HP Rolls Out its Data Protector Notebook Extension
Data saved locally on a mobile PC can be backed up recovered easily via repository transfer. Deduplication, data encryption, and compression techniques further clean up and manage files.
Hewlett-Packard introduced a product last week that makes backing up and recovering locally-stored data a little easier for SMBs.
According to industry experts, 25 percent of the workforce is currently mobile. In fact, f
or the first time, shipments of notebooks have overtaken those of desktops. Combine these mobility trends with the fact that all too often, employees save vital information right on their desktops, and it’s easy to understand how HP saw a market in local backup and recovery.
HP’s Data Protector Notebook Extension enables businesses to back up and recover data outside the corporate network, even while working remotely and offline.
“Going to work no longer means going to an office,” says Jonathan Martin, vice president and general manager of information management software at HP, “it may mean going to a coffee shop, an airport, or a home office.” He adds, “HP Data Protector Notebook Extension gives customers the peace of mind that they can always recover their data, offline, anywhere, and at anytime.”
The Data Protector Notebook Extension instantly captures and backs up data each time a user changes, creates, or receives a file. Data is then stored temporarily in a local repository pending transfer to the network data vault for full backup and restore capabilities.
Using the Data Protector Notebook Extension’s deduplication, data encryption, and compression techniques, the user’s storage footprint is reduced. All the data stored encrypted and compressed, and the expired versions are cleaned up.
In addition to the Data Protector Notebook Extension, HP also introduced HP Backup and Recovery Fast Track Services, a suite of scalable service engagements that aid the implementation of HP Data Protector and HP Data Protector Notebook Extension.
