Smart Data Centers Feature Editorial

Verizon and IBM have expanded their relationship to deliver Managed Data Vault, a new private cloud service that provides secure daily backups and fast recovery of enterprise information.

The new solution is available from both the companies. It’s designed to automatically transfer data from a client location to a specially designed off-site data center via Verizon’s (News - Alert) high-speed private network, according to officials with both companies.

Don DeMarco, vice president of Business Continuity and Resiliency Services at IBM (News - Alert), said that Managed Data Vault offers a broad array of enterprise data protection, not just for files, but for very large data stores and transactional data base content.

Managed Data vault is a single, secure solution to help clients retrieve a file, restore a device, or recover from a serious outage emergency, DeMarco said.

Managed Data Vault helps businesses to realize off-site data protection at on-site speeds while taking advantage of usage-based utility to meet data growth without limits, said companies’ officials.

“Through this exclusive relationship with IBM we are meeting a void in the online data protection market,” said Kerry Bailey, chief marketing officer at Verizon Business (News - Alert).

The company knows that enterprise clients struggle with how to efficiently back up and restore data securely while mitigating the inherent risks such as loss of data, Bailey said, adding that by working with IBM as part of the company’s overall cloud strategy, “we are bringing to market an innovative solution that will help our clients maintain the stability of their business.”

Verizon and IBM are expected to leverage each other’s complementary capabilities to deliver the new solution. Verizon will provide its suite of global private data network solutions as well as data center expertise, IT consulting services and application-aware capabilities.

IBM is expected to supply backup infrastructure and management capabilities, supported by its extensive information protection expertise.

“The combination of Verizon’s secure networking expertise and data center capabilities and IBM’s long history of providing electronic data management and protection solutions yields a unique end-to-end backup and recovery solution that is integrated with an enterprise’s existing wide-area network environment and fully managed in the cloud,” said Melanie Posey, research director at IDC (News - Alert).

Managed Data Vault is said to be well-suited to a diverse mixture of applications, databases and operating system (OS) support services. In addition, it comes complete with IT consulting services support to help organizations manage through this process.

This solution is expected to be initially available to Verizon and IBM clients in the New York City metropolitan area.