Microsoft: Storage software ready to roll
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Microsoft on Tuesday moved a step further into the data storage market with new software for backing up corporate data.
The company said it has shipped its Systems Center Data Protection Manager software, which lets companies back up data from file servers to disk-based storage servers. Microsoft says the software can help companies transition from decades-old tape-based backup systems to faster and, ultimately, cheaper disk-based systems.
"The move away from tape as a primary means of restoring data, and using tape for archiving purposes, we think is going to become very broad in the industry," said Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the company's Windows Server division and the executive in charge of the company's storage strategy.