Veritas Software has released version 5 of its Data
Lifecycle Manager and a partner programme. Partner products can use
the DLM API to provide more integrated offerings.
Veritas claimed that DLM 5.0 offered better facilities for
customers who had to meet regulatory compliance needs across
storage media. The partnerships are aimed at extending this to
include structured and unstructured data.
The software automates the placement, retention, and management
of data in virtual archives that span diverse media types including
various write-once, read-many formats for compliance needs.
Veritas said DLM customers could set policies to drive migration
across media types, and fix retention periods for both files and
messaging data. It contains search and indexing facilities for new
and previously archived data. Customers would also be able to index
historical backup information from Veritas' NetBackup software.
"Customers are faced with nonstop data growth, limited IT
budgets and new government and industry regulations that require
them to retain, track, locate and retrieve growing amounts of
information, and document these processes," said Brenda
Zawatski, vice president product marketing for Veritas.
"We've created an alliance program which offers customers ways
to centrally manage a broad range of data formats, helping them
achieve regulatory compliance while controlling IT costs."
Veritas is partnering with Princeton Softech, which provides
database archiving software. Princeton Softech claimed it is the
only company to offer enterprise-wide database archiving solutions
supporting heterogeneous applications, databases and operating
platforms.
"Princeton Softech's unique database archiving capabilities
address a rapidly emerging market need," said Robert Soderbery,
vice president, business development for Veritas.
"With a Princeton Softech partnership, we can enable our
customers to manage the structured data in their production
database environments effectively."
DLM is involved with NetBackup and CommandCentral Service in
Veritas' utility computing initiative.
Chris Mellor writes for Techworld.com