BakBone Software, a leading provider of universal data management solutions, has launched version 8.5 of its flagship product, NetVault: Backup and new disk-based backup and deduplication options with NetVault: SmartDisk. NetVault: SmartDisk is the first product delivery on BakBone’s recently announced Open Data Protection Platform.
Andrew Martin, Vice-President APAC, BakBone Software, said,“Unlike other data protection solutions, BakBone has built intelligence into one platform that extends the investment of users’ data protection environments with the ultimate goal of providing affordable and long-term disk-based storage. Our future roadmap for BakBone’s Open Data Protection Platform will allow customers to store and deduplicate data from many different sources, including other data protection vendors. This gives customers the opportunity to consolidate their data protection solutions using the same deduplication solution, thereby reducing costs and providing more flexibility with regard to vendors.”
NetVault: SmartDisk’s disk-based backup with the data deduplication option brings several benefits to its customers in the form of reduced storage and hardware cost and using existing storage infrastructure. It allows for deduplication and encryption and speeds up deployments through seamless integration with NetVault: Backup. It minimizes the level of storage expertise required to implement deduplicated backups with NetVault: Backup’s simplified ease of use.Â
 In addition to NetVault: SmartDisk, the new version of NetVault: Backup introduces advanced security features, a new Hyper-V plugin and extended platform support.
