CA Technologies has unveiled CA arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP), an easy-to-use solution providing cost-effective backup and Assured Recovery across mixed IT environments ? helping businesses boost the availability off critical systems.

CA arcserve UDP is a transformative enhancement to the CA arcserve data protection software portfolio and a uniquely compelling alternative to the cost and complexity of deploying multiple point solutions. A new unified architecture and recovery point server drive a full range of highly efficient data protection capabilities for physical and virtual environments through a simple, web-based user console. CA arcserve UDP provides more than 30 new marquee features to give businesses and service providers precise and flexible functionality to meet stringent service level and recovery objectives.

CA arcserve UDP is the most significant release of arcserve to date. Architected from the ground up to deliver data protection simplicity, CA arcserve UDP allows businesses to reduce complexity and mitigate rising costs without sacrificing functionality. Simply put, it renders point solutions obsolete, said Mike Crest, general manager, data management, CA Technologies.

Key features of arcserve UDP solution

Ends Data Protection Complexity While Improving Cost and Efficiency

CA arcserve UDP is designed with ease-of-use as a fundamental requirement. A unified architecture and single web-based user interface integrate unmatched data protection for virtual and physical systems.

Greater efficiency and quicker time-to-value with a broad spectrum of enterprise-level functionality ? including image and file-based backup, tape support, replication, and high availability ? in one solution.

Workflow-based Protection Plans let users dial in the right level of protection within minutes.

Five solution editions that help customers buy just the right level of protection.

Flexible pricing on a per-terabyte or per-socket basis for physical and virtual systems.

A single solution for Microsoft Windows, Linux and UNIX systems.