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CA Strengthens Its Recovery Management Portfolio: Page 3 of 3

Proper disaster recovery testing is disruptive, complex and an administrator burden, so many IT organizations would like to sweep it under the rug. Anything that makes effective DR testing feasible and easier is to be welcomed.
DAVID HILL
May 08, 2009

It's an ill wind that blows no good, and continuing economic conditions qualify as an ill wind hurricane. However, one positive result from these challenges is that vendors are working hard to develop and deliver more capabilities for their customers without jacking up the price. CA's new ARCserve and XOsoft solutions highlight how a vendor can accomplish this by integrating data deduplication, monitoring and reporting tools, and a disaster recovery testing capabilities into its recovery management portfolio. We believe CA's customers should welcome these solutions, and that competing vendors may consider how a similar approach could enhance their own offerings.

- David Hill is principal of Mesabi Group LLC, which focuses on helping organizations make their complex storage, storage management, and interrelated IT infrastructure decisions easier by making the choices simpler and clearer to understand.

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