CommVault Expands the Power of Industry-Leading Snapshot Technology With New IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program

CommVault Expands the Power of Industry-Leading Snapshot Technology With New IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program

-- New Partner Program Empowers Array Vendors to Deliver Unmatched Data Protection and Snapshot Management Capabilities --

OCEANPORT, N.J., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CommVault  (NASDAQ: CVLT) -- The explosion of data coupled with data center modernization, virtualization and cloud computing have overwhelmed traditional backup methods and led to poor recovery times, potential data loss and higher costs and business risk. The only way to bridge this data protection gap requires a radical new approach to protecting applications, systems and data through tight integration of data management software with hardware snapshot and replication technologies. CommVault is making this modern data protection approach available to more customers than ever by expanding its support for array-based snapshots through the new CommVault® IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program.

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News Facts

    --  CommVault today introduced the IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program, an open
        development program that enables disk array vendors to integrate their
        array-based snapshot solutions with the SnapProtect® module in
        CommVault Simpana® software.
    --  With Simpana® software and Qualified IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Arrays,
        customers can further consolidate and extend their SAN investments for
        greater efficiency and accelerated backup and recovery performance while
        reducing recovery costs and minimizing the risk of data loss.
    --  IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Partners gain exclusive access to technology and
        resources that help them create innovative solutions, differentiate
        their storage platforms and gain competitive advantage in the data and
        information management marketplace by harnessing the power of
        application-aware snapshot management to provide customers with the most
        scalable and reliable data protection technologies.
    --  Working with CommVault's IntelliSnap(TM) program, prospective partners
        are provided a Software Development Kit that allows them to rapidly and
        reliably integrate their storage systems with Simpana software and, upon
        completion of the program, achieve Qualified IntelliSnap(TM) Connect
        Array status.
    --  Qualified IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Arrays are fully supported with
        Simpana software to allow users to harness the full power of rapid-fire,
        persistent, hardware-based snapshots with leading data management
        capabilities to protect the largest, most demanding virtual and physical
        server environments.
    --  The IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program bolsters CommVault's standing as
        having the industry's most comprehensive compatibility matrix for
        hardware snapshot management without custom scripting or solution
        modifications helping customers unlock and optimize their existing and
        future SAN investments. Since the beginning of 2011, Simpana software's
        SnapProtect technology has supported nine of the top 10 best-selling
        storage arrays in the industry and, when the IBM DS8000 is used with the
        IBM SVC (SAN Volume Controller), SnapProtect technology supports all 10.
    --  Companies like Dell, HDS, and NetApp are foundational members of the
        program while emerging players like Nimble Storage and XIO are working
        toward full integration within the program parameters.
    --  CommVault's  support for disk-based snapshot management is unmatched in
        the industry and includes integration with Dell's Compellent,
        EqualLogic, and MD arrays, the EMC DMX, VMAX and VNX platforms, Hitachi
        Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V
        (USP V) and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) from Hitachi Data
        Systems, HP's EVA and 3PAR arrays, IBM XIV and SVC, and storage arrays
        and replication technology from NetApp including their LSI storage
        arrays.
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The Power of Modern Data Protection with Array-Based Snapshots

    --  Redefining traditional backup, Simpana software quickly captures the
        application consistent copies without impacting the performance of
        production applications, allowing customers to fully leverage
        investments made in high performance storage arrays to tackle the 24x7
        uptime and accessibility challenges surrounding mission and business
        critical data.
    --  With a rapid-fire, persistent, hardware-based snapshot capability fully
        integrated, Simpana SnapProtect technology delivers the performance
        capability to protect the largest, most demanding virtual and physical
        server environments and recover them in minutes.
    --  By creating snapshot copies using the storage array, backup time can be
        slashed to approximately five minutes or less and production server
        impact can be minimized.
    --  CommVault's integrated approach to snapshot management eliminates the
        need to create and maintain scripts and manage numerous storage array
        tools and consoles independently. The centralized management, protection
        and recovery of application data across tiers of disk and tape storage
        becomes fast and simple and occurs without impacting production systems.
    --  With SnapProtect technology, customers can recover individual objects,
        files, whole volumes or entire applications, including Microsoft
        Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 and SAP.
Supporting Quotes

David Ngo, Director of Engineering Alliances, CommVault:

    --  "The IntelliSnap Connect Program ensures that more customers than ever
        will have access to advanced, comprehensive data protection solutions.
        This program is essential for our partners to rapidly develop complete,
        modern data protection solutions that set them apart in highly
        competitive and rapidly changing technology markets."
Dave Russell, Research Vice President, Storage Technologies and Strategies, Gartner, Inc.:

    --  "Many of today's backup applications were designed and optimized for
        environments that are now outdated, resulting in a greater willingness
        on the part of organizations to modernize and consider new technologies
        and vendors for data protection. We continue to see a growing number of
        organizations turn to snapshot and replication technologies as a method
        for augmenting or replacing traditional backup software and believe that
        vendors in consideration should be pushed for their current and
        committed road maps for new data protection capabilities, such as
        snapshot and replication file sharing, and potentially cloud
        capabilities."
Mike Davis, Director of Marketing for Dell NAS and Backup Solutions, Dell Enterprise Storage:

    --  "Dell and CommVault work closely together to help provide integrated,
        automated and scalable solutions designed to manage and protect our
        customers' vital information assets. With SnapProtect integration,
        Dell's customers can more seamlessly leverage our products' high
        performance array-based snapshots, to better protect their data and
        quickly adapt to changing demands in physical and virtual environments."
Sean Moser, Vice President, Software Products, Hitachi Data Systems:

    --  "The combination of our industry leading data protection platform and
        CommVault's SnapProtect technology offers an innovative, high
        performance and cost-effective solution to help enterprise customers
        solve their most pressing data management challenges. As part of the
        IntelliSnap(TM) Connect Program, Hitachi Data Systems continues to build
        upon the success of our long-standing partnership to deliver a unified
        solution to our customers."
Mark Welke, Sr. Director of Product and Solutions Marketing, NetApp:

    --  "Customers gain proven performance and efficiency to minimize risk of
        downtime or data loss by leveraging NetApp's innovative portfolio of
        integrated data protection solutions with CommVault Simpana. NetApp is
        focused on continuing its longstanding collaboration with CommVault as a
        founding member of the IntelliSnap Connect Program to provide our mutual
        customers with efficient, high-speed backup and recovery and enable our
        mutual customers to manage both NetApp® Snapshot(TM) copies and
        SnapVault® and SnapMirror® replication from Simpana."
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