted, laborious and time-consuming data recalls.
  • The Simpana software archive module and ArchiveConnect remove the previous archiving restrictions placed on Mac users while elevating end-user productivity and operational efficiencies in heterogeneous environments.
  • As a result, Simpana software customers with mixed Mac and Windows platforms can improve space management and dramatically reduce backup and recovery windows by decreasing the size of primary data volumes.

Supporting Quotes

  • Simon Taylor, Senior Director of Information Access Management, CommVault
    • "We're extremely pleased to work with Group Logic to extend CommVault's world-class archiving and space management capabilities to Mac users. Now, Simpana Archive software customers can reduce both the costs and risks associated with archiving files across mixed Mac and Windows environments. Moreover, they can achieve significant operational improvements as well as economies of scale by archiving to any number of storage tiers and hardware using our centralized management console."
  • Andy Lewis, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Group Logic
    • "There are more and more companies in the marketplace with Mac systems - and they are clamoring for storage management solutions. As a leader in its space, we are very excited to be partnering with CommVault to bring the power of the award-winning Simpana software to our Mac customers, as well as to allow existing and prospective CommVault customers to integrate Macs into their data management strategies and gain the benefits of file system archiving for their mixed environments."
  • Brian Babineau, Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
    • "According to our research, improving end user's access to information and storage resource management are the two primary benefits of file archiving adopters. This partnership and technology integration accelerates those benefits by consolidating valuable, multi platform unstructured information in a single location so it can be stored and managed cost effectively."

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