Optimised Cloud-Based Data Protection
For customers looking to reduce internal infrastructure and management costs, avoid the expense of maintaining multiple data centers for DR and/or protect data from small remote sites, storing data in the cloud is quite compelling. This is particularly true for backup data because availability is not as critical as for primary data; and, yet, the ability to restore backup data quickly when needed is still vitally important. Unfortunately, current cloud data protection services force customers to choose between fast but very expensive storage array-based replication offerings and cheap cloud-only solutions that can take days to deliver restored data. Moreover, these services often require customers to buy additional expensive hardware as data grows or abandon prior investments as part of the “rip and replace” cloud-only approach.

In contrast, Quantum has drawn on its long-standing expertise in data protection and industry-leading technology to deliver a highly efficient, cost-effective foundation for cloud-based backup, restore and DR that helps customers transition to the cloud on their terms and timeframe, easily and practically. Quantum’s approach is also based on the fact that most customers continue to use both disk and tape for data protection, have a mix of physical and virtual servers and are more comfortable with a hybrid cloud strategy. This focus on flexibility is reflected in the benefits provided by the company’s new cloud-optimised software platform, including:

• Fast restores delivered from local copies of virtual machines (VM) and their data;  
• Cost-effective DR and business continuity provided by the ability to bring up full VM images in the cloud;  
• The option to pursue a hybrid cloud approach, taking full advantage of Quantum vmPRO and DXi V1000 capabilities both onsite and in the cloud;  
• The ability for customers to use their preferred hardware, protecting prior investments and future flexibility;
• Secure, multi-tenant cloud support;
• Data reduction of up to 95%; and
• WAN-optimised replication to maximise efficiency and leverage of existing links.  

The New DXi V1000
A Key Enabler for Public and Private Clouds The new DXi V1000 provides the full functionality of Quantum’s DXi(R)-Series deduplication appliances in 100% VM-based software, thereby combining the power and flexibility of target-based deduplication with the simplicity and affordability of an integrated virtual appliance. The DXi V1000 offers:

• An extensible architecture well-suited to data protection use cases beyond just public clouds, including regional edge-to-core replication to a physical DXi appliance and small site-to-site disaster recovery;  
• A virtual appliance-based backup design that eliminates agents and extra servers;  
• The ability to replicate to any DXi-Series appliance, cloud protection service or tape;  
• An easy-to-deploy design that integrates with leading backup software in existing environments; and  
• Data protection for both physical and virtual servers, typically 20 TB to 40 TB per DXi V1000 (based on a 2 TB blockpool and average deduplication rates).

Click here to download the DXi V1000 Data Sheet

To find out more about Quantum Cloud-based data protection and / or the DXi V1000 virtual de-duplication appliance, contact Nike on 0871 200 3730 or email sales@nike.co.uk

Terms from 12 to 60 months are available and you can finance the entire solution – hardware, software, services : IBM and non-IBM solutions.  There is no minimum limit on the amount of IBM content, with IGF financing the total deal.

Why IBM Global Financing is good for customers:
-  Overcome budget issues: eliminate the need for up-front capital expenditure
-  Improve cash flow: align the benefits of the technology investment with the cost of a project.

Contact Nike to find out more and discuss your requirements in more detail.  Call 0181 200 3730 or email sales@nike.co.uk

Unlike any other solution, Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition, designed to completely protect VMware and Hyper-V, provides the ability to easily recover entire virtual machines, single files, Exchange emails, SharePoint documents or Active Directory objects from a single-pass backup. With agentless or agent-based virtual protection, the V-Ray Edition enables optimised protection for virtual machine performance and recoverability.

The Offer
Save 35% off MSRP when switching to Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition from a competitive solution. Your customers can take advantage of this exclusive discount and experience best of breed data protection and disaster recovery for VMware and Hyper-V environments.

