The service handles backup for virtualized infrastructures with colocation, hosting, off-premises servers and other public clouds.
Verizon, elbowing itself into the cloud services market against Amazon, IBM Softlayer, Microsoft, Google and a raft of others, is adding new enterprise-level functionality to its features lineup.The latest is data backup with an intentional emphasis on copy data management. The giant telecom's Enterprise Solutions division revealed May 11 that it has joined with Boston-based storage provider Actifio to launch its new cloud backup service.This service will support customers using virtualized infrastructures -- including a combination of colocation, hosting, off-premises servers and other public clouds -- to enable a unified hybrid cloud environment in which data is easy to manage and protect, Verizon said.Actifio's platform for Verizon controls copy data, which is everything that is not currently being used in production. Actifio pioneered this approach with its copy data virtualization (CDV) several years ago, but it is now provided by multiple vendors. Actifo's CDV applies the same virtualization approach to data that changed everything with servers more than a dozen years ago. It frees data from the use case-defined silos of infrastructure that characterize older-generation data management architectures, and opens the door for global enterprises to obtain better use of their apps. The service will give users a list of how many copies of documents exist, where they are located, who can access them, and other information not available from other backup services.The service brings the full suite of Actifio's capabilities to Verizon's global customer base, giving them more control to:Manage: Makes it easy to move data back and forth between the customer premise and Verizon's cloud-based infrastructure, meaning application workloads can be allocated wherever it makes the most sense.Access: Allows for self-serve instant access to data while enhancing data control, adding business value by allowing higher quality applications to be developed faster.Protect: Improves resiliency and availability by protecting data across the full range of conventional protection use cases, allowing customers to improve internal service level agreements while reducing cost, risk and complexity."Data is the lifeblood of business, and it's essential to have access to the data and applications you need when and where you need them," Ash Ashutosh, founder and CEO of Actifio, said of his newest and largest partnership. "This next step in our relationship with Verizon will enable us to provide exactly that to more customers around the world, more easily and efficiently than ever before."Verizon Premise to Cloud Backup service will be available in June in North America with availability in Europe and Asia-Pacific by the fall.For more information, go here.
- eWeek