Symantec NetBackup 6.0 Rated Strong Positive in Enterprise Backup/Recovery Software MarketScope Report

Symantec NetBackup 6.0 Rated Strong Positive in Enterprise Backup/Recovery Software MarketScope Report

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that Symantec Veritas NetBackup 6.0 received the highest possible rating, a “Strong Positive”, in Gartner’s “MarketScope: Enterprise Backup/Recovery Software, 2006¹.” Symantec was one of nine vendors evaluated for the report.

Gartner’s MarketScope report evaluates how vendors measure against criteria for the enterprise backup and recovery market. According to Gartner, vendors must be able to understand buyers’ wants and needs and translate those into products and services. It is also important that a vendor’s approach to product development and delivery emphasizes differentiation, functionality, methodology, and feature set as they map to current and future requirements.

NetBackup 6.0 continues Symantec’s consistent leadership in backup and recovery. In Gartner’s MarketScope assessment vendors are evaluated against six criteria: market understanding, marketing strategy, offering (product) strategy, product/service, market responsiveness and track record, and marketing execution. Vendors who receive a “Strong Positive” rating are considered solid providers of strategic products, services or solutions.

“We believe Gartner’s ‘Strong Positive’ rating confirms that Symantec is not only a leader in the backup and recovery market in terms of market share and customer adoption, but is also a leader in terms of innovation,” said Rick Huebsch, vice president, Symantec Corporation. “Symantec is delivering a true enterprise recovery platform, which customers can standardize on from remote office to desktop to the data center.” According to the Gartner report, “The backup market continues to transform as new recovery technologies provide alternatives to tape backup.”

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