Isilon Announces Certification With Symantec NetBackup

Isilon IQ Scale-out NAS Certified with Symantec NetBackup for Advanced Enterprise Data Protection and Disaster Recovery

SEATTLE, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Isilon(R) Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN), the proven leader in scale-out NAS, today announced that Isilon IQ, featuring the OneFS(R) operating system and the new Back-up Accelerator, have been certified with NetBackup software from Symantec Corporation. This certification is targeted for the network data management protocol (NDMP), creating a robust and reliable data backup and restore solution for enterprise businesses using Isilon scale-out NAS. By leveraging Isilon IQ and the Back-up Accelerator in combination with Symantec NetBackup, customers can significantly improve the performance of their data protection operations, reduce back-up windows, and minimize the risk of mission-critical data loss.

“Isilon’s scale-out NAS solutions combined with NetBackup software can help our customers improve overall backup and restore performance,” said Mathew Lodge, senior director of product marketing, Information Management Group, Symantec. “This offering provides customers with additional flexibility as they select solutions to protect and provide continuous availability to their mission-critical applications and data for process efficiency, disaster recovery, and business success.”

“As enterprise data storage needs converge with scale-out NAS capabilities, Isilon continues to deliver enterprise-class back-up, data protection and disaster recovery functionality to meet our customers’ needs,” said Brad Winett, senior director of business development, Isilon Systems. “By integrating our leading scale-out NAS with Symantec NetBackup, Isilon has partnered with the leader in enterprise back-up and data protection to enable enterprise businesses to extract the maximum value from their business information, while minimizing the risk of losing this critical data.”

As a member of the Symantec Technology Enabled Program, Isilon IQ has achieved certification with NetBackup software, enabling customers to deploy, manage, and secure mission-critical storage environments, speeding access to file-based data. Additionally, this solution provides automated integration and backup of file-based data with a seamless interface to manage data between the online environment and the archived storage library.

About Isilon Systems

Isilon Systems (NASDAQ: ISLN) is the proven leader in scale-out NAS. Isilon’s clustered storage and data management solutions drive unique business value for customers by maximizing the performance of their mission-critical applications, workflows and processes. Isilon enables enterprises and research organizations worldwide to manage large and rapidly growing amounts of file-based data in a highly scalable, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective way. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com.

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