NOVELL SELECTS APTARE'S STORAGECONSOLE Backup Manager
SOFTWARE
Backup Reporting Solution Chosen for Its Robust Functionality,
Ease of Use and Capacity Planning Feature
CAMPBELL, Calif. - February 4, 2008 - APTARE®, Inc., a provider of Web-based storage reporting and management software, today announced that its APTARE StorageConsole® Backup Manager has helped Novell, a leader in enterprise infrastructure software, to manage, protect and recover the high volume of data generated by its Information Services and Technology (IS&T) Operations group. By utilizing APTARE's solution, the company has been able to better forecast its storage needs and expedite the recovery of data.
Prior to APTARE, Novell had no easy way to assess how much data, if any, was available for recovery beyond its retention period. APTARE has equipped the company with the ability to go back historically and locate expired tapes and associated backup jobs. Using APTARE's solution, Novell is able to locate and recover previously irretrievable data, saving the valuable time and resources that would have previously been needed to recreate the missing data.
Novell went through a comprehensive review process of multiple vendors in the storage backup and recovery space and chose APTARE's reporting tools based on criteria that included feature set, reporting organization and interface, and ease of use. The APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager delivers in-depth information about an enterprise's backup environment through multiple reporting channels. It gives storage administrators the flexibility to customize the information they need to know immediately and to define how it gets delivered. APTARE's solution also provides the benefit of helping to project more accurately storage capacity growth up to several months out.
"APTARE set the high-water mark when it came to analysis of solutions that would meet our data backup, recovery and management requirements," said Scott Jacobson, systems engineer at Novell. "StorageConsole Backup Manager is designed to ease the burden of the data growth curve for IT administrators and to protect our company's most important asset - our data. APTARE's solution provides considerable time and cost savings, as well as the peace of mind that our data is safeguarded and readily and easily available. The fact that StorageConsole Backup Manager is Web-based is an added bonus."
APTARE's solutions enable storage administrators to run predictive analysis for future forecasting. Report creation is straightforward and painless. Making use of APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager's utilization and capacity planning reporting, Novell has been able to decrease the capacity utilization of its backup tape system from 93 percent to 83 percent in less than four months.
Previously, Novell created an in-house variance report, which was a lengthy, step-by-step process. With APTARE's automated reporting capability, a job summary virtually takes seconds and allows storage administrators to focus on tasks that are more important.
StorageConsole Backup Manager delivers the following capabilities:
- Web 2.0 Architecture: APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager provides real-time reporting on the entire backup environment from one central portal that can be accessed using any popular browser.
- Out-of-the-box Reports: APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager provides the most popular reports right out of the box - enabling storage administrators to diagnose and manage the environment immediately with no training.
- Robust Reporting: APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager provides the greatest depth and breadth of reporting - down to file-level detail. Reports provide "context-sensitive" information using the terminology of the underlying backup software.
- Predictive Analysis: APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager provides predictive analysis so administrators can accurately forecast and plan the level of resources they'll need for future backup or storage operations.
- Automated Alerts and Notification: APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager proactively sends alerts when user-established thresholds have been breached in the storage environment.
About APTARE
Headquartered in Campbell, California, APTARE is a provider of Web 2.0
reporting and management applications that simplify the optimization
of complex enterprise storage environments. APTARE StorageConsole products
includ APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager for backup reporting and
APTARE StorageConsole Capacity Manager
for storage capacity reporting. APTARE StorageConsole®, the company's
application platform, is a Web 2.0 platform that gives IT administrators
and executives a centralized, real-time view of their storage environment
through out-of-the-box dashboards. Using APTARE StorageConsole applications
companies like Novell, Calamos Investments, Eprod and York University
increase management effectiveness, maximize storage utilization, and
reduce costs. The software is sold direct and through a large base of
resellers and managed services providers. For more information, please
visit www.aptare.com.
For press or analyst inquires please contact:
- Tony Wessels
- APTARE, Inc.
- +1-408-871-9899
- Kristin Uchiyama
- The Hoffman Agency
- +1-408-975-3075
APTARE and APTARE StorageConsole are registered trademarks of APTARE, Inc. All other trade names, trademarks, and service marks are the rightful property of their respective owners.
