Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has entered into an agreement with Symantec to resell Symantec NetBackup data protection software and Enterprise Vault information archiving software. Hitachi Data Systems selected Symantec’s information management solutions because of their proven reliability in helping customers protect and store their critical information inside the evolving data center.
Enterprise customers want an end-to-end solution from a single vendor to solve their data protection and retention problems. Businesses want to know their data is protected today more than ever before. The rise in big data analysis and the competitive advantage it brings has made that data more valuable to business. As a result, the need to protect data is increasing along with complexity, while budgets are decreasing. With its extended agreement with Symantec, HDS can now provide the best information management, software and services by leveraging the combined capabilities of the two companies.
Symantec is excited to provide Hitachi Data Systems customers access to its market-leading critical data protection and information governance solutions. Symantec and HDS have worked together successfully in the field for many years, delivering enterprise-class solutions to our joint customers. This agreement extends our partnership, enabling customers to acquire a complete hardware, software and services solution for their backup and recovery and retention needs from Hitachi Data Systems,” said Brent Simon, Vice-President, Global Systems Integrators and Partners, Symantec.
Symantec NetBackup and Enterprise Vault are available to HDS customers in North and South America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific through existing Hitachi TrueNorth Partners or directly from HDS. Through a phased strategy for data protection solutions, HDS and TrueNorth Partners will work with customers to build a more advanced data management-based protection and recovery solution.
