WAYS TO SOLVE YOUR DATA MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES

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IN TODAY’S CLIMATE OF UNPRECEDENTED DATA GROWTH.

Compounding this are data center consolidation, cloud and server

virtualization initiatives, growing pressures for regulatory compliance and greater workforce mobility. Each of these are complicating data management approaches as IT organizations struggle to keep up with business demands.

CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO BACKUP AND RECOVERY ARE FAILING

To Help, Here Are 10 Strategic Ways To Solve Your Data Management Challenges . . .

1DITCH THE TAPEThe limitations of legacy approaches and point products, often including tape-based

backups, cause unnecessary complexity and break recovery SLAs (or requirements). By

eliminating the headaches of tape-only backup strategies and adopting a modern data

protection approach you can speed recoveries, improve your backup success rate, and

LOWER COSTS BY AS MUCH AS 50%.

2AUTOMATE YOUR BACKUPSEven when traditional backups are automated to some extent, a staff member

usually has to spend time managing or working with the backups due to limited

capabilities, scripting or lack of integration with new tools. A modern, secure backup

and recovery environment properly automates the process WITH A SINGLE, ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTERFACE.

3MANAGE REDUNDANT DATAModern data protection strategies should be global in nature, instead of operating

in silos, and eliminate redundant data at the source, never transmitting it over the

network. By using software-based, source-side deduplication you WILL REDUCE YOUR

NETWORK TRAFFIC FROM BACKUPS BY AS MUCH AS 90% to maximize

efficiency while still ensuring security and recoverability.

4SNAP to it

By linking hardware array-based snapshot

technology to backup processes, DATA PROTECTION BECOMES FASTER. Yet, beware. Native array snapshot tools vary in their functionality

and complexity. Consider snapshot technology that combines deep

application awareness and broad hardware compatibility together in

a single console to help recover applications faster, maximize your

hardware investments and eliminate your backup window.

5VIRTUALIZE FEARLESSLYWith the increasing prevalence of virtualization, your data protection strategies need

to be equally virtual. By selecting a modern solution that will support your desire to

increase the scale and resiliency of your virtual machines you can REALIZE THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF YOUR VM ENVIRONMENT while minimizing

manual processes and the performance impact your data protection processes have

on production hosts.

6GET INSIGHTFUL

Without access to actionable

information you likely won’t have all

the insight you need to make informed

decisions about your data and

information management processes.

Be sure that your data protection

solution offers comprehensive

reporting and analytics – built in – so

that you can best understand your

utilization, success rates, and data

profile to plan and to

ACHIEVE

OPERATIONAL

EXCELLENCE.

Consider the efficiency you

could net if you could

deliver backup and archive

together. Rather than

invest in multiple solutions,

consider an option that will perform it all in a

single, efficient step. Converge the processes

for backup, archive and reporting all

FROM A SINGLE DATA COLLECTION AND COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE. And only keep what is important. This helps to

solve massive file and email growth problems and

the associated challenges of protecting, managing

and accessing this data to deliver business value.

DO IT ONCE

8BE PREPAREDApplication outages. Data loss. THE COSTS CAN BE CRIPPLING. Be disaster-recovery ready with a solution that delivers integrated array-based

replication management and efficient transport to other sites. This will deliver assured

business continuity and give you peace of mind during any outage – planned or

unplanned. For extra extensibility, consider a solution that is also optimized for cloud

infrastructures, both private and public.

Mobility and BYOD initiatives are driving the need for a more “people-centric IT.”

With this transformation comes greater complexity, increased helpdesk strain and

security concerns. Consider a data and information management solution that will

give your workforce the self-service access when, and how, they want it while giving

YOU CONTROL, SECURITY AND DISCOVERY.

9EMPOWER YOUR WORKFORCE

Achieve all of these strategies in one, single solution:

CommVault® Simpana® software. A single platform built

from the ground up on a unified code base, Simpana

software delivers a much-needed holistic method for

PROTECTING, MANAGING, AND ACCESSING DATA. It delivers the modern approach that will solve data

management challenges once and for all.

SINGLE PLATFORM DATA PROTECTION10

A PLATFORM

FOR THE FUTURE5 WAYS TO MEET TODAY’S DATA MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES WITH A SINGLE PLATFORM

It’s a good time to build for the future by putting into place a data backup and recovery, retention, search and access platform that is designed from the beginning as a holistic, fully integrated system. It will provide you the security and efficiency you need to serve your organization’s many needs and support ever-increasing demands without adding complexity.

To learn more about Simpana software, and how it will enable your modern data protection strategy, please visit commvault.com.

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