Analyst and Industry Reports

  11/25/2009
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools
Despite challenging economic conditions in 2009, activity in the data integration tools market remained strong. Demand for lower-cost tools and faster time to value, new market entrants, and ongoing consolidation via acquisitions of specialists put pressure on both niche and established vendors.
  8/15/2009
Virtualization with Compellent Storage Center and Syncsort Backup Express -Lab Validation Report
Syncsort, Inc. and Compellent commissioned IT-TrendWatch, a research and test company, to perform a series of usability and performance tests with the Syncsort Backup Express (BEX) data protection software package. These tests were made in combination with a Compellent Storage Center Storage Area Network (SAN) which acted as the main storage and backup medium. The tests as described in this report focus on storage virtualization with the Compellent SAN and Syncsort’s unique use of VMware virtualization technology to back up and recover a Windows Server system. This unique solution made it possible for backup and recovery to be achieved more quickly and painlessly in comparison with standard existing industry backup applications.
  7/2/2009
BEX 3.1 High-Speed Data Protection for Complex Environments Analyst Briefing
Business continuance is critical to a company’s survival today and requires a robust, scalable and flexible data protection solution that can provide near CDP (Continuous Data Protection) combined with near-instant recovery capabilities for almost any size data set while helping to contain or reduce storage and operational costs. BEX 3.1 from Syncsort is just such a solution that can scale from the SMB (Small to Medium size Business) to the Enterprise, while providing extremely fast backup and recovery capabilities combined with a comprehensive feature set, all of which is managed through a single elegant and intuitive management interface.
  5/4/2009
Syncsort Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
As customers seek to not only virtualize their smaller applications and test development servers, but also move critical applications into production on VMware Infrastructure, the ability to maintain application performance and meet the same demanding RPOs and RTOs that production apps require becomes a concern. Syncsort's Backup Express (BEX) has been architected to integrate seamlessly with VMware to reduce network traffic, storage requirements, and backup windows by more than 90% with little or no impact on the performance of applications.
  7/1/2008
Storage Switzerland -- Syncsort the Enterprise-level Time Capsule
We need an Enterprise Time Capsule ... The reality is that one company is pretty close to achieving and in some cases extends the solution; Syncsort with their Advanced Recovery module for their Backup Express product.
  1/2/2008
High-Performance Cross-Platform Snapshot Functionality Described in Syncsort Backup Express vs. SAN Snapshots
With Backup Express 3.0 with XRS, Syncsort has provided a backup solution that uses near CDP to offer a completely new restore experience for customers. The solution provides the ability for recovery in place, server re-imaging and thin cloning.
  12/14/2007
Byte and Switch Article Database Protection Turns a Corner Highlights Syncsort Backup Express for Oracle Database Protection and Thin Cloning
At least two vendors are delivering a new capability that integrates the features of disk-to-disk backup and continuous data protection (CDP) without increasing storage capacity requirements. This new development can be described as the active target technique. Implementations are currently available in NetApp's Open Systems Snapvault and Syncsort's Backup Express.

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