Includes WAFS, Wide Area Data Services or WDS, Replication

Remote Offices have been the bane of IT for decades. Issues surrounding performance, collaboration, bandwidth management and latency abound. In this area of research Taneja Group analysts define a variety of new technologies and their pros and cons, the issues they solve, the players that are active and how they differentiate themselves from each other. Taneja Group analysts also provide guidance to IT as it struggles to evaluate new technologies and implement these new technologies in a coherent manner.

	EMC Acquires Mozy (Report) On October 1, 2007, EMC announced a definitive agreement to acquire on-demand data protection vendor Berkeley Data Systems for $76M. Berkeley Data Systems is a privately held company that offers the Mozy on-demand, remote data protection service. On-demand data protection vendors provide backup, recovery, and archiving software as a remote service. Application data is backed up to one of their secure sites as a replacement for local backup software. This delivery model is often referred to as Software as a Service (SaaS). Mozy is one of the recognized leaders in the emerging on-demand backup market with over 500,000 protected users spanning consumers, small business and larger enterprises. Jan 18, 2008
	Game On: Software as a Service Meets Storage (Report) With the growing acceptance of the Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model, many storage software companies are moving to gain a foothold in this emerging market.Taneja Group believes that the fundamentals are now aligned to allow for a more efficient delivery of SaaS storage software services. Growth acceleration and market consolidation are clear signs that the SaaS storage services market has reached an inflection point and is poised to enter a more rapid growth phase. Jan 18, 2008
	IBM Acquires Arsenal Digital (Report) On December 6, 2007, IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire on-demand data protection vendor Arsenal Digital for an undisclosed amount. Arsenal Digital is a privately held company located in Cary, North Carolina. On-demand data protection vendors provide backup, recovery, and archiving software as a remote service. Application data is backed up to one of their secure sites as a replacement for local backup software. This delivery model is often referred to as Software as a Service (SaaS). Arsenal Digital is one of the recognized leaders in the emerging on-demand backup market with over 3400 customers and 20PB of data storage in more than 50 data centers world wide. Dec 28, 2007
	Asempra BCS - Continuous Availability (Profile) The reality today is that too many data protection platforms targeted at the small and medium enterprise (SME) market fail to deliver basic capabilities with the ease of use, speed, and flexibility necessary to provide the holistic, effective data protection demanded. What the SME requires is a new approach to data protection that is easy to use and ensures the business that both the application and data remain available. We’ve identified this approach to data protection as Continuous Availability. Oct 07, 2007
	EMC NetWorker Cornerstone (Profile) EMC NetWorker was once easily defined as a “backup application”. That reality is now long gone as the company has transitioned NetWorker into a true platform residing in the middle of a range of data-centric operations for the management, monitoring, moving and protecting of data. Specifically, we see that EMC has integrated NetWorker across a wide range of key high-profile offerings including Documentum, VMware, Centera, EDL and Celerra. It has also enabled tighter integration with core applications such as TimeFinder, SnapView, and SnapSure. Oct 01, 2007