Dell has added CommVault software to its portfolio of backup solutions for PowerVault and Dell/EMC storage systems.

To address the needs of smaller organizations and branch offices, Dell and CommVault in partnership have developed GalaxyExpress, a suite of data protection software that provides easy-to-use basic network backup and restore capabilities for networks with up to 25 clients.

Dell believes the CommVault software will provide customers with high-performance, low-cost backup and restore capabilities that are easy to use and can scale with increasing data protection requirements. The software seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle databases and NetWare environments and enables recovery of individual e-mail messages, attachments and attributes, files and file groups.

Bob Hammer, CommVault's chairman and CEO, said, "Our goal is to provide customers with robust data protection that keeps business data available at reduced operating costs. By teaming our software with Dell storage offerings, we deliver on this mission. The combination greatly enhances our customers' ability to protect their applications and data with a high-performance, seamless and cost-effective solution."

Microsoft has worked closely with Dell and CommVault to make sure that the solutions easily integrate into Windows-based storage environments. "Microsoft is pleased to be working with Dell and CommVault to make storage solutions easy to manage and affordable for businesses," said Yuval Neeman, corporate vice president at Microsoft. "Customers are telling us that they want a reliable, scalable and affordable offering to back up their data. Dell PowerVault storage servers, built on Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 and integrated with CommVault software, demonstrate Microsoft's commitment to meeting customers' storage needs today."