CommVault Simpana 9 Integrated With Microsoft Cloud OS

CommVault Systems, Inc. announced that its Simpana 9 data and information management platform is integrated with Microsoft Corp.‘s Cloud OS, including Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and Windows Azure.

With more than a decade of alliance and interoperability with Microsoft’s server platforms, Simpana software enables easy migration to Windows Server 2012 and takes advantage of the innovations in data protection and automation to deliver performance, reliable applications and services across private, hosted and public clouds.

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure Cloud
With Simpana 9 Interoperability

• Perform live migration of VMs across the data center or between the data center and the Azure cloud by utilizing the VM backup and restore features of Simpana software and its immediate support for Windows Server 2012
• Users can use the Azure cloud as a retention tier and alternative to tape-based backup by migrating archive data to the cloud for cost-effective, secure long-term storage
• CommVault is committed to helping joint customers increase the business value of information through data and information management scale, performance, cost savings and access across the range of Microsoft environments, including SharePoint, Exchange, SQL Server and Hyper-V virtualization – both on-premise and in the Azure cloud
• Microsoft currently sells Azure cloud data management solutions including Simpana software. These pre-configured cloud bundles include up to 62TB of Azure cloud storage capacity and Simpana 9 Express Software to deliver archiving and backup capabilities for enterprises coping with massive amounts of data and long-term retention and compliance requirements
• As a worldwide Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) partner, CommVault offers technical support, demonstrations and trials working alongside some of Microsoft’s technical personnel for those that want to test and see Simpana software in action
• CommVault and Microsoft will be demonstrating how Simpana software makes upgrading to Windows Server 2012, migrating to Server Hyper-V virtualization and integrating with the Azure cloud easy and trouble-free during the Cloud OS Signature Event Series and at the upcoming Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2012, November 12 – 15, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV

"With Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure as cornerstones of Microsoft’s Cloud OS, customers gain the scalability and flexibility to take advantage of resources on premises and in the cloud," said Mike Schutz , GM, product marketing, Server and Tools Business, at Microsoft. "Microsoft and CommVault help IT organizations create agile, scalable infrastructures through such capabilities as VM mobility, cloud integration and heterogeneous storage management."

"Our customers are aggressively adopting virtualization technologies to take advantage of the performance, functionality and lower costs inherent to platforms like Windows Server Hyper-V," said Randy De Meno, chief technologist for Windows Products, CommVault. "CommVault customers can deploy and migrate to Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and Windows Azure with confidence, knowing that Simpana software offers fully integrated enterprise data protection across Microsoft’s application, server and cloud platforms.