EMC Announces Retrospect 7.7 for Windows

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world’s leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced an upgrade to its Retrospect backup and recovery for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Available immediately, EMC Retrospect 7.7 adds several new capabilities, including integration with VMware Consolidated Backup, which allows Retrospect to perform off-host backups of active virtual machines. Other new features include complete protection for computers running Microsoft Windows 7, a new Retrospect Emergency Recovery CD for quick disaster recovery of Windows servers and PCs, wake-on-LAN technology for improved energy conservation, and full support for 64-bit processors and operating systems.

Retrospect Multi Server 7.7
$1,409 new, $299 upgrade from 7.6 and earlier
Protects an unlimited number of networked Windows, Mac, and Linux servers, desktops, and laptops.

Retrospect Single Server 7.7
$679 new, $169 upgrade from 7.6 and earlier
Protects a single Windows server and an unlimited number of networked Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops and laptops; additional server client licenses are available separately.

Retrospect Small Business Server Premium and Standard 7.7
Premium: $729 new, $169 upgrade from 7.6 and earlier
Standard: $479 new, $119 upgrade from 7.6 and earlier
Protects a Windows Small Business Server and an unlimited number of networked Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops and laptops; Premium edition includes license for Microsoft SQL Server; additional server client licenses are available separately.

Retrospect Disk-to-Disk 7.7
$379 new, $99 upgrade from 7.6 and earlier
Protects a single Windows server to hard disk or optical media; additional server client licenses, desktop/laptop client licenses are available separately.

Retrospect Professional 7.7
$119 new, $29 upgrade from 7.6 and earlier
Protects a single, non-server Windows PC and up to two additional networked Windows, Mac, or Linux desktops and laptops; additional desktop/laptop client licenses are available separately.

Details: http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2009/20091215-02.htm

EMC Sets New Standard for Data Protection Management Analysis and Reporting

EMC Corporation announced new replication support in its EMC Data Protection Advisor software. Now, users can centrally monitor all major backup applications along with industry-leading replication technologies in both physical and virtual environments. With this new expansion, customers have a single, unified solution that monitors, analyzes, and reports across backup, replication, and NAS infrastructure, leading to improved compliance and reduced risk for data exposure while increasing operational efficiency and lowering costs.

Details: http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2009/20091214-01.htm

EMC Extends Avamar Deduplication Backup Software to Desktops and Laptops

EMC Corporation announced enhanced enterprise backup capabilities for desktop and laptop computers, as part of the latest version of EMC® Avamar software. Businesses and organizations of all sizes can now leverage the same innovative Avamar deduplication technology that protects data centers and remote offices to efficiently backup the information stored on corporate desktops and laptops. With Avamar’s simple capacity-based licensing model, customers can easily add this new capability to their environment, without paying a per seat license fee.

Details: http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2009/20091117-01.htm

EMC Launches Academic Alliance Program

The EMC Academic Alliance program, a collaboration with colleges and universities worldwide, was created to address the skills gap resulting from the growing volume and complexity of data . This sharp increase in data creation and the heightened importance of storing, protecting, and managing it, has elevated information storage as a central function of the IT infrastructure.

There is no cost to the institution to join EMC Academic Alliance. EMC offers the unique ‘open’ Information Storage and Management (ISM) course as part of our commitment to global citizenship and social investment, – sharing our expertise with educational, governmental, and social institutions, so more people around the world can access and share knowledge and ideas.

Details: https://education.emc.com/academicalliance/default.aspx