Symantec, currently in the midst of a move to split into two businesses, releases a new NetBackup appliance and unveils plans to end production of its SMB-focused Backup Exec appliances.

This "Dedupe Everywhere" strategy is completely new for Backup Exec, Lodge said. For NetBackup, it represents a major improvement over the PureDisk solution Symantec used in the past, he said.

This combination of ransomware detection services in NetBackup 10 provides content-aware, granular flexibility that delivers rapid restoration of clean data; NetBackup 10 expands support for immutable ...