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EVault Introduces Policy-Based Data Management and Archiving; Support for Tiered Storage Helps Organizations Cost Effectively Manage Data and Meet Compliance Requirements

28 Feb 2006

    EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 28, 2006–EVault, Inc.,
the trusted experts in data protection solutions, today announced the
immediate availability of EVault ArcWare, an archive server that
offers policy-based file archiving. The new offering significantly
expands EVault’s integrated suite of data protection solutions aimed
at the mid market.
    EVault also announced the addition of new policy-based data
management and archiving capabilities, enhancing its flagship EVault
InfoStage online backup and recovery software and EVault ProMail
managed service.
    The combined solutions support file-based archiving of production
servers, tiered storage for long-term archival of backup data, and
email and instant messaging archival for regulatory compliance.
Organizations can free up space on production servers and backup
vaults, minimize backup and recovery times, lower overall operational
and infrastructure costs, and help meet compliance requirements.
    Built on the same proven technology found in EVault InfoStage,
EVault ArcWare offers policy-based file archiving for older, less
frequently accessed files. Featuring a centralized web-based user
interface, EVault ArcWare offers fast deployment and easy remote
access from any computer running Internet Explorer. The server
leverages business rules to archive files from any network-accessible
shared drive, while keeping the data transparently available to users.
End users can easily retrieve archived content without IT involvement
– by double-clicking on a link. EVault ArcWare is fully integrated
with EVault’s InfoStage software, supporting all of the vault
features, including tiered storage.
    “Organizations face a myriad of corporate and regulatory
compliance requirements focused on data retention and preservation,”
said Richard Heitmann, senior director of product marketing at EVault.
“EVault’s new automated, policy-based data management and archiving
solutions help companies address critical business and IT
requirements, while reducing the time, cost and effort associated with
managing and protecting their data.”
    Recent research released by the Enterprise Strategy Group confirms
that organizations will archive massive amounts of unstructured
content, namely work productivity files, to comply with regulations,
satisfy legal discovery requests, and retain pertinent business
records for future reference. The analyst firm estimates that
organizations will archive over 3,000 petabytes of files in 2006
growing to over 19,500 petabytes by 2010. “Because of this,
organizations are deploying tiered storage and sophisticated software
tools to efficiently manage their data and resources,” said Brian
Babineau, an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group. “Policy-based
movement of data throughout its lifecycle and off-site archiving can
help companies improve performance while reducing operational and
storage costs.”
    Enhanced with new policy-based data management and archiving
capabilities, EVault InfoStage now supports multiple classes or tiers
of disk-based storage, and scheduled, policy- based migration among
storage tiers. This enables companies to allocate backup data among
storage tiers within the vault based on the value and relevancy of the
data. The most recent and active backup data can reside on the highest
performance storage, while less active or long term backup data can be
automatically archived to more cost effective storage mediums as the
priority and usage patterns change.
    Additionally, EVault InfoStage now supports Network Attached
Storage (NAS), providing maximum choice and flexibility. An enhanced
management console features optimized workflows and an improved user
interface for ease of use.
    Also infused with these new policy-based data management and
archiving capabilities is EVault ProMail. EVault ProMail now includes
comprehensive logging, archiving, and discovery for instant messages
in addition to email, enabling organizations to meet compliance and
corporate governance requirements without additional investment or
support. The solution also features new pre-defined reporting
capabilities, and user interface enhancements for improved efficiency,
as well as enhanced workflows for improved compliance review and
auditing.

Availability and Pricing

EVault ArcWare, EVault InfoStage and EVault ProMail are available
now. EVault InfoStage base list pricing starts at $16,000, and EVault
ArcWare base pricing starts at $3,000. For EVault’s ProMail outsourced
service, monthly pricing is based on the number of IM accounts, email
mailboxes, amount of data archived, and length of the contract. For
more information, please contact EVault at 877-382-8581.

About EVault

EVault, one of the fastest growing technology companies in
America, and ranked 33rd on Deloitte Technology’s Fast 500 list, is
the trusted expert in online backup and recovery solutions for more
than 7,000 businesses. The American Heart Association, Sodexho and
CUSA Technologies, all trust EVault software and managed services as
the cornerstone of their data protection strategies.
EVault meets the most stringent regulatory and security
requirements with its solutions and services that include backup and
recovery, data and email and instant message archiving, and
professional services for data protection planning, business
continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing. EVault’s
proprietary technology makes it easy to protect and recover critical
data across a broad range of operating systems and applications. By
offering both online services and software products, EVault allows
customers to choose a solution that best suits their business needs.

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