Bocada Presents "Improving Virtual & Physical Data Protection Operations" at Backup Central Live Seminars

KIRKLAND, Wash., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bocada Inc., the world's leading provider of data protection management software and the creator of the Data Protection Service Management (DPSM) model, will address the specific needs of data protection management across virtual and physical environments at the Truth in IT seminar, Backup Central Live, in Chicago, Illinois on July 17th and Washington DC on July 24th 2012. http://www.backupcentrallive.com/technology-users/seminars.html

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Backup Central Live events are free end-user seminars that feature independent content from W. Curtis Preston and leading technology vendors addressing the issues of backing up and recovering in today's most challenging data protection environments.  Bocada will present on the markets only reporting and analysis solution that bridges the gap between virtual and physical backup and replication management, helping users address the complexities of managing backup and recovery in virtual and physical environments.

Bocada vpConnect provides the visibility to ensure every VM in your environment is protected, and effectively manage capacity and meet SLAs across virtual and physical environments. Attendees will learn how they can gain insight into their virtual environments to ensure VM recoverability with in-depth visibility and analysis of VM snapshot and backup activity with Bocada Vision, and how upgrading to Bocada vpConnect can provide in-depth analysis, troubleshooting and reporting for the entire data protection infrastructure.

Unlike other management applications for virtual environments on the market today, Vision is the only solution that puts a lens on the backup activity, providing visibility into data protection results and enables troubleshooting when issues occur. Vision is tightly integrated with vCenter, and therefore provides configuration information on each VM, showing how it is protected and pinpointing the best recovery points for each VM. Vision also provides information on the amount of capacity taken by snapshots on each datastore, and provides capacity reports for each media volume, aiding in capacity planning and potential reclamation. Bocada vpConnect adds the capabilities of the award winning Bocada Prism solution to create the markets only physical and virtual data protection service management solution.

"Backup Central Live seminars are great venues for educating end users on the complexities of data protection in any environment, and we welcome the opportunity to present to attendees on the benefits of the Bocada solutions," said Nancy Hurley, Bocada's CEO.  "Our customers are excited about the functionality provided by Bocada vpConnect and we look forward to getting the word out on how organizations can better manage data protection operations with our solutions."

The Chicago and Washington DC Backup Central Live events are two of more than 40 Truth in IT seminars taking place across North America and abroad in 2012.  In addition to its participation in the Chicago and Washington DC events, Bocada will also be presenting at Backup Central Live in Hartford, Connecticut on August 16th.  For more information about the events or to register to attend, visit http://www.backupcentrallive.com/technology-users/seminars.html

About Bocada
Bocada is a VMware Elite Partner, providing market leading data protection service management solutions to transform the way companies deliver data protection services to achieve greater business and IT alignment, maximize operational efficiency, minimize risk and increase customer satisfaction. Based on patented, agent-less technology, Bocada solutions deploy rapidly and scale to meet the demands of the largest multi-vendor data protection environments. Picking up where other backup software companies stop, Bocada software monitors and creates in-depth reports for transparency and accountability and empowers users to address any failures in their data protection process. Hundreds of enterprise organizations more effectively manage over 600,000 backup clients and servers with Bocada solutions. Headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Bocada is privately held and funded by leading venture investors. For more information visit: www.bocada.com.

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