CA Technologies, ExaGrid team up to deliver data storage solutions

CA Technologies and ExaGrid Systems has announced signing a joint agreement to provide mid-market and small enterprise organizations with quicker, more efficient backup and recovery for both physical and virtual servers. As per the partnership, both the companies will deliver a customized solution combining CA ARCserve D2D image-based backup & recovery software and ExaGrid disk storage and deduplication appliance hardware to reduce storage requirements and related costs while shortening backup windows, speeding recovery, and delivering more reliable offsite disaster recovery.  
   
Chris Ross, VP, Worldwide Sales, Data Management, CA Technologies said, "Customers' data protection requirements are evolving very quickly, and they want to make sure they get the right mix of functionality - but also efficiency, speed and simplicity -  at the right ownership costs. By working with ExaGrid, CA Technologies is enabling its customers to fulfill their requirements."
 
"With data growing exponentially across both physical and virtual servers while IT budgets remain tight, we are seeing great demand for a simplified solution like this that delivers reliable, resource-efficient backup and recovery in mixed infrastructure environments. We look forward to showing customers the power of a combined ExaGrid and CA ARCserve D2D solution, and how they can achieve faster recovery of their business systems and the best scalability in the industry as their needs grow", said Marc Crespi, VP, Product Management, ExaGrid.
 
The CA ARCserve D2D software and ExaGrid disk storage appliances are available through authorized resellers and service providers.