Symantec Launches Backup Exec 2014 In India

Symantec announced the availability of Backup Exec 2014 which delivers powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use backup and recovery to protect virtual, physical and hybrid infrastructures. Featuring improved performance, increased visibility, simplified management, and support for the latest operating systems and applications*, Backup Exec 2014 is a faster and stronger** backup solution than its previous versions.

“To help build Backup Exec 2014, Symantec sourced feedback from approximately 3,700 customers and partners worldwide who participated in a beta program. This feedback helped us do our homework in understanding what customers and partners really want in a backup and recovery solution,” said Tarun Kaura, Director, Technology Sales, India, Symantec. “With more than 2 million Backup Exec customers worldwide and a set of new product features built from the feedback of our customers and partners, Symantec is set to leap ahead in the backup and recovery market in India.”

Backup Exec 2014 flexibly protects mixed virtual and physical architectures in a single solution that backs up to virtually any storage device and achieves fast, efficient, and versatile recovery. Traditional, complex and point backup and recovery solutions can be inefficient, time consuming, and expensive to manage. Through intuitive wizards and insightful dashboards, Backup Exec 2014 is easy to implement, use and manage – whether organizations are upgrading from a previous version or switching from an alternative solution.

Talking about Backup Exec 2014, Amit Vyas, Vice President at Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic Pvt. Ltd. said, “We make sure that each of our customers gets the best technology on the market to protect their data. Backup Exec is the only backup solution we are aware of that includes integrated source and target deduplication which significantly reduces storage requirements.”

Enterprises today are struggling to back up their information in a way that is quickly recoverable and accessible in case of emergency. Symantec helps companies simplify and speed up backup and processes by solving for the complexity around multiple environments, more data, and virtualization.