Symantec Launches Cloud Mgt.

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Veritas Operations Services, a new cloud computing-based online services platform to help organizations identify hidden risks in their data centers €“ improving service availability and increasing productivity of the operations staff. Veritas Installation Assessment and Veritas Storage Foundation Health Check are the first two services immediately available, providing an alternative to traditional reactive operations models and enabling IT organizations to perform prioritized, preventative maintenance using the latest known good configurations, best practices and data center risks. Veritas Operations Services proactively manages the storage and server environment to deliver rapid time to value and expands the Symantec portfolio to help organizations secure and manage their information.

“Until now, most data center operators have been in break-fix mode,” said Rob Soderbery, senior vice president of the Storage and Availability Management Group, Symantec. “With Veritas Operations Services, Symantec delivers a visionary management model that will find risks before they strike and guide remediation to ensure speedy intervention. We chose a cloud services model because we can deliver new risk profiles more quickly and our customers can realize value almost effortlessly.”

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