The new features include authorised developers, DBAs, and data scientists can now access fresh copies of production data securely and instantly. Operations are now able to better support users with self-service data access built for the enterprise. Simplified protection of test/dev environments – administrators are able to protect, replicate, and restore clones used for test/dev environments whilst minimising the need for storage. Enhancements to the popular LogSmart feature – users can go beyond recovery and mount a database at any point-in-time for application development, testing, analysis and more. Next generation of Actifio’s powerful Resiliency Director.
Grant Amos, General Manager MEA, Actifio, notes that with continued pressure on IT budgets and the requirement to develop applications faster, the company is seeing increased market demand to virtualise data and in doing so make it available anywhere and anytime to anyone with the right access. In the Middle Eastern market we are increasingly seeing a need to: reduce non-productive infrastructure while allowing developers and business users to self-provision data. This in turn speeds development cycle time.”
He adds that “companies who have invested in infrastructure virtualisation fail to gain the full benefits of these technologies because the data needs to be virtualised as well, otherwise developers still wait for IT to provision data to them. The Actifio solution is comprehensive and application-centric. It automates the full lifecycle of application data management.”
“Actifio improves application development by letting customers build faster, easier and less expensive apps. It improves code quality and time to market. Once an application is live in production, Actifio improves data protection, access, and control. Moreover, it integrates the concept of application retirement, enabling not just access to historical data but access to entire applications already decommissioned from production,” says Amos.