To find out how you can take advantage of this exclusive discount, contact Nike on 0181 200 3730 or email sales@nike.co.uk

The Offer
Purchase Symantec System Recovery (Server Edition, Small Business Server Edition, Desktop Edition, Linux Edition or Virtual Edition) and save up to 35% off MSRP. Whether you are a first time customer switching from an alternative solution, or an organisation upgrading from a previous version of Backup Exec System Recovery, this discount delivers superior disaster recovery capabilities at a great price.

To find out how you can take advantage of this exclusive discount, contact Nike on 0871 200 3730 or email sales@nike.co.uk

Both solutions leverage the classic Ghost imaging technology, but upgrading to the Client Management Suite will enable you to manage, secure and troubleshoot systems with greater efficiency on more platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux and virtual desktop environments. The suite automates time-consuming and redundant tasks to minimise the efforts and costs associated with deploying, patching, supporting client systems and software.

Contact Nike on 0871 200 3730 or email sales@nike.co.uk, to find out more about the discounts available

View the new IT Transformation video from Hitachi Data Systems on HDS TV – providing a  holistic view on the parameters that drive a return on investment for IT projects.

Customers deploying Scale’s storage and Veeam can expect a number of significant benefits, including:

- An affordable networked storage for the production, backup repository and DR infrastructure that is able to scale as the environment grows
- Efficient VM-level replication between remote sites
- VM-level, agentless full system backup and recovery
- Powerful failover control that is quick and simple for the whole VM (not application specific).

Why Scale & Veeam?
Scale Computing’s storage solutions are designed to meet the needs and budgets of small and medium-sized virtualised environments, delivering the easiest, most affordable way to scale both performance and capacity as VM deployments grow.  Veeam delivers innovative data protection, disaster recovery and management solutions for virtual data centre environments.

Together, Scale and Veeam deliver an affordable, exceptionally easy to manage backup and DR solution for the VMware environments of the SMB.

This solution will work as the backup and DR solution compatible with any existing primary storage, or it can function as both primary and secondary storage.

More than 70% of Scale’s customers are already using VMware with Scale Computing as their primary storage solution.

Special Promotion  
To help promote this new alliance, Nike is offering a special promotion on the Scale + Veeam bundled solution until May 31st 2012.
Click here to find out more

Scale Computing and Veeam Software are offering a great opportunity for you to do just that. In celebration of a recent alliance partnership, until May 31st when you purchase Scale Computing hardware and two Veeam licenses, you’ll receive a discount in excess of £1,000 off the MSRP of both solutions combined!

The disaster recovery bundle that includes Scale Computing hardware and two Veeam licenses is available at nearly half the price of the hardware alone. This represents a $1,900 discount (USD) over the MSRP of both solutions than if they were purchased separately.

Customers deploying Scale’s storage and Veeam software can expect benefits that include:

• An affordable networked storage for the production, backup repository and DR infrastructure that is able to scale as the environment grows
• Efficient VM-level replication between remote sites
• VM-level, agentless full system backup and recovery
• Powerful failover control that is quick and simple for the whole VM (not application specific).

To find out more, talk to Nike on 0871 200 3730 or email sales@nike.co.uk

In the past, Microsoft services were offered as stand-alone services only, through Microsoft Volume Licensing. With the Microsoft Online Subscription Program (MOSP), Nike is now offering you a subscription licensing program that gives SMB customers more agility and flexibility.

Click here to find out more, or contact Nike on 081 200 3730 / email sales@nike.co.uk

Addressing these specific challenges, HP has introduced VirtualSystem – a portfolio of precision tuned converged systems which deliver the fastest path to agile and efficient virtualised application solutions.  HP VirtualSystem:

+  Eliminates performance bottlenecks with a balanced architecture optimised for virtualised application environments
+  Simplifies management, deployment and security across physical and virtual environments
+  Provides the essential foundation for the private cloud with simplified upgrade to HP CloudSystem

Click here to download HP’s new White Paper, which explores how VirtualSystem accelerates time to business value for organisations’ investments in virtualisation.

For further information, contact Nike on 0871 200 3730 or email sales@nike.co.uk