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EMC to Deliver Comprehensive Data Protection for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager

(Nov 17, 2007)-- EMC announced that EMC’s flagship backup and recovery solution -- EMC NetWorker – will integrate with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 to provide customers with a feature-packed and easy-to-use data protection solution capable of supporting both Windows and non-Windows environments. In addition, EMC further adds enterprise data protection capabilities by offering tested and documented best practices for using EMC CLARiiON networked storage systems with DPM 2007. These new integrations advance EMC’s solution-centric approach of hardware, software and services, offering customers of all sizes information management and storage solutions optimized for their Microsoft environments.

Through integration with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services, NetWorker will be able to provide backup and restore functions for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 server with assured consistent, fast and effective recovery. Combined with current NetWorker backup support for other operating environments, this provides customers with a unified backup solution for any type of data residing on heterogeneous computing and application environments.

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 delivers continuous data protection for Microsoft Windows applications and file servers and includes an integrated secondary disk and tape solution on the Data Protection Manager server. With NetWorker integration, customers can work with a range of protection capabilities – including backup-to-disk and data de-duplication – to match the right backup technology to the right service level for any application – all orchestrated within one easy-to-use and manage backup application.

“Microsoft is committed to providing storage solutions that set the bar for affordability, scalability and ease-of-use, with a focus on the most commonly used servers and applications in enterprises such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows Server and MicrosoftSharePoint Portal Server,” said Bala Kasiviswanathan, director of branch and storage solutions division at Microsoft. “We are pleased to be working with EMC to support NetWorker integration with Data Protection Manager 2007 to provide customers an enterprise-wide backup and recovery solution with a single point of management, which blends continuous data protection and tape-based backups for disaster recovery.”

EMC NetWorker protects critical enterprise applications at record speed and with its easy to use user interface and policy-based backup engine helps automate and simplify the entire backup and recovery process. In addition, advanced backup-to-disk and snapshot management provide instant data protection and rapid recovery.

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