Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 09 | Page 70

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Software for Business Commvault and Cisco launch solution for simplified backup, recovery and archiving C ommvault has launched new Reference Architectures with alliance partner Cisco to give customers and partners an easy-to- buy, pre-optimised and validated solution for simplified data protection and recovery using Commvault’s award-winning Software deployed on the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) infrastructure. Commvault also announced support into Cisco’s HyperFlex hyperconvergence system to help organisations protect data workloads and applications across virtualised and cloud infrastructures. Through the new Reference Architectures, which provide a set of guidelines and best delivery methods 72 INTELLIGENTCIO for particular technology deployments within an IT service catalog, customers can now leverage an all-in-one solution with a single, unified backup, recovery and archive platform that lowers total cost of ownership and has the flexibility to scale from terabytes to petabytes. As a result, customers can eliminate the cost and hassle of deploying multiple single-purpose appliances with a modernized data infrastructure that provides insight and value to the business and keeps up with the pace of today’s data growth demands. “We have had significant success using Commvault Software in combination with our Cisco UCS and Nimble infrastructure to turn our data into a significant strategic asset for our organization,” said Matloob Hussain, ICT Infrastructure Engineer, Xentrall ICT Services. “Since the original rollout, we have upgraded to the 11th version of Commvault’s data platform, which has resulted in backup times becoming significantly quicker and archive recall speeds that are on a par with accessing un-archived files, across our environment.” The Commvault Reference Architectures, which enable customers to deploy quickly, reduce implementation risks and accelerate time to value, are available for select www.intelligentcio.com