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Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 for Windows

Symantec Corp. today announced Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 for Windows, the industry leading heterogeneous storage management and high availability solution providing data and application availability for Windows environments. A key component of the Symantec Solutions for Windows portfolio scheduled to be available in June 2008, Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 High Availability for Windows introduces support for Windows Server 2008 and delivers significant improvements to operational effectiveness and ease of use including enhanced availability and disaster recovery, centralized storage visibility and SmartMove for efficient array migrations.

“Customers today face overwhelming demands in managing disparate islands of storage and meeting strict service level agreements for high availability,” said Aaron Aubrecht, senior director of product management, Symantec. “Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Cluster Server provide organizations with a common set of easy-to-use tools that work across virtually every server and storage platform to provide online volume management, storage and application availability, application integrated quick recovery and storage area network path management. Enabling IT organizations to use a single software solution to manage their storage infrastructure and recover applications in the event of a local failure or disaster can significantly reduce both capital and operational costs, while simultaneously ensuring confidence that existing service level agreements are met.”

Expanded Operating System, Application and Storage Support
Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Cluster Server are extending support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 Server Core environments, with support for Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter versions across x86, x64, and IA64 platforms. Additionally, this release provides expanded support for Windows Vista, Microsoft Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007, Symantec Enterprise Vault 2007 and Blackberry Enterprise Server.

Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows Dynamic Multi-pathing continues to enhance support for leading storage platforms– enabling customers to have a single multi-pathing solution without compromising a heterogeneous tiered storage infrastructure. In addition to the 40+ array families already supported –support for Pillar, 3PAR, and newer IBM and HDS arrays has been added.



 

Storage Security Self-Assessment Tool from HP

HP Storage Security self-assessment tool has been designed specifically to help you understand how well your business is prepared for managing risk to sensitive data in your storage and backup environment, as well as complying with data privacy regulations. This tool has been developed by HP Consulting & Integration Security and Risk Management Practice based on industry best practices and their experience gained through the design and deployment of hundreds of data protection engagements globally.

Simply answer each question as accurately as you can and HP will provide you with a personalized report that documents where your storage and backup security controls are appropriate, and where additional focus may be required. Recommended courses of action are designed explicitly to reduce the risk commensurate to your business, and to better comply with regulatory or industry mandates to which you business must adhere