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IT Heavies Reshape CDP
The market for continuous data protection (CDP) products continues to undergo significant changes
July 10, 2006
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NEW YORK -- The market for continuous data protection (CDP) products continues to undergo significant changes, as startup specialists and incumbent vendors scramble to define CDP's place in the overall storage and data security hierarchy, according a new report published by Byte and Switch Insider (www.byteandswitch.com/insider), a subscription service of Light Reading Inc. (www.lightreading.com).
"Continuous Data Protection: A Market Update" identifies the key developments affecting the market positioning of CDP and analyzes the main points of contention among vendors in this emerging product sector. The report explores a variety of questions surrounding the CDP sector, including:
The entrance of major incumbent vendors including EMC, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Symantec
Pros and cons of "pure CDP" and "near-CDP" approaches
Network-based vs. host-based CDP
File-level, block-level, and application-specific CDP
The importance of write order fidelity
Use of in-band vs. out-of-band designs
The report also identifies and analyzes a full range of technology, deployment, and market factors affecting enterprise use of CDP systems, including:
Importance of full-blown CDP to specific applications
Key differences between "pure CDP" and "near-CDP," and how those differences affect system cost and effectiveness
Efforts by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) to create standards that define CDP
Key findings of the report include:
CDP vendors are struggling for mainstream adoption of their products by enterprise users
Debate continues to rage over exactly what constitutes "continuous data protection"
"Pure CDP" advocates adhere to the stringent requirement that a CDP system provide infinite point-in-time recovery
"Near-CDP" systems allow for data restoration to specific points in time through the creation of data snapshots
EMC, Microsoft, and Symantec are among the suppliers advocating the near-CDP approach to data recovery
Market activity suggests that CDP will be incorporated as a feature of larger data protection platforms
"Continuous Data Protection: A Market Update" is available as part of an annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Byte and Switch Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900.
To subscribe, or for more information, please visit: www.byteandswitch.com/insider.
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Jeff Claudino
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Managing Director
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201-587-2154
[email protected]
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About Light ReadingReaching a core audience of more than 917,000 enterprise IT managers and executives, Light Reading Inc. publishes Light Reading, the leading global content site for the telecom industry; Byte and Switch, a storage networking site; Unstrung, dedicated to wireless networking; DarkReading, an IT security site; and Cable Digital News, covering the cable industry's evolving communications infrastructure. Light Reading is also affiliated with www.heavyreading.com, a market research site offering quantitative analysis of telecom technology to carriers, service providers, and vendors. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as a unit of CMP Technology.
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