14 DAY TRIAL // Symantec, the creator of Norton Antivirus, released a new version of Veritas NetBackup, a security solution able to protect users' data and valuable information stored on the computers. Among the basic security functions, Veritas NetBackup comes with disk backup, data deduplication, virtual tape libraries and replication. The product was among the most awaited ones delivered by Symantec because it was first announced in June at Symantec's Vision 2007 when the company's officials announced that a new version of its technology will be released soon.
"NetBackup 6.5 puts disk right at the heart of NetBackup," said Matt Kixmoeller, senior director, product management, Symantec. "By providing a platform that can manage all of today's innovative data protection technologies, NetBackup 6.5 allows customers to continue to leverage tape, while also giving them flexibility to take full advantage of a number of next-generation data protection technologies such as replication, snapshots, CDP and deduplication."
Symantec is a busy company and this not necessarily due to new releases or products that are currently in labs. In the recent period, Symantec was one of the most vulnerable names in the entire world as most of its solutions were the subject of security notifications provided by security companies. To name just a few we can mention Norton Antivirus, Personal Firewall and Norton Internet Security.
However, it can become even worse and Symantec knows it. One month ago, the security company was criticized by a considerable number of firms and users because its Norton Antivirus product wrongly flagged some vital Windows XP files as dangerous and quarantined them. The result was obviously a massive crash of operating systems that proved to be caused by Symantec's antivirus product. To repair its image in front of the users, the security company decided to offer free licenses in compensation to all the affected consumers.