Symantec introduces Storage Foundation 5.0

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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) announced Veritas   Storage   Foundation   5.0,  the  next  generation  of  its industry-leading  storage management and virtualization technology.  The unique set of solutions will provide IT organizations with unprecedented visibility and control of the diverse server and storage assets in their data  centers,  with  significant  product  enhancements  including  new centralized  management  capabilities,  enhanced storage virtualization, and  full  support  for  enterprise applications and databases.  Storage Foundation  5.0  will  be released synchronously across operating system platforms  and  will  enable  IT  organizations  to  standardize storage operations throughout the data center.

"Integrated  solutions  such  as  Veritas  Storage Foundation 5.0 reduce complexity  and  make  a lot of people's lives in IT much, much easier," said  Steve  Duplessie,  founder  and  senior  analyst  with  Enterprise Strategy  Group.   "With  the  absurdly  high rate of new data creation, combined  with  all  the independent tools required to manage the data - and  the infrastructure - it's a wonder how IT ever sleeps. Symantec has given  back control to IT managers whose data centers were unmanageable.

The  5.0 release promises to streamline management requirements enabling    people  to focus on what's really important, the data, with efficiencies that  have never before been experienced.  There isn't anyone in IT that won't find this completely cool and highly valuable."

If  IT organizations are to meet the growing demands placed on them, and at  the  same  time  keep  costs  under  control, they must find ways to dramatically  reduce the complexity of their data center infrastructure,and  make  optimal  use  of valuable data center assets such as servers,storage  hardware,  and  their  IT staff.  This requires the ability to transform  storage  management  beyond a single application, or a single server, or a single storage device.

Symantec  has  re-architected  its  leading  Veritas  Storage Foundation offering  to  provide IT organizations with the first-ever capability to view  application  and  storage resources across the entire data center, across  every major operating system and storage hardware platform ? and an  unrivalled  ability  to  take  proactive  control  of  their storage environment.   No  other  vendor  provides  such a capability even for a single  operating  system  or storage hardware platform, and Symantec is introducing  this  capability  to  support  all  major  operating system environments and all major storage hardware devices.

"Veritas  Storage  Foundation  is  a  revolutionary  step  in Symantec's commitment  to  help  our  customers  optimize their multi-platform data center  environments,"  said  Vishal Dhupar, managing director, Symantec India.   "Leveraging  our cross-platform heritage, we have delivered the only  solution in the industry that provides data center-wide visibility into the entire storage environment, with unprecedented power to control and manage that environment."

Differentiated Capabilities to Master Complexity

Veritas   Storage   Foundation   5.0  will  include  Storage  Foundation Management  Server,  a  completely  new technology providing centralized multi-host  management  capabilities  across  Unix,  Linux, and Windows. This  unique  offering  enables enterprise-wide visibility, control, and standardization  of  the  data  center  infrastructure.  It  enables  IT organizations to centrally manage their application, server, and storage environments, leading to faster application deployment times, simplified data migrations, higher service levels, reduced risk of human error, and more  comprehensive  visibility  and control throughout the environment.

Storage Foundation Management Server supports Veritas Storage Foundation  4.x  and  5.0,  which  means  customers  can  view  and  manage all such instances  of  Storage  Foundation,  across  their  entire  data center, through a single, unified tool.

Symantec  is  also  introducing Veritas Storage Foundation Basic, a free  version  of Storage Foundation designed for edge-tier and infrastructure  workloads that make it easier and more affordable for customers to enjoy the  dramatic benefits of standardizing their data center infrastructure  software.     Veritas    Storage    Foundation    Basic   combines   the industry-leading  Veritas  File  System,  Veritas  Volume  Manager,  and advanced  Dynamic  Multi-pathing,  for system configurations that do not exceed  4  volumes,  4  file  systems  and/or  2  processors in a single physical  system.  An enterprise support offering for Storage Foundation

Basic,  which  is  optional,  is  offered on a subscription basis.  Like Veritas Storage Foundation 4.x and 5.0, Veritas Storage Foundation Basic can  be  managed  centrally  with  Storage Foundation Management Server, extending  the  power  of  Symantec's  approach  to  a  unified  storage management platform beyond mission-critical environments to every server and application workload in the data center.

Dynamic  Storage Tiering (DST), a feature of Storage Foundation, enables data mobility so that companies can reduce storage costs by matching the appropriate  storage  hardware  tier  to  the  application,  and  moving  information  to  different  tiers  of  online  storage  as the value and priority  of  the  information  change over time. Administrators can use policies  to  move  data  across  multiple  tiers  of  storage within an application,  in  a  live  multi-platform environment, without affecting production systems or impacting users.

Dynamic  Multi-Pathing (DMP), part of Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0, is an   advanced   multi-pathing  technology  that  delivers  enhanced  I/O performance,  device  discovery  and  path  failover throughout the SAN.

Storage  Foundation Management Server will fully support DMP management,    resulting  in  increased  visibility  into  the storage environment, and reduced  risk.   For  example, IT managers can execute storage array and HBA upgrades simultaneously, scaling across multiple hosts, and minimize the  potential  for human error by checking connections, redundancy, and other factors before initiating tasks.

As  part  of  Symantec's  high  availability/disaster  recovery  (HA/DR)  solution,   the   management  of  Veritas  Volume  Replicator  has  been significantly   enhanced  by  the  introduction  of  Storage  Foundation Management  Server.   By  enabling  centralized  management  of  systems protected by Veritas Volume Replicator, IT organizations can efficiently scale  HA/DR  operations.   In addition, with its new Bunker Replication feature,  Veritas Volume Replicator enables synchronous data replication to a 'bunker' site, while simultaneously replicating asynchronously to a remote location.  Bunker replication ensures no application transactions are  lost  in  the  event of a failure and supports replication over any distance.   Veritas Volume Replicator fully supports heterogeneous Unix, Linux,   and   Windows  operating  systems  and  heterogeneous  storage, roviding  IT  organizations  with  unrivalled choice and flexibility in selecting  the  most  appropriate and cost-effective platforms for their
needs.

Veritas  CommandCentral  Storage,  a storage resource management and SAN   management  solution,  is  now  part  of  the Veritas Storage Foundation  product  family,  and provides comprehensive storage management, storage   capacity  planning  and  reporting,  and  business  visibility  into the storage  infrastructure,  supporting  SAN,  NAS,  and DAS architectures.

CommandCentral  Storage  scales to meet the needs of the world's largest storage  environments,  and  offers  industry leading storage management  capabilities  enabling  administrators  to  understand  more clearly how storage  resources  are  being utilized and to take control and maximize storage utilization and value.

Services for Veritas Storage Foundation

Symantec  Global  Services  provides  a  broad  portfolio  of consulting services that allow customers to take full advantage of the advanced new capabilities in the Veritas Storage Foundation product family, to reduce data  center  complexity  and  infrastructure cost, increase data center availability   and   agility,  and  address  storage-related  IT  risks.

Symantec  consultants  offer  comprehensive storage assessments, design,    enablement  and  expert  on-site  services  to help customers manage and  standardize  their  storage infrastructures.  Symantec's storage experts can also help customers reduce IT costs by optimizing Tiered Storage and Storage  Migration  initiatives.   More  information on Symantec service offerings can be found at www.symantec.com/consulting .

Pricing and Product Availability

Veritas  Storage Foundation Basic and Veritas CommandCentral Storage are  generally available now at www.symantec.com/   Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0  is  scheduled  to  be  generally  available  in  calendar Q3, 2006.Products are available through Symantec's direct sales force, enterprise VAR channel, system integrators and select OEM partners.

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