For decades, Symantec has helped millions of customers protect their data… and the future of backup technology promises even more automation, ease, speed and security. Read on for Symantec’s predictions on which enterprise data protection and information management trends will protect customer data for years to come.

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futureofbackuptechnologypromisesevenmoreautomation,ease,speedandsecurity.
ReadonforSymantec’spredictionsonwhichenterprisedataprotectionand
informationmanagementtrendswillprotectcustomerdataforyearstocome.
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100TBTapeMedia
•Shortlyafter2020,singletape
cartridgeswillbeabletostore100TB
•Nomonthlysubscriptionfeesor
power/coolingcosts
•Tapemediawillremainimportantin
theathearchivestoragetier
Improvedeconomyfor
long-term,coldstorage
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MetadataAnalysis
·Holisticanalysisoflemetadata
storedacrosstheorganization
·UsedforeDiscoveryand
informationgovernance
·Increasedcloudadoptionwilldrive
greaterdemand
ITproscanmakebetter
decisions,optimize
storageutilization,and
mitigatebusinessrisks
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Information
Orchestration
•Minimizethenumberofstored
datacopies
•Leveragedatacopiesforrecovery,
test,development,andanalytics
•Centrallymanagewithself-service
aaccess
Reducedstoragecosts
andincreased
organizationalagility
Information
Orchestration
•Minimizethenumberofstored
datacopies
•Leveragedatacopiesforrecovery,
test,development,andanalytics
•Centrallymanagewithself-service
a
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Software-Defined
Blueprints
•SDDCsproliferate
•Datacenterarchitecturesor
blueprintsexistentirelywithindata
•FullSDDCrecoverywillrequire
awarenessandprotectionof
bluepblueprints
SDDCsarefully
recoverableanddon’t
require“reassembly”
Software-Defined
Blueprints
•SDDCsproliferate
•Datacenterarchitecturesor
blueprintsexistentirelywithindata
•FullSDDCrecoverywillrequire
awarenessandprotectionof
bluep
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Greaterautomation,
loweradministrative
overhead,andreduced
riskofunprotecteddata
Hyper-Converged
Infrastructure
•Emergenceofsoftware-deneddata
centers(SDDC)
•Allresourcesbecomecon gurableand
controllablethroughsoftware
•Backupprocessesmayeventually
respondtosimilarcontrols
Hyper-Converged
Infrastructure
•Emergenceofsoftware-deneddata
centers(SDDC)
•Allresourcesbecomecon gurableand
controllablethroughsoftware
•Backupprocessesmayeventually
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Maximizedbackupand
recoveryperformance
forcloudworkloads
Cloud-to-Cloud(C2C)
DataProtection
•Moreworkloadsmigratetocloud
infrastructure
•Cloudworkloadsprotectedwithin
thesamecloud
•Replicationbetweencloudsthrough
co-locationcenters
Cloud-to-Cloud(C2C)
DataProtection
•Moreworkloadsmigratetocloud
infrastructure
•Cloudworkloadsprotectedwithin
thesamecloud
•Replicationbetweencloudsthrough
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Hypervisor-Centric
StorageVolumes
•StorageprovisionedatVMrather
thanLUNlevel
•Snapshotandreplicationservices
foreachVM
•Morefeasiblemulti-vendor,
commoditystorage
Managementof
snapshotsand
replicationatthe
VMlevel
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Cloud-BasedDisaster
Recovery(DR)
•Cloudinfrastructureservicesata
moment'snotice
•D2D2Cbackupandreplication
•Recover-in-placetechnologies
Fasterrecoveryand
easierDRtestingat
muchlowercost
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Disk-to-Disk-to-Cloud
(D2D2C)DataProtection
·Greaterchoiceofeconomicalcloud
storageoptions
·Fastrecoveryfromonsitestorageand
appliances
·Long-termdataretainedincloud
Higherservicelevels
atlowercost
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