Nirvanix, Arkeia Back Up the Cloud

SAN DIEGO -- Nirvanix, the premier Cloud Storage” platform provider, and Arkeia Software, the leading provider of powerful, innovative data protection software, today announced that they have partnered to deliver backup protection of business-critical data to the secure, scalable Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network™ (SDN). The first of its kind solution utilizes the Arkeia Network Backup software solution and the Nirvanix CloudNAS™, a software application that turns any server into a virtual NAS gateway to the cloud, to provide unlimited, cost effective storage for long term retention of backups and archives.

Combining Arkeia Network Backup, an enterprise-ready network backup solution with Nirvanix’s CloudNAS, organizations gain ready access to powerful data protection via secure, scalable storage at 80-90% cost savings over traditional storage solutions. Additionally, the joint solution safeguards a company’s digital assets with the ability to automatically replicate data for high availability and for high performance on any number of Nirvanix nodes as determined by the data protection policy of the customer.

“Arkeia Network Backup provides seamless support for backup to tape, disk and virtual tape libraries,” said Dave Elliott, GM of Americas and Asia of Arkeia Software. “By adding support for the Nirvanix CloudNAS, companies can realize the significant benefits of cloud storage while leveraging a proven enterprise backup solution in Arkeia Network Backup.”

Nirvanix Inc.