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Barracuda Expands Its Data Protection Solutions with Public Cloud Replication to AWS
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 08:11:01 AM
 

Barracuda

08/15/2017

Barracuda Backup Customers, Channel Partners, and MSPs Now Have More Flexibility to Choose Between Barracuda Cloud or Public Cloud Storage

Campbell, Calif, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Highlights:

  • Barracuda Backup now supports replication to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for greater flexibility.
  • This new release offers organizations the ability to further leverage the cloud as a key method for simple and cost-effective offsite storage.
  • The ability to replicate data to AWS adds another deployment option to help prepare customers for current and future public cloud migrations.

Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA), a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced that organizations using Barracuda Backup now have the ability to replicate data securely and efficiently from either an on-premises physical or virtual backup appliance to AWS. This feature provides customers, resellers, and MSPs with improved flexibility and choice to protect their data from data loss and potential disasters, including security threats like ransomware, and is available in addition to the ability to replicate to the Barracuda Cloud.

An effective data protection strategy involves replicating data offsite to protect against local disasters and data loss, yet many organizations do not have the resources for a second data center at a remote site, and need a simple, cost-effective solution to replicate backups. Customers, and the resellers and service providers they are working with, are increasingly turning to the cloud as a solution. According to a new Barracuda global research report, "Unlocking the Benefits of Public Cloud," the majority of organizations surveyed said they use public cloud for storage (83%), followed by data recovery (62%).

"Efficient data protection, in the cloud or on-premises, includes a strategy to rapidly recover data in the event of data loss or disaster, as well as the many security practices involved in preventing unauthorized access. As a security and data protection company committed to the cloud, Barracuda is uniquely positioned to help organizations with these challenges," explained Rod Mathews, senior vice president and general manager, data protection solutions at Barracuda. "Barracuda's current replication technology allows organizations to securely and efficiently send data to the Barracuda Cloud or another backup appliance with minimal configuration. The new release gives customers and resellers adopting public cloud the flexibility to replicate data to AWS with the same simplicity – providing a choice of deployment options with the ability to maintain ownership and control of cloud data."

Barracuda Backup is an integrated end-to-end solution that provides customers, resellers, and MSPs with the ability to replicate to their own AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket – giving them the ability to choose where their data resides while also affording them control over their replicated backup data. Barracuda deploys infrastructure in AWS to provide an end-to-end solution to customers – ensuring that replication to the customer's AWS S3 bucket happens efficiently with minimal configuration.

Barracuda Backup does not require users to deploy compute resources in AWS to enable the replication process, and it does not require that users become AWS infrastructure experts in order to install and configure replication and restore capabilities. Resellers and customers who have a basic understanding of AWS infrastructure will be able to set up replication quickly, and no cloud-side tuning will be required on the part of the customer. Users who are familiar with Barracuda solutions will find the same easy-to-use Barracuda Cloud Control administration console.

Barracuda is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner and offers firewall solutions in AWS, including Barracuda's Web Application Firewall that has been pre-approved and certified with the AWS APN Competency Certification. This release puts Barracuda in a unique class with AWS as one of the few Partners offering security and storage solutions in two of the AWS defined security epics from their Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) – Infrastructure Security and Data Protection.

Barracuda Backup replication to AWS is available immediately in North America, with worldwide deployment expected to be rolled out in the coming months

 
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