Archiware and Object-Matrix Partner

Backup, archive and storage vendors Archiware and Object-Matrix announced a cross-product support partnership between the company’s PresSTORE Backup and MatrixStore solutions. The joint implementation of PresSTORE and MatrixStore enables a secure and simple route to managing on/off-site repositories for all digital assets in a Mac-based workflow and is proven to address the challenge of efficiently backing up 100TB of data to an offsite location.

Archiware and Object-Matrix’s sophisticated Mac-based backup solution is particularly appealing to the video production, media and creative industries. These creative businesses rarely have an in-house IT team/person, so a non-specialist is usually left to struggle with effectively managing and storing the vast terabytes of data coming into their organisation. PresSTORE Backup and MatrixStore help to facilitate one multiple tenancy platform for archive, ingest and backup that users don’t have to worry about, allowing them to focus on the more creative elements of their job.

Advertising implementation agency Hogarth Worldwide, part of the WPP Group, is one of the first working implementations of the joint PresSTORE and MatrixStore solution in the UK. Hogarth has a 100TB Xsan in-house with a 1Gbit link to its 125 terabyte MatrixStore hosted by Global Switch.

“PresSTORE Backup and MatrixStore compliment each other perfectly and provide a highly effective disk-based solution ecosystem that is very enticing for the customer,” comments Archiware CEO Josef Doods. “PresSTORE seamlessly manages the backup of content to the MatrixStore repository, including workflow, emails, documents, where it can be securely stored and then re-accessed in a very fast and convenient way, all without the need for specialist skills.“

Nick Pearce-Tomenius, Co-Founder of Object-Matrix said: “The way companies capture content has changed, with everything now tapeless and file-based. Creative organisations have to store and manage hundreds of terabytes of data and rarely have the in-house IT expertise to do this productively or effectively. What we’re doing with Archiware is help customers to move away from having separate silos for different parts of their storage and backup. We’re offering a single centralised solution that consolidates and protects customers’ data in a self-healing, self-managing way that they don’t have to touch or worry about. We like to think we’re offering a virtual storage geek so that the client doesn’t need to be one and can get back to their real job of being creative.”

PresSTORE Backup is a professional backup, archive and replication solution for reliably securing large volumes of critical data to tape or disk in the shortest possible time. Its browser-based interface enables flexible and straightforward configuration and monitoring, anyplace, anywhere, so users can autonomously backup and restore data from anywhere in the company. This results in a considerable relief on the company’s IT resources. PresSTORE is distributed in the UK exclusively by JPY plc.

Object-Matrix’s MatrixStore is a highly secure and easy-to-use disk-based repository designed to protect digital assets in an automated, repeatable and regulated manner. The MatrixStore can be scaled from 10TB to 10PB, providing a safe place to backup work-in-progress and a secure archive platform for all completed jobs. MatrixStore is ideal for ‘on-demand’ environments, overcoming the limitations of traditional archiving techniques to meet organisations’ ongoing nearline or deep archive needs.

“Protecting assets should be a painless process that allows staff to concentrate on the core competencies that generate revenue for their organisation. This solution simplifies provision of storage while seamlessly protecting it. These products were made for each other,” commented Dr John Yardley, CEO of PresSTORE distributor, JPY.