CommVault Embeds De-Dupe in Simpana 8

OCEANPORT, N.J. -- CommVault Simpana® 8, a major new release of the market-leading enterprise data management software – which now includes advances in recovery management, data reduction, virtual server protection, and content organization – is now available.

The breakthrough release helps companies manage larger amounts of data, scale to accommodate an expanding, globally distributed enterprise, and implement cost-saving strategies by offering users new snapshot-based data management, data deduplication, laptop and desktop protection, remote office data management and advanced copy management features.

The new version of Simpana software continues CommVault's commitment to delivering comprehensive data protection, backup and recovery, and information management capabilities that enable companies to solve key business challenges and transform their enterprise.

Built on the industry's only truly singular, unified platform, Simpana 8 can meet a broad spectrum of customer's discovery and recovery management requirements and eliminate the need for a myriad of point level products. Customers gain improved access to more data, simplified data management, rapid recovery, and dramatic improvements in performance, slashing data management costs by up to 40 percent.

The company's largest software release to date, Simpana 8 culminates 18 months of development and includes more than 300 enhancements and 140 newly added product features. CommVault has filed over 50 U.S. patent applications related to Simpana software and its 8.0 release."Simpana 8 is radically changing the economics of data management for businesses everywhere," said N. Robert Hammer, CommVault's chairman, president and CEO. "Today's economic environment is challenging enterprises to do more with less. Simpana 8 simplifies the way businesses store and manage rapidly growing amounts of data and can help customers ensure compliance, gain operational efficiencies, and dramatically reduce their data management and related storage expenses by up to 40 percent."

CommVault Systems Inc.