Symantec bought Revivio cheaply

Symantec, a manufacturer of backup and antivirus software, has acquired the continuous data protection service provider Revio. With CDP (Continuous Data Protection), continuous data protection program technology, every change on file will be copied to hard disk or floppy disk immediately. Therefore, it helps prevent data loss if the server is attacked.

In the past, changes in the last backup session to tape in the form of tape will be lost if the server is attacked. Symantec's NetBackup Veritas software is based mainly on tape mechanism. With the growing popularity of "disk to disk" backup, the company is facing the risk of its product being rejected. Therefore, the shift to a more modern and efficient model is necessary.

Symantec will add Revivio's technology to NetBackup products and stop selling its company's Continuous Protection System. At the time Symtec bought Revivio, its business was in crisis. Revivo is struggling to steer his boat. Sysmantec appeared just in time as "the knight of white knight" rescues someone who is about to drown.

CDP back up ( Source: Computerworld )

Revivio pioneered the idea of ​​continuous data protection but has now faltered, because CDP became the main product line so fast that the vendor of CDP could not find the output market for it. Customers prefer to use more layers of backup and put CDP in a product. Microsoft has also previously introduced DPM with "near-continuous" technology, which is quite similar to Revivio's product line, and has removed CDP vendor's participation in the SME Windows market. Business customers prefer to buy products from well-known brands rather than start-ups like Revivio.

NetApp also bought Alacritus for its CDP service and virtual tape technology in 2005. EMC bought Kashya in May this year, proving the integration of CDP into leading storage firms is also a pretty good solution. nowaday situation. XOSoft is bought by CA.Storactive when coming to Atempo. Mendocino exists with HP's OEM deal. The same goes for EMC when the company bought Kashya. Revivio is discouraged in any OEM agreement and deserves to be trusted with its own sales efforts.

Symantec has owned the CDP snapshot-based technology or "near CDP" after the beta test version of a product called "Panther", released last August. The company decided to enroll Revivio and expand its technology. Revivio with "cognitive application" will allow CDP's NetBackup software with additional data protection to better protect Exchange, SQL Server and Oracle.

Revivio was founded in 2001 by Michael Rowan (chief technology officer) and Kevin Rodgers (chief architect). Both are former employees of StorageTek and EMC. The company name is a combination of "Revive I / O" (reviving the I / O system). By the end of 2005 the company had earned $ 55 million. The company argues that prices must be paid less than half, only at $ 20 million. Chief technology officer and founder of Revivio - Michael Rowan, and 11 engineers will join Symantec. The remaining employees (50 people), including chief executive Michael Leahy, will have to leave.

CDP is now part of a data protection product that extends into both tape backup and disk, virtual tape, mirroring, snapshot and replacement. Independent CDP is no longer available. The first unified data protection product competition had a temporary stop with the integration of all technologies in a Symantec product.