Zetta Rolls Out “DR for Every School” Cloud Backup Program

Zetta.net (Zetta, Inc.) is bringing
second generation hybrid cloud backup to educational institutions, making it
possible for schools with budgets large or small to implement cloud-based
offsite server backup and DR.

Resource-constrained schools can now get the functionality of all three backup,
DR and archiving technologies for less cost than backups alone. With Zetta.net,
schools can ensure their data is both safe and recoverable in
response to minor errors or major disasters such as Hurricane Sandy.

Schools preparing for potential disasters,
such as a hurricane or fire that don’t have budgets for offsite backup and DR
products, can take advantage of Zetta’s 15-day free Data Evacuation Cloud
Service.

It can be deployed without any appliances in three
steps:

1. Go to www.zetta.net and click on Free
Trial.

2. Download and install the ZettaMirror
software agent on the servers with the data you need to move offsite.

3. Start evacuating your data.

Multiple
Functionality with Single Unified Solution
Many educational institutions rely on separate products to perform backups for
Exchange servers, VMware environment and file servers – a costly, yet common,
set-up for many schools. Additionally, offsite backup is often too expensive
for colleges and universities who, as a result, rarely implement a
geographically-dispersed DR strategy.

Zetta.net combines the functionality of
local, offsite and remote campus backup into one unified solution for smaller education IT budgets. By delivering fast, reliable server
backup and recovery at a fraction of the cost of backup alone, it helps
colleges and universities economically and reliably gain instant access to
their data when needed without having to incur the high cost of
traditional hardware-based solutions.

Multiple
Platform Support
Zetta.net supports up to 18 platforms such as Mac,
Unix and Windows so colleges and universities can sustain all of their
departmental data, regardless of operating environment and educational
discipline. Backups and DR across different locations and platforms are managed
through a centralized web-based interface.

"With
Zetta.net, we saw a significant drop in cost compared with the investment we
were considering with a disk-to-disk backup system," said Arlis
Brotner, network manager, Merced College. "There’s very little to maintain
– we’re saving a lot of time compared to
our old system which required many hours to manage, and days to recover. Now,
we can recover at any point in time and have almost immediate access to files when
needed. We’re definitely getting a lot more value for much less cost."

"Second
generation hybrid cloud backup, developed by Zetta.net, addresses the need that
many educational institutions have with their modest budgets," said
Gary Sevounts, VP of marketing, Zetta.net. "Many schools simply can’t afford the typical DR solutions available to
them, making cost a real barrier. Zetta.net is democratizing the affordability
of DR so that all schools can achieve true, enterprise-class server backup as
well as DR and archiving in one, simple and cost-effective solution."

Pricing
and Availability
Zetta.net DataProtect is available and starts at $225 per month. Pricing
includes unlimited software licenses that combines local, offsite and remote
campus backup, archiving and DR, application plug-ins and APIs, 500GB of
enterprise-grade secure online storage and 24×7 U.S.-based support.

Zetta.net featured its hybrid cloud
backup solution at EDUCAUSE 2012, November 6-9 in Denver, CO.