| While data has grown exponentially, there has | | | | For example, a typical email system might contain |
| been no real innovation in the technology to | | | | 100 instances of the same 1 MB file attachment. |
| protect it. Over 80% of data within an enterprise | | | | If the email platform is backed up or archived, all |
| is duplicated across production servers and end | | | | 100 instances are saved, requiring 100 MB storage |
| users - causing storage and bandwidth bottlenecks | | | | space. |
| for backups. | | | | With data deduplication, only one instance of the |
| Information - or data - is the key asset for any | | | | attachment is actually stored; each subsequent |
| organisation. But while data has grown | | | | instance is just referenced back to the one saved |
| exponentially, there has been no real innovation in | | | | copy reducing storage and bandwidth demand to |
| the technology to protect it. This is why over | | | | only 1 MB. However, indexing of all data is still |
| 80% of data within an enterprise is duplicated | | | | retained should that data ever be required. |
| across production servers and end users - causing | | | | Enterprise data today is more dispersed and |
| storage and bandwidth bottlenecks for backups. | | | | diverse than ever. And with over 30% critical |
| To reduce the amount of storage and bandwidth | | | | corporate data sitting on PCs, administrators can |
| required for data backups across an enterprise, | | | | no longer hold the end user responsible for its |
| companies need a 'data deduplication' solution. This | | | | protection. |
| process saves only a single copy of duplicate | | | | The best corporate data protection solutions |
| content - a reduction of up to 99% in backup | | | | combine source-based data deduplication and |
| time, bandwidth and storage. | | | | continuous data protection. |