Microsoft takes disk-based backup for a spin
C|Net | at | by Mike
Taking another step into data storage, Microsoft on Friday unveiled software for backing up files on disk-based systems.
The product, dubbed System Center Data Protection Manager, is designed to tempt more companies to try disk-based backup and recovery through a tried-and-true tactic: a cut-rate price. Microsoft said that with its software and an accompanying server computer, it will cost customers less than $5,000 to protect 1 terabyte of data, compared with competing systems that cost $50,000.